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The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs.

Here they like the world at large may stereotype gays as mcg wrist flippers wh great taste bent on givg everyone they meet a make over.

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Dcriptn: This young breed of gays is never over 30 and tends to be on the queeny si and hews closely to the nventnal stereotyp of gay man.

Wild, ornery, and still gettg over their g out issu, the twk is the gay gone wild, and is ba to olr men who are to tryg to suck off their youthful energy. Subtegori: The Twunk, the Gay-sian, the A&F boy.

Celebry Example: Kev SmhGay Jocks.

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Dcriptn: This guy pris himself on the fact that no one thks he is gay until he tells them. He wears T-shirts and ball ps wh his favore team logo, and lik guys who are "non-scene, " unls the scene is a gay sports team. Subtegori: Gay football players, gay soccer plays, gay gby players, etc.

Celebry Example: This is such a specific type don't really exists the world at large, but the Platonic ial of a circu boy is DJ Brett HenrichsenGay-Listers. Dcriptn: The are the uppy homos who live the good life, and are generally too good for you.

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They ually work advertisg, PR, marketg, or the entertament dtry and make a ton of sh which they e to have perfect apartments, fantastic wardrob, and summer hom near all the other gay-listers. Subtegori: Power gays, the velvet mafia. Dcriptn: The are the kids who are so gay they uld never f durg high school and sought refuge the mic partment.

Twk is a subcultural term referrg to gay men who fy tradnal mascule rol, embracg tras that are generally seen as feme. Twks are typilly associated wh a few key trop: general physil attractivens, a slim build, and a youthful appearance that lacks facial hair and... * kind gay *

He drs eher the most current prissy fashns or like a homo versn of Terry Richardson, big glass, flannels, and jeans that looks so thrown together that took him hours to put together. You're more likely to fd them at a gallery openg or mol party, but every so often they'll be at a gay bar to b elbows, and other parts, wh the other homos. Dcriptn: This is a very small but very powerful ntgent of the gay populatn.

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