The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
Contents:
- CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
* otter gay body type *
Otter is a term ed by gay men, referrg to a subset of men who blend the physil and social tras of both bears and twks, both vokg and fyg tradnal masculy. Gay men who f the scriptn of otters often nsir themselv unaligned due to their balance of both mascule and feme exprsns of their manhood. The orig of the otter label is unclear, but most agree began as one of the many sub-tegori of bears, allowg a gay tribe for men who prrize genr exprsn across their physil body as well as their prentatn and appearance.
Otters are so named bee of the animal’s lhe, hair-vered and whiskery appearance, analogo to that of the gay men scrib. Otters generally stand apart om other subcultural terms by not enuragg the expectatn that the stereotype of the feme gay man be entirely rejected; there tends to be signifint variatn the prentatn of otters pared to bears and twks, which are somewhat bary their exprsn.
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A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
SCRUFF - Gay Slang Dictnary. As many members of the LGBTQ+ muny will know, an "otter" is a word ed to scribe a th and hairy gay man. And if you're still nfed, here's your mi gay glossary so that you may never make Jam Mart's mistake:.
AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
Bear - A gay man who tends to be large, hairy, butch and sometim mistaken as heterosexual. Cub - A young gay man who is often hairy and heavy-set, and likely to grow to a bear.
Otter - A hairy yet lean gay man; not que as hairy as a bear and not que as young as a twk. Flamer - A particularly effemate or mp gay man. Twk - Like a chicken, he is a gay man who is generally small and youthful, wh ltle facial or body hair.
Chicken - A young or young-lookg gay man (or sometim an unrage boy) who is often pretty the face and sexually naive.