Regarding Names

Hi Friends - I just wanted to explain the "name" thing. Some of you might be familiar with the Faerie movement, where gay men take up "faerie names" for whatever reason. In this case, Eikon is the Faerie name of my dear boyfriend. In my case, I am using flopper, merely because I work for an institution that would surely drop me from the payroll, would they find out everything about me (sexuality, you know). It's especially frustrating living where I am, in St. Cloud. . . Eikon and I have to be especially careful because of my "profile." These means attempting to be unsearchable on the world wide web.
I hope you understand. - Flopper