It’s a troubling pattern that goes hand-in-hand with the group of gays who would prefer to be called androphiles, because they don’t like “traditionally gay” things like Lady Gaga.
If that wasn’t bad enough, 41 per cent then went on to say that they believed effeminate men gave the gay community a bad image. Out of the 5000 gay men surveyed, a staggering 71 per cent said that they had been actively turned off by a prospective partner because they had shown signs of femininity. However, an unsettling new survey – conducted by Attitude for its Masculinity Issue – suggests that this isn’t the case. That isn’t to say that I don’t still get the odd slur like “faggot” yelled at me every now and then, but for the most part I am surrounded by people who accept me as I am. As a 24-year-old gay man I’d like to think that the most difficult days in finding acceptance are behind me.
