Why Do Gay Men Walk So Fast? | GQ

Contents:

• 5 OF THE BT VANY EXERCIS FOR GAY MEN
• FNS FOR OLR GAY MEN
• WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?
• THE TOP 10 US WELLNS RETREATS FOR GAY TRAVELLERS
• LIFTG THE GAY GYM STEREOTYPE
• TOP 25 MOST VIEWED SGLE GAY MEN
• THE GYM/FNS CONNECTN GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
• GAY MEN AND FNS: MOVED TO MOVE…FDG THE MENTAL MOTIVATN FOR EXERCISE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• ‘YOU’RE A PUNK. YOU’RE PUTTG HANDS ON A GAY GUY’: MAN SAYS PLA FNS GYM-GOER ‘ASSLTED’ HIM FOR TAKG TOO LONG TO E WORKOUT MACHE

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FNS FOR OLR GAY MEN

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WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?

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Growg up, people would often tell me that I “walked gay. ” I ed to wonr how puttg one foot ont of the other uld seem gay, but I heard so equently that I accepted as tth.

THE GYM/FNS CONNECTN GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH

To fd out what else was gay, I looked to popular-culture, where I saw gay men mostly adherg to a fairly one-dimensnal set of stereotyp: fashnable, wty, effemate. Historilly, gay stereotyp have been even ls kd. Yet today’s gay men aren’t as reliant on reprentatns crafted by others, wh social media helpg to mocratize storytellg by providg a platform for people to share their experienc.

Inevably, gay people beg active onle (Twter gays, I’m lookg at you) has ed new stereotyp to emerge. From “gays n’t drive” to “gays love iced ffee, ” new on seem to appear every day.

Earlier this year, Vice wrer Jam Greig attempted to fact-check the “new gay stereotyp.

GAY MEN AND FNS: MOVED TO MOVE…FDG THE MENTAL MOTIVATN FOR EXERCISE

” GQ wrer Alim Kheraj also vtigated the gay love of iced ffee. Both found the accuracy of the new trop difficult to prove, but explored their plex and often ntradictory that sense, the new(ish) stereotype that “gay men walk fast” is no different.

If “walkg gay” really is a thg, seems that many gay people perceive speed to be a part of that.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

On Twter, one person wr: “Straight people, look behd you, chanc are there's a gay person tryg to get past bee you're movg at an extremely glacial pace. ” Others joke that gays n halve the journey time timate on most travel apps, or suggt that gay men walk fast “to flee the straights” bee “they learned to walk to the beat of ‘Womanizer’ by Brney Spears.

To create “gay walkg lan” bee gay men supposedly walk so a fast walker, I’ve fely been there: that moment when you’re walkg through a public place, listeng to “Jump” by Madonna, and the (prumably heterosexual) public n’t seen to hurry up and get out of your way.

But beyond my personal experience, and the admtedly pretty lazy humor of “gays walk fast” jok, is there any tth to the stereotype?

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

There’s never been a scientific study parg gay walkg speed wh straight men of a siar age and physil ndn. We know that gay men tend to gravate towards urban areas, where walkg is the flt travel method.

‘YOU’RE A PUNK. YOU’RE PUTTG HANDS ON A GAY GUY’: MAN SAYS PLA FNS GYM-GOER ‘ASSLTED’ HIM FOR TAKG TOO LONG TO E WORKOUT MACHE

Gay men the Uned Kgdom, for example, are 30% ls likely to own a r when pared to the average populatn, ditg that they’re more acctomed to walkg.