1. Reevaluate your motives. Why do you hate yourself?

2. Take along your mace, your judo lessons, and the ACLU’s 800 number.

3. Don’t attract undue negative attention. Leave the cha-cha pumps
at home.

4. If a guy keeps staring at you, don’t get excited. He’s not flirting,
he’s considering homicide.

5. Don’t mock the music, clothes, or dancers until you are at a safe
distance.

6. Dress down.

7. Don’t look too good or dance too well. Straight men are violent
when intimidated.

8. Don’t look too good or dance too well. Straight women are clueless
and will hit on you.

9. Don’t do anything you would naturally do.

10. Don’t.

Adrian Ryan is a Stranger senior contributing writer and nightlife columnist. He has been writing for The Stranger since late 1997, and he’s pretty sure he still hasn’t been paid for some really early...