Some guys are sent “into gay fabulosity” when a certain song comes on. Others just let their queer flag fly when their gaydar pings.
The latter phenomenon is the subject of a recent Reddit thread titled, “Does anyone else turn their ‘gayness’ up to 11 when they see another guy that might be gay?”
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“The other day at the store, I saw this guy who dressed and walked pretty ‘gay,’ and as a result, when I walked by him, I started acting a little bit gay myself, as in certain mannerisms and the way I was holding my basket changed to give him an idea that I was gay, too,” the original poster wrote. “Now, I wasn’t trying to hook up with him or anything, we were both just grocery shopping and minding our own business, but I felt strangely excited, like when two stranger dogs meet and get excited because they know they’re both dogs (if that makes any f*cking sense).”
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“This needs video with a voiceover narration,” one commenter quipped. “Morgan Freeman would be a good narrator: ‘The male, having spotted a possible mate, exaggerates his movements to draw attention to himself…’”
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But plenty of guys could relate to the OP’s experience. “This happened to me yesterday with a cashier who was clearly gay,” another commenter wrote.
“If I’m watching a show with a really sassy guy, like if I’m watching Queer Eye and JVN starts being his wonderful self, I feel empowered to embrace my more flamboyant side,” said a third. “I’m currently watching old seasons of Project Runway and one of the guys is that bitch and he makes me feel like a queen.”
A different user, meanwhile, said he doesn’t up his gayness in general, “only while watching [RuPaul’s Drag Race] with friends.”
And if you need a visual, one hero of a commenter provided a link to this immortal Brian Jordan Alvarez video:
Mikey E
This post is about effeminate men being effeminate masquerading as a post about gay men being gay.
Apolodorus
Grow a funny bone perhaps? Jesus…
LARRY
and?
Hdtex
Someone has a bad case of fragile masculinity….Sad.
Cam
Annnnnd the same account that defends anti-LGBT bigots does’t like guys who don’t abide by stereotypical macho behavior.
Not surprising.
IWantAFullBeard
Yes. I’m very masculine but put me around another gay man and I truly take it up a notch. Something about it is fun and freeing.
Prax07
Yeah No, can’t say I’ve ever “turned up” the gayness in any situation or for anyone. I don’t really present as gay, I’m not into most stereotypical gay shit, so no, I can’t say I’ve ever done that.
Doug
I gotta agree.
JJinAus
Spoilsport here. I didn’t get the memo. I am “straight acting”, but it’s not an act. This is how I present. It’s tedious when we (my partner of 20 years) have to constantly out ourselves because we present straight. I am more relaxed amongst gay men, but I don’t start screeching and flapping.
Cam
IF you’re so comfortable around gay men why would you describe their behavior as “Screeching and Flapping”?