Historically, gay stereotypes have been even less kind. Yet today’s gay men aren’t as reliant on representations crafted by others, with social media helping to democratize storytelling by providing a platform for people to share their experiences. Inevitably, gay people being active online (Twitter gays, I’m looking at you) has caused new stereotypes to emerge. Earlier this year, Vice writer James Greig attempted to fact-check the “new gay stereotypes.” GQ writer Alim Kheraj also investigated the gay love of iced coffee.įrom “gays can’t drive” to “gays love iced coffee,” new ones seem to appear every day. Both found the accuracy of these new tropes difficult to prove, but explored their complex and often contradictory origins. In that sense, the new(ish) stereotype that “gay men walk fast” is no different. If “walking gay” really is a thing, it seems that many gay people perceive speed to be a part of that. On Twitter, one person writes: “Straight people, look behind you, chances are there's a gay person trying to get past because you're moving at an extremely glacial pace.” Others joke that gays can halve the journey time estimate on most travel apps, or suggest that gay men walk fast “to flee the straights” because “they learned to walk to the beat of ‘Womanizer’ by Britney Spears.” Bizarrely, there’s even a petition in the U.K.
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