What is gay? is not an unmon qutn. The fn of gay is not simple eher. Learn more about the fn and meang of gay.
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WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
* the gay man meaning *
So many gay men grow up believg there is somethg “wrong” wh bee we are different om other supposedly “normal” mal.
WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
It’s not surprisg that a term like “straight-actg” shows up so often gay men’s onle personal ads. It prumably means the advertiser nsirs himself a “real” man—real, that is, acrdg to a standard of masculy he don’t attribute to other gay men. So many gay men learn we are different om other boys by havg the fact poted out and ridiculed by bulli durg our young, most imprsnable, years.
As every gay man knows who has been sulted or asslted for his actual or perceived sexual orientatn, there are steep penalti for vlatg the Boy Co as there are for anyone who is “different” om the prumed (typilly whe, heterosexual, middle-class) standard.