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GQ vtigat the reasons why a simple iced ffee—a drk for all seasons, when you thk about —is so gay.

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WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?

* gays and 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.

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

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. 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.

(Although lookg back, actually, that was pretty gay.

30 TWEETS ABOUT GAYS AND ICED FFEE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% ACCURATE

)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.

WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?

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.

“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.

SCIENCE EXPLAS WHY GAY MEN LOVE ICED FFEE

” 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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAYS AND ICED COFFEE

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