Last night I went to Twentysomething, a social group for GLBT people in their 20s in the New York City area. The group meets twice a month at the Lesbian and Gay Community Center. Usually about 50 or 60 people show up (mostly guys), and we divide into groups and discuss the topic of the evening — gay marriage, political issues, entertainment, and so on. Sometimes this gets stale.

But last night was Game Show Night.

We divided into four teams; two teams played a homemade version of Jeopardy and the other two teams played Family Feud. Our team played Jeopardy (with such categories as “What a Drag,” “Fashion,” and “Potpourri” — though I was hoping for “Potent Potables”). We won, so we went on to the next round: we played the winners of Family Feud in a version of Hollywood Squares. But we lost. Technically it was a tie, because all nine squares got filled up with nobody making a straight line, but the other team had five Xs to our four Os, so it was determined that they won. Haven’t these people seen WarGames? Nobody wins at tic-tac-toe.

I had a good time, because I managed to overcome my shyness and struck up a conversation with three or four guys. Progress. And apparently the Center is hosting a lesbian and gay Valentine’s Dance this Saturday — I think I might go.