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THE RISE OF THE A-GAY
They’re smarter, sexier, and far more succsful than you’ll ever be. And they fely don’t speak wh a lisp. Meet Ameri’s new lg class—the Alpha Gays * a power gay *
But they also happened to be the Edors of DetailsMake way for the A-gays. Instead of cisg gay clubs, they jet to Gstaad or the TED nference, and party at Sundance wh Zooey Dchanel.
Their Savile Row sus are impecble (A-gays tend to go ctom rather than buyg off the rack), and they furnish their hom wh llectible piec by signers like Cl Lalanne.
Chary mte beg them to host their benefs and s on their boards—and they have portfols of philanthropic terts that aren’t jt gay- or AIDS-related. “They have actual power that even straights n’t ny, ” says one veteran of the New York-Los Angel power-gay media scene, “and ually an imposg sense of style and groomg. ” A-gays supplant the prevailg media cliché: those irreprsible realy makeover ins, style experts, and fashn mns who have thrived throughout the nghts.
POWER GAY
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” They own the pany that manufactur the those A-gays wh kids are able to fd the time to perfect themselv, beg the healthier, more stylish, more popular versn of you that might have been. Out but not loud, proud but discreet, they transcend gayns much the same way that Barack Obama is said to have transcend race. “A-gays mark measurable societal progrs, ” says Lra Gilbert, edor of the pop-culture webse “People n now be out whout beg expected to swish.
It’s the Neil Patrick Harris/Portia Rossi brand of gay.
”Those of a certa pedigree have a tenncy to stick together, and A-gays are no different. While they don’t shun B-gays or C-gays, they tend to move rarefied circl, and are apt to be found at upsle rtrants among their straight peers—not at bars wh nam like Rawhi.
THE GAY B C’S OF SEX: P IS FOR POWER BOTTOM
For the most part, they have opted out of the gay scene and s social works and chew the theme parti and bathho of the lower st. They also steer clear of the typil pk vatn statns; you will not tch an A-gay shirtls South Beach or at a foam party Mykonos. “My favore A-gay has to be dragged to gay bars, ” says Gilbert, addg that she se the breed as a unique torment to straight women: “At first when we meet one, we feel a glimmer of hope for the existence of funny, charmg, bonair, clean-shaven men.
”But for straight men, the A-gay is even more nfg.
GAY POWER
The average guy might have a gay iend or two, but they rarely reprent a challenge to his heterosexualy.
The A-gay’s succs—wh personal style, bs, wh iends—has a gravatnal pull. Often straight guys hope that some of that A-gayns will b off on them and, before you know , they’ve veloped a man csh.