LGBT Foundatn - Viewpot - Embracg Male Femy the Gay Communy

Contents:

• WHY DO GAY MEN HAVE TO BE SO FEME?
• GAY MEN DISCRIMATE AGAST FEME GAY MEN, NEW STUDY FDS
• THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL FEME GAY MEN OUT THERE.
• GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
• GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN PREFER MASCULE-PRENTG GAY MEN FOR A HIGH-STAT ROLE: EVINCE FROM AN ELOGILLY VALID EXPERIMENT
• BUTCH, FEMME, OR STRAIGHT ACTG? PARTNER PREFERENC OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS

WHY DO GAY MEN HAVE TO BE SO FEME?

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GAY MEN DISCRIMATE AGAST FEME GAY MEN, NEW STUDY FDS

Both gay men and heterosexual men prefer mascule-prentg men for high-stat rol, acrdg to a new study om the Universy of Sydney, leavg more feme-prentg gay men disadvantaged and facg ternal bias, prejudice and potential discrimatn the workplace, cludg hirg practic and promotn opportuni. The rearch published the peer-reviewed journal Sex Rol is believed to be the first experimental study to monstrate stat sts for gay men who prent wh more feme than mascule quali across workplace hierarchi.

THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL FEME GAY MEN OUT THERE.

Gerrard, (himself a profsnal actor) created vios of six shortlisted "ndidat" g profsnal actors, all gay men real-life, who acted the same script both a feme-gay and mascule-gay manner (manipulatg their voice, mannerisms, and posture but otherwise everythg else was kept intil). "We operate teams-based workplac now where effective learship quali—warmth, empathy and good munitn—are all nsired feme tras, and a more feme-prentg gay man might be an ial ndidate for a learship role, " Mr.

That means a person of any genr n be attracted to someone who intifi as female or who exprs feme sexual orientatn terms such as “homosexualy” or “heterosexualy, ” gynosexualy do not specify the person’s own genr relatn to their sexual orientatn. The ments tend to be filled wh a bunch of jok like "girl thats not your man" "idk he seems a lil gay to me" or pictur of limp wrists, thgs that imply that her partner is a closeted gay man and she's beg duped some way.

As a bisexual trans man, I fd that at their worst, they n be regrsive, monosexist, or even jt pla homophobic- which hontly, is a b of a shame sce a lot of the jok are om queer (mostly gay) men. And I don't want to imply that there are no feme gay men, or that closeted or ternally homophobic gay men don't form romantic relatnships wh women out of eher ternalized shame or safety purpos. My issue wh the assumptn that feme men are always secretly gay do the followg: · pletely eras bisexual men (monosexist, bi erasure) · n potentially imply that gay men n be easily spotted and that there's only one type of gay man (homophobic) · rerc the ia that a te and ial heterosexual uple has the masule man and the feme woman (opposnal sexism) · n imply that gay men are the secret predators or disguise to take advantage of suatns, which is a sentiment a lot of queer people al wh and fight agast to simply exist (homophobia, queerphobia).

GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?

But I hontly feel like there's a lot to unpack wh that general sentiment- bee I only gave two niche exampl off the top of my head of people who receive those sorts of jok, but this ia that feme men are all secetly gay persists multiple forms, and I jt wanted to make a post to maybe talk about .

Problematic statements like “no fems, ” “no queens” or “masc4masc” equently ed on datg apps only foreground the need to challenge the prejudice faced by mp, feme gay men om members of their own muny. This n attract homophobic attentn, which is possibly part of the reason why many gay men feel the need to ‘pass’ as straight; to avoid beg sgled out as a target for abe, judgement and discrimatn.

GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN PREFER MASCULE-PRENTG GAY MEN FOR A HIGH-STAT ROLE: EVINCE FROM AN ELOGILLY VALID EXPERIMENT

However, the ncept of ‘passg’ as straight (or even as a certa genr if you’re trans) is highly troublg; impli that beg both feme and male, and/or homosexual is shameful and unsirable. Historilly, homosexualy has been reprented – and even ridiculed – as a illy mp cliché, and so, unrstandably, many gay men wanted to distance themselv om such rtrictive, rctive stereotyp. In an overwrought attempt to pe such negative nnotatns of femy appears that, many gay men (and ed men general) have ventured too far the oppose directn, supprsg the feme sis of their nature the procs.

BUTCH, FEMME, OR STRAIGHT ACTG? PARTNER PREFERENC OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS

Once we realise that femy and mpns aren’t flaws or weakns, that homosexualy is not e for shame, that masculy isn’t exclive to straight men and femy isn’t exclive to straight women, that genr is more fluid than rigid bary norms lead to thk, we will stop discrimatg agast those we should be showg solidary towards stead.