The tth behd Twter’s favore stereotype about gay men, as explaed by GQ ntributor Louis Stapl.
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WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?
* i walk around like gay *
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. 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.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Inevably, gay people beg active onle (Twter gays, I’m lookg at you) has ed new stereotyp to emerge.