GQ vtigat the reasons why a simple iced ffee—a drk for all seasons, when you thk about —is so gay.
Contents:
- WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?
- ICED COFFEE AS GAY CULTURE: AN EXPLORATNTHE INTERNATNAL COFFEE DAY NTENT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 1, 2018/1:26 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2977PX;WIDTH:4465PX;}BROOKE CAGLE/UNSPLASHBY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 1, 2018 / 1:26 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ICED COFFEE AS GAY CULTURE: AN EXPLORATN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-01T17:26:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-01T17:26:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS PAST WEEKEND, I TOOK A MUCH-NEED VAY TO VIS MY VERY BT AND QUEERT IEND BOSTON. WHEN SHE GOT WORD THAT I HADN'T SEEN GAY TEEN BLOCKBTER LOVE, SIMON, WE IMMEDIATELY ALTERED OUR ERARY TO CLU A SCREENG HER ZY APARTMENT. THE FILM WAS EVERYTHG I WANTED: THAT WHOLOME, CHEY GOODNS ONLY A STORYLE OM A YA NOVEL ULD PROVI, PL QUEER CLN. I WAS SMTEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG THE FFEE FIEND THAT I AM, THOUGH, ONE PART OF SIMON'S TERNAL MONOLOGUE AT THE BEGNG OF THE FILM STUCK WH ME: "WE DO EVERYTHG IENDS DO: WE DRK WAY TOO MUCH ICED FFEE, WE WATCH BAD ‘90S MOVI, AND HANGOUT AT WAFFLE HOE DREAMG OF LLEGE AND GG ON RBS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTE THE ICED FFEE SHOUT-OUT. IT WAS A SMALL SCENE THE MOVIE, BUT THE NAME-DROP OF MY PERENNIAL DRK OF CHOICE WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE ME SNORTG MY SEAT. "RIGHT?" MY BT IEND SAID, KNOWG STANTLY WHAT I WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I NODD AND RAISED MY EVER-APPROPRIATE LD BREW TOWARD THE SCREEN SOLIDARY. "ICED FFEE IS GAY CULTURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY NOW, THE QUEER MUNY'S AFFY FOR ICED FFEE IS SOMETHG OF A JOKE. DURG PRI MONTH 2018, MY TWTER TIMELE WAS FILLED WH TONGUE--CHEEK REFERENC TO GAYS AND OUR PENCHANT FOR CHILLED FFEE BEVERAG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE JOK NTUED TO PERLATE WELL BEYOND JUNE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGHS AND GIFS ASI, THOUGH, IS THERE ANY TTH TO THE QUEER MUNY'S CLAIM ON ICED FFEE? I N ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND MY IENDS, BUT I KD OF BELIEVE THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ICED FFEE OFFERS THE BT PARTS OF A FFEE SH WH THE EASE OF TRANSPORTABILY (CUTE TUMBLERS!) AND NSUMPTN (NO WAG FOR TO OL DOWN!) OF ANY OTHER CHILLED BEVERAGE. IT'S MORE HIP THAN YOUR BOSS' MORNG LATTE (WH SOY K, PLEASE, AND HOLD THE FOAM) AND WAY CLASSIER THAN YOUR 'S DAILY MONSTER ENERGY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BETY OF ICED FFEE LI S PLETE AND UTTER CTOMIZABILY. NOT UNLIKE LABELS UNR THE LGBTQ UMBRELLA, THERE'S AN ICED FFEE VARIETY FOR PEOPLE ON EACH AND EVERY WAVELENGTH. FANCY YOURSELF A CY-OL HIPSTER TYPE? GRAB YOURSELF AN ICED AMERINO (PRSO SHOTS AND WATER OVER ICE. TST ME—'S MY MORNG FFEE OF CHOICE, AND 'S WAY BETTER THAN SOUNDS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE WATCHG RUPL'S DRAG RACE WH YOUR IENDS AT YOUR FAVE GAY BAR? I GOT YOU, BOO: COLD BREW, A PARTICULARLY POTENT ICED FFEE VARIETY BREWED LD WH A 12–24-HOUR BREW PERD, WILL BE YOUR SAVG GRACE AS YOU STUMBLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE OF A BASIC BCH? GIRL, LEAN TO WH SOME SEASONAL ICED FFEE FLAVORS. I'M TALKG PUMPK, PISTACH, PEPPERMT YOUR POISON, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ICED FFEE IS TO THE QUEER MUNY WHAT POT GRIG IS TO SUBURBAN WE MOMS: A SUBSTANCE, Y, AND AN GTIBLE CTCH DIFFICULT AND/OR AWKWARD TIM, PERHAPS, BUT ALSO A TOOL TO BUILD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S THE SORT OF THG THAT GETS YOU OUT OF YOUR DKY APARTMENT BROOKLYN AND TO A HIP FFEEHOE WH YOUR BT AND GAYT PALS. IT'S A VICE OF THE LSER GREE, THE SORT OF CHEMIL-SLASH-SOCIAL ADDICTN YOU N LGH ABOUT WH YOUR WORKERS. IT'S A DAILY RUAL YOU N ACTUALLY AFFORD (THAT IS, UNTIL YOUR CRED RD STATEMENT ARRIV, AND YOU REALIZE YOU SPENT $200-PL ON ICED FFEE LAST MONTH. A TRAGIC TALE THAT I N'T RELATE TO AT ALL...){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS WE CELEBRATE INTERNATNAL COFFEE DAY THIS OCTOBER 1, MAY WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE THE GLORY THAT IS ICED FFEE. FROM OUR LIPS TO LBIAN J' EARS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?
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- THE GAY MUNY ALREADY LOVED DIS, BNCH AND ICED FFEE. THEN GRDR ARRIVED
- THE GAY MUNY ALREADY LOVED DIS, BNCH AND ICED FFEE. THEN GRDR ARRIVED
WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?
* gay guys iced coffee *
It’s obv, people rpond: He’s gay. But none of that matters, after all; what was clear to the rner of the Inter known as Gay Twter, and to the se Gay Star News, was that this man was jt exercisg his rights—nay, his duty—as a gay man to drk iced ffee. Iced ffee, you see, is gay culture [ed.
Note: n nfirm] a piece published last October on the LGBTQ webse New Now Next, was noted that for the past two years on social media there’s been a steady flow of jok and mem about the gay muny’s affy for iced ffee. Acrdg to NNN, iced ffee is gay bee: portabily (cute cups), easy nsumptn (’s ld) and ctomizatn (you n pump full of sugar, or sugar-ee syp that is fely not givg you diabet).
The se pared to the stereotype of suburban moms and their nsumptn of pot grig; iced ffee is a gay ctch.
ICED COFFEE AS GAY CULTURE: AN EXPLORATNTHE INTERNATNAL COFFEE DAY NTENT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 1, 2018/1:26 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2977PX;WIDTH:4465PX;}BROOKE CAGLE/UNSPLASHBY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 1, 2018 / 1:26 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ICED COFFEE AS GAY CULTURE: AN EXPLORATN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-01T17:26:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-01T17:26:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS PAST WEEKEND, I TOOK A MUCH-NEED VAY TO VIS MY VERY BT AND QUEERT IEND BOSTON. WHEN SHE GOT WORD THAT I HADN'T SEEN GAY TEEN BLOCKBTER LOVE, SIMON, WE IMMEDIATELY ALTERED OUR ERARY TO CLU A SCREENG HER ZY APARTMENT. THE FILM WAS EVERYTHG I WANTED: THAT WHOLOME, CHEY GOODNS ONLY A STORYLE OM A YA NOVEL ULD PROVI, PL QUEER CLN. I WAS SMTEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG THE FFEE FIEND THAT I AM, THOUGH, ONE PART OF SIMON'S TERNAL MONOLOGUE AT THE BEGNG OF THE FILM STUCK WH ME: "WE DO EVERYTHG IENDS DO: WE DRK WAY TOO MUCH ICED FFEE, WE WATCH BAD ‘90S MOVI, AND HANGOUT AT WAFFLE HOE DREAMG OF LLEGE AND GG ON RBS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTE THE ICED FFEE SHOUT-OUT. IT WAS A SMALL SCENE THE MOVIE, BUT THE NAME-DROP OF MY PERENNIAL DRK OF CHOICE WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE ME SNORTG MY SEAT. "RIGHT?" MY BT IEND SAID, KNOWG STANTLY WHAT I WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I NODD AND RAISED MY EVER-APPROPRIATE LD BREW TOWARD THE SCREEN SOLIDARY. "ICED FFEE IS GAY CULTURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY NOW, THE QUEER MUNY'S AFFY FOR ICED FFEE IS SOMETHG OF A JOKE. DURG PRI MONTH 2018, MY TWTER TIMELE WAS FILLED WH TONGUE--CHEEK REFERENC TO GAYS AND OUR PENCHANT FOR CHILLED FFEE BEVERAG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE JOK NTUED TO PERLATE WELL BEYOND JUNE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGHS AND GIFS ASI, THOUGH, IS THERE ANY TTH TO THE QUEER MUNY'S CLAIM ON ICED FFEE? I N ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND MY IENDS, BUT I KD OF BELIEVE THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ICED FFEE OFFERS THE BT PARTS OF A FFEE SH WH THE EASE OF TRANSPORTABILY (CUTE TUMBLERS!) AND NSUMPTN (NO WAG FOR TO OL DOWN!) OF ANY OTHER CHILLED BEVERAGE. IT'S MORE HIP THAN YOUR BOSS' MORNG LATTE (WH SOY K, PLEASE, AND HOLD THE FOAM) AND WAY CLASSIER THAN YOUR 'S DAILY MONSTER ENERGY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BETY OF ICED FFEE LI S PLETE AND UTTER CTOMIZABILY. NOT UNLIKE LABELS UNR THE LGBTQ UMBRELLA, THERE'S AN ICED FFEE VARIETY FOR PEOPLE ON EACH AND EVERY WAVELENGTH. FANCY YOURSELF A CY-OL HIPSTER TYPE? GRAB YOURSELF AN ICED AMERINO (PRSO SHOTS AND WATER OVER ICE. TST ME—'S MY MORNG FFEE OF CHOICE, AND 'S WAY BETTER THAN SOUNDS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE WATCHG RUPL'S DRAG RACE WH YOUR IENDS AT YOUR FAVE GAY BAR? I GOT YOU, BOO: COLD BREW, A PARTICULARLY POTENT ICED FFEE VARIETY BREWED LD WH A 12–24-HOUR BREW PERD, WILL BE YOUR SAVG GRACE AS YOU STUMBLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE OF A BASIC BCH? GIRL, LEAN TO WH SOME SEASONAL ICED FFEE FLAVORS. I'M TALKG PUMPK, PISTACH, PEPPERMT YOUR POISON, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ICED FFEE IS TO THE QUEER MUNY WHAT POT GRIG IS TO SUBURBAN WE MOMS: A SUBSTANCE, Y, AND AN GTIBLE CTCH DIFFICULT AND/OR AWKWARD TIM, PERHAPS, BUT ALSO A TOOL TO BUILD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S THE SORT OF THG THAT GETS YOU OUT OF YOUR DKY APARTMENT BROOKLYN AND TO A HIP FFEEHOE WH YOUR BT AND GAYT PALS. IT'S A VICE OF THE LSER GREE, THE SORT OF CHEMIL-SLASH-SOCIAL ADDICTN YOU N LGH ABOUT WH YOUR WORKERS. IT'S A DAILY RUAL YOU N ACTUALLY AFFORD (THAT IS, UNTIL YOUR CRED RD STATEMENT ARRIV, AND YOU REALIZE YOU SPENT $200-PL ON ICED FFEE LAST MONTH. A TRAGIC TALE THAT I N'T RELATE TO AT ALL...){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS WE CELEBRATE INTERNATNAL COFFEE DAY THIS OCTOBER 1, MAY WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE THE GLORY THAT IS ICED FFEE. FROM OUR LIPS TO LBIAN J' EARS, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Jt like Halloween and walkg fast, is a long and well-tablished fact that iced ffee belongs to the gays. * gay guys iced coffee *
While ’s hard the days to tly unrstand why anythg be a meme (this is wavg at the Babadook), there are a lot of portable, easily ctomizable thgs that e cute packagg that aren’t so closely aligned wh the gay muny.
WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?
Iced ffee has bee a humoro part of gay culture recent years. In this article, we look at the rearch on ffee & mental health. * gay guys iced coffee *
(Although lookg back, actually, that was pretty gay. )One of the earlit exampl of the gay muny’s ep relatnship wh iced ffee om a 2001 episo of Will & Grace.
Hijks, while havg a csh has certaly lead to gay people dog ridiculo thgs the past, the episo don’t que properly draw the le between iced ffee and gay culture at large. But there uld be somethg the way that Jack signaled himself out as a gay man to his csh by his repeated orrs of Frappuccos. Ined, acrdg to former BuzzFeed wrer Sam Stryker, who once wrote a post for the se tled “This Post Will Only Make Sense If You're Gay And Love Iced Coffee, ” there’s a untercultural element to iced ffee’s populary wh the gays.
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“I thk the joke sort of origated as gays drkg iced ffee the wter, ” Stryker explas.
“Like, gays will do ridiculo thgs and there’s somethg so unterculture about drkg an iced ffee durg the wter. ” It’s also, he says, a sign of ristg homogenizatn. Essentially, iced ffee has bee a queer avatar, and a way for gay people to signpost themselv agast the uniformy of you’re straight, that might sound ridiculo, pecially an age which—while thgs are far om universally perfect—gay people n live their liv wh a fair amount of tonomy.
But signpostg queerns is a gay tradn that dat back to the 19th Century acrdg to Dr. That might be d to signpost which on—to e our language—are nsired ‘gay.
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And rather than necsarily beg a sign of sexual difference, acrdg to Bengry, ’s “about challengg the opprsivens of genr norms and genr prentatn”’s not to say that any sort of gay dg no longer happens, jt that an aspect of —shieldg onelf om persecutn at a time where beg homosexual was illegal—is no longer as heavy a necsy untri like the Uned Stat. Perhaps then, as Stryker suggted, part of the gay muny -optg iced ffee stems om another kd of signpostg, one where s are a form of playful rebell fact, take a look back at the Gay Liberatn Front and you see a long tradn of playfulns as prott.
THE GAY MUNY ALREADY LOVED DIS, BNCH AND ICED FFEE. THEN GRDR ARRIVED
“The Gay Liberatn Front would wear buttons that would explic say, 'I'm gay, ' or they would have language that explicly said that they were gay and intifyg as such, ” Bengry says. “It uld be seen not jt as a to other people, but anyone who is lerate uld read the button and see that they were gay.
THE GAY MUNY ALREADY LOVED DIS, BNCH AND ICED FFEE. THEN GRDR ARRIVED
K., gay people no longer need to exist the shadows; and wh the fight for gay marriage and the modifitn of queer culture, LGBTQ people are gog there’s still an element of vert behavr that occurs the queer muny, be sexual or, the se of social media, through the velopment of digal languag like mem and morn slang.
Iced ffee uld jt be an IRL maniftatn of this playful vert language, signalg to any fellow gays Starbucks that you’re one of them. Cg the book Changg Gay Male Inti, Stapl wrote that gay men have a tenncy to align themselv wh products and brands when formg their inti, wh a 2017 study by Campaign suggtg that more than a third of gays and lbians claim to be more loyal to brands that are nsired “gay iendly.
” This is probably transferrable to gay men’s idolizatn of female pop stars and, one uld argue, iced ffee. This shared sense of inty—be through products or pop songs—creat harmony and solidary the queer really, the reason iced ffee is gay is actually que simple.