The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
Contents:
- CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
- WHAT IS A GAY OTTER? EXPLAED!
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- SAVE GAY BARS
CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
Otter is a term ed by gay men, referrg to a subset of men who blend the physil and social tras of both bears and twks, both vokg and fyg tradnal... * gay bear otter *
Suffice to say, “bear” is often fed as more of an attu than anythg else – a sense of fort wh our natural masculy and bodi that is not slavish to the vogu of male attractivens that is so mon gay circl and the culture at large.
As his name suggts, Otterj draws his greatt spiratn om the slenr, hairy, beard, and often tattooed gay male subculture known as otters. The men his photographs are unabashed exhibnists lookg for a place to f to a gay culture that has creasgly turned s back on a sexually aware world where leather and cisg are a form of liberatn. Often ed to refer to asexual people a siar manner as “gay” or “straight” are ed to refer to homosexual or heterosexual people.
Ally: A person who supports and rpects sexual diversy, acts acrdgly to challenge homophobic and heterosexist remarks and behavrs, and is willg to explore and unrstand the forms of bias wh themselv.
WHAT IS A GAY OTTER? EXPLAED!
For those who are still the dark as to what all those labels for var typ of gay mal actually signify, this lk generoly... * gay bear otter *
A gay or bisexual man who has facial/body hair and a cuddly body.
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
A gay man who is very hairy all over his body, but is smaller ame and weighs nsirably ls than a bear." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * gay bear otter *
An umbrella term that refers to members of a subculture the gay and bisexual male muni and is often fed as more of an attu or sense of fort wh natural masculy and bodi. Bicur: An dividual who typilly intifi as gay or straight while showg some cursy for a relatnship or sexual activy wh a person of the genr they do not favor.
(Related terms: heteroflexible, homoflexible). Sometim adopted affirmatively by gay men to refer to themselv. Faghag/Ffly: A woman who associat mostly or exclively wh gay or bisexual men.
Fluid: A sexual or genr inty that exists beyond a bary system of eher gay or straight, man or woman. Gay: At tim, “gay” is ed to refer to all people, regardls of sex, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractns to people of the same sex. The term n also exclively refer to men who are emotnally, romantilly, sexually, affectnately, or relatnally attracted to other men, or who intify as members of the gay muny.
SAVE GAY BARS
Outsi ocsnal leral referenc to hairls or shaved otters, a naked otter is a slang term for nu pictur of a slim, hairy gay man. * gay bear otter *
Lbians, bisexuals, and transgenr dividuals may feel exclud by the term “gay. Heteronormativy: The assumptn, dividuals or stutns, that everyone is heterosexual, or that heterosexualy is superr to homosexualy and bisexualy.
Also, the benefs that lbians, gay men and bisexuals receive as a rult of claimg a heterosexual inty and nyg a lbian, gay or bisexual inty. Homoflexible: A person who is mostly attracted to the same sex/genr, but n, on ocsn be attracted to the oppose sex/genr. Homophobia: Fear of, hatred of, or disfort wh people who love and sexually sire members of the same sex.
Homophobic reactns often lead to tolerance, bigotry and vlence agast anyone not actg wh soc-cultural norms of heterosexualy.
Overhead the Box Menswear offic today circled around exactly what is and isn't a Gay Otter. Offfft look at that snail trail of belly hair. Before you check wikipedia, this don't ncern a cute semi-aquatic weasel type animal wh webbed feet and thick fur, although, fur of sorts do play a part..... keep read * gay bear otter *
Bee most LGBTQ people are raised the same society as heterosexuals, they learn the same beliefs and stereotyp prevalent the domant society, leadg to a phenomenon known as ternalized homophobia, whereas LGBTQ-intified dividuals feel shame, guilt or hatred towards the part of themselv intified as LGBTQ. Homoromantic: A person who is romantilly attracted to a member of the same sex or genr.
A homoromantic person is not necsarily sexually attracted to the same sex or genr.
Homosexual: The clil term, ed the field of psychology, for people wh a same-sex sexual attractn.