What kind of man is a gay man?
My newly out friend is delighted that other men don’t realize he is gay.
Isn’t that just the same as being in the closet?
Driving to Hollywood last week Andrew said, “That was a really gay hand gesture..”
I said, “That’s because I AM really gay.”
Gwen, when she saw my white cashmere scarf said, “That scarf makes you look really gay.”
Once again I replied, “That’s because I am really gay.”
In the same way that I have a range of sexual possibilities open to me, I also have an evolved behavioral panoply. I can be as masculine or as effeminate as I want to be..I am, after all, not playing the role of being a gay man. I am a gay man..and occasionally I will be aggressive and dominant (traditionally masculine) or on other occasions when I am having a laugh I can prance around my place in imaginary heels lip synching to Lady Gaga.
I can be anything I want as long as I am authentic. I am not going to affect a deeper voice, a darker personality, limited hand and eye brow movements simply so other men will not realize that I am gay! It’s exhausting to lie like that.
Whatever I am, I am not striving to be, as Iago said, not what I am. Authenticity is key. I didn’t come out of the closet to start pretending all over again, to start fooling my gay brethren. To fool their gaydar. I came out to be who I am. Not what you want me to be or feel shame about my feminine hand gestures, my flamboyant scarves. I don’t believe in shame!
FUCK SHAME!
If you think fooling other gay men is where it’s at then you are only fooling yourself.
Equally, gay men who think they are wonderful at divining who is gay are in fact utterly useless at figuring out who is gay because everyone can do gay stuff..I mean..man on man stuff. Casting a spell like a bad fairy is not ‘gaydar’. The prisons are chock full of men fucking men who are not gay.
On the whole gay men flag their gayness depending on the tribe that they belong to.
This is exactly why I have stuck with straight identified men..it’s just another tribe of men who fuck men.
Mainstream gay culture, just like the straight mainstream, is not to my liking. Frankly, my dears, the mainstream bores me to tears! Normal+Common=Get Me Out Of Here.
Mainstream Gay Culture: Ripped bodies shown off in tight tee shirts, tribal posturing, childish Peter Pan excitement, arrested development, intensity over intimacy, endless flirting and sexing up of every single situation. What are those huge muscles for? Pumped up like Greek warriors for no good reason. All form and no function. It’s just drag dear! Those boys can’t fight to save their lives!
If you are coming out today or thinking about it..just remember that you have hidden your true nature for a long, long time. You may not really have a clue who you are. All I urge you to do, as best you can, is be true to yourself.
I am in a foul mood, trying to overcome this ghastly malaise that has beset me.