When I was a teenager, I was vocally adamant about not being attracted to other feminine gay boys. I was in a bad place. I knew I talked like what people imagine gay men talk like. I knew I swished my hips when I walked.
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Schedule Your Free 15 min. Why are there so many hair stylists who are gay? Why are our homes so often featured in interior design magazines? What I love about the book are the first several chapters where he validates, with hard-hitting language, the challenges of growing up as a gay boy in a straight family.
As the mainstream image of what a gay man is continues to morph into more of a hero and less of a victim, we continue to cast our most handsome, athletic and masculine men in the leading roles of the gay movement. As our rainbow fades to pastel, society now understands that gay men can be just like the rest of mainstream society. Our community has a new cast of gay heroes who place our most chiseled, scruffy-jawlined faces forward for everyone to see. From TV stars like Wentworth Miller to athletes like Jason Collins, the world now knows that we can be strong and manly and fit right in with the rest of the boys.