"Edwin, I don't want to join the LGBT club, we've been over this," Professor Ernest Magloire said, and the big and tall, dark-skinned and bespectacled Haitian American professor looked at his colleague with sad patience. What is it with certain short, gay white dudes and their inability to take no for an answer? The two men sat inside the Galleria Mall food court in the City of Buffalo, New York. At this hour, mere minutes after eleven, the place was largely empty. With the exception of a three o'clock class he had to teach that afternoon, Professor Ernest Magloire's day was wide open...
"I see," Edwin Danes replied, and the slender, blond-haired academic looked at his long-time pal Magloire, and both knew that this was the end of the road. When Ernest Magloire, who was born in the City of Miami, Florida, to Haitian immigrant parents, came to Buffalo, New York, three years ago, Edwin Danes had been one of the first people to welcome him to Buffalo State University. The school was trying to diversity its lily-white faculty, and Ernest Magloire, a product of Miami-Dade College, and Florida State University, seemed like a shoo-in. If only it had been that easy...
"Edwin, I am proud to be bisexual, my wife Fiona is okay with it, but I don't care for the strange ways and out-there behavior of the rest of the community, I prefer to live in private," Magloire said firmly. Edwin bit his lip, but knew that it would be impossible to change Ernest Magloire's mind. The Haitian American professor had a stubborn streak and saw everything as a challenge. Big and tall black men who are built like college football players, speak five languages and swing both ways tend to make people uncomfortable due to their uniqueness. As diverse as the LGBT world claims to be, some people are too unique even for its circles...
"Understood," Edwin said at last, and Magloire nodded, and finished his lunch before wishing him a good day. Once again, Irvin's overtures to members of the Afro-Caribbean world on behalf of the LGBT community were rebuffed. As Magloire walked away, Edwin remembered discussions they'd had. Magloire didn't think he belonged in a queer culture which he saw as white and effeminate. For Magloire, a masculine black man who identifies as bisexual, a lot of the tenets of traditional masculinity, which the queer world mocks, happen to be sacred. Nope, Magloire wouldn't fit in among them...
Edwin often wondered why his fellow LGBT were so adamantly opposed to bisexuality, and then recalled how Allain, a young man whom he fell in love with while attending Stanford University, ditched him for a gal named Stacey. Edwin and Allain were good friends, and more. People frowned upon seeing the short, nerdy Edwin with Allain, the baseball team superstar. Edwin hid his sexual orientation while at Stanford for Allain's sake, because the world of varsity sports doesn't tolerate men who like men. How did Allain repay Edwin's loyalty? Allain had been seeing a young woman named Stacey behind Edwin's back, and got her pregnant. Allain dumped Edwin and married Stacey. Edwin became cynical and jaded as a result, and he never got over Allain...
For the rest of his life, Edwin would develop an unhealthy habit of developing crushes on men who like women, or men who swing both ways. After his Stanford days ended, Edwin worked for a think tank known as the Davis-Goff Institute in the City of Houston, Texas. While doing humanitarian work for the Davis-Goff Institute, Edwin developed a crush on a tall, handsome young black man named Cesar Mathurin. A native of Jacmel township on the island of Haiti, Cesar was a grad student at the University of Houston, and he worked in the mail room for the Davis-Goff Institute when he met Edwin.
Thanks to his contacts at the Davis-Goff Institute, Edwin learned that Cesar was married to a young Asian woman named Susan Wong, and had a son with her, William. Edwin sensed a kindred spirit when he looked in Cesar's eyes and tried to seduce him. Cesar admitted to Edwin that he had bisexual leanings but he loved his wife Susan and didn't want to lose her. Edwin pursued Cesar anyways, and Cesar ended up going to the police to report Edwin for stalking. Cesar also contacted his cousin Sylvia Mathurin, an attorney specializing in employment law.
The movers and shakers at the Davis-Goff Institute's Human Resources Department got wind of Edwin's fixation on Cesar thanks to the lawsuit filed by Sylvia Mathurin's Law Office. As a result, Edwin Danes got fired, and a judge ordered him to cover attorney fees to Cesar, his former victim. A lot of gay men are attracted to heterosexual men and bisexual men because nothing keeps certain gay men up at night than the idea of a man who likes women switching teams to be with them. Sadly, it doesn't work that way in reality. Humiliated and almost bankrupt, Edwin Danes left the world of think tanks, and took an admin position at Buffalo State University.
Ernest Magloire has lived his life his way, and with few regrets. He was born in the City of Miami, Florida, to Haitian parents who came to America as refugees. A magistrate from the immigration authorities allowed Ernest parents Theodule and Antoinette Magloire to stay in the U.S. mainly because he didn't want to separate a loving if unfortunate family. Ernest grew up hearing that story, and it fueled him to become very ambitious and driven as he grew older. He studied criminal justice at Miami-Dade College, and later went to Florida State University, where he earned a Law degree.
While practicing law in the City of Jacksonville, Florida, Ernest Magloire met the future love of his life, Fiona McAllister. The tall, dark-haired, fair-skinned and blue-eyed young woman was a newcomer to the State of Florida by way of Galway, Ireland. Fiona came to Jacksonville University to study civil engineering. In spite of their obvious differences, Fiona and Ernest fell in love and got married. The couple had two sons, Joseph and Blaine, and a daughter, Maeve. Everything was great for the Magloire family, until Ernest revealed to his wife Fiona that he was bisexual.
