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FELLAS, IS REALLY GAY TO EXPRS AFFECTN FOR YOUR HOMI?
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Gay Man by Gayflagblog. An creasg and alarmg number of cishet men performg purportedly homosexual behavr n be seen on social media.
Current rearch suggts there is also a crease homophobia and homohysteria. Our study aims to explore how chang support of homosexualy have also changed the language of homosocial relatnships.
In this ntext, homohysteria is fed as the heterosexual’s fear of beg thought gay when performg genr atypil behavrs. Homophobia is fed as attus and behavrs that monstrate tolerance of sexual acts, inti, moraly, and the rights of homosexuals. To tt our hypothis that cisgenr heterosexual (cishet) men will e language monly xed and rrelated wh the language of women and homosexual men when teractg homosocial nversatns wh close iends, we analyzed 40 TikTok vios which featured cishet men homosocial environments, and rerd five 30–40-mute nversatns that took place eher person or onle via Zoom and Disrd.
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We found that cishet men, when a fortable settg wh other cishet men, seem to e lguistic patterns that are typilly xed wh cishet women and gay men. The most puzzlg part: the #nohomo and #homiexual tags unrneath.
In recent years, ntemporary pop culture seems to have an obssn wh homosexualy — jt whout the part that requir anyone volved to actually intify as non-heterosexual. Like the TikToks mentned above, var other social platforms, such as YouTube and Instagram, seem to be beg home to male fluencers engagg “gay” behavrs wh other men, spe neher party volved actually intifyg as part of the LGBTQ+ muny.
From the inic “Two bros stg a hot tub” Ve (Figure 1, re-upload to YouTube here), to recent onle disurse about men keepg their socks on durg sex acts wh other men to keep “no homo” (Figure 2), performative homosexualy seems to always be played for edic effect.