The Metrosexual revolution - a good or bad thing for the gay community?

[jamieB]

I was at Queensbridge on Easter Thursday to see Erick Morillo and could not help noticing just how much the metrosexual phenomenon has taken over. There were hundreds and hundreds of beautiful, beautiful straight boys............. that looked like poofs. Highlighted, stayled hair, tight brightly coloured tops, skinny leg jeans or short shorts, even necklaces.

I certainly enjoy looking at them, and they seem to notice me checking them out and look back (I guess that they are so off their face that they seem like they are staring at you), and they certainly dont seem to have an issue with gay guys checking them out (thank god) - but is this a good or a bad thing?

Obviously the massive downside is it used to be easy to tell gays from straights, Now that straights dress like gays its impossible! I thought I had a good gaydar, so sure I actually went straight up to a stunnin guy at Summadayze and straight out asked 'are you gay - because you are hot!', this was met with a 'nah, sorry mate, im not'.

Have people encountered this problem? Adnittedly in melbourne I have never encountered homophobia at a dance event, it is a very well adjusted city in that regard (the ferals, apart from the muzzas dont come to these events). However I see a sea of hot hot guys that look gay, and I think - maybe some of them are, and maybe I should do something about it rather than just gazing and wishing. If you are in a gay venue, its easy - if they're in the venue - you have a right to ask, but in a straight venue - do you not take the risk?

I guess everyone has a fantasy about picking up a hot 'straightie' at a club - one that is 'usually straight' (I know i sure do!!!), but is this just a unfair environment created by straight guys suddenly deciding that dressing gay will help with chicks?

[Tim D]

I know exactly what you mean Jamie. My and my friends call them "fauxmos" ie. fake homos. They are straight guys who act, look and dress gayer than any of us. It's like the whole pendulumn has swung so far in that direction that the rule of thumb is: if they look gay, they are most likely not. And if they don't look gay, they most likely are...

I reckon that ambiguity is a lot more fun!

[hazyinseptember]

why the hell should we mould ourselves into something just for the sake of making it easier to "pick up?"

and who the hell goes out to a club to pick up anyway? i thought the whole internet revolution had taken over from that..

if the straights wanna dress like fags let em.. they probably just want a good cock up their ass anyway..

ps. lovin the term "fauxmo"

[genkij]

wasn't the whole mardi gas this built on gaining acceptance for gay men & women .... so if imitation is a form of flattery then..... I really get stropy when i hear after Mardi Gas or any party for that matter comments like awww it was too straight - too many straight & alike.

Clubbing & parties are all about coming together and having a great time ... We have enough trouble with Crystal destroying our ability to have a good time in a social atmosphere .. lets NOT create more devision.

Now if these Fauxmos are doing this to trick girls into getting a shag .... well that is just NOT RIGHT !! ....

Peace & love to all ...... including Muslims - WERD

[Thatguy]

What about gay guys pretending to be bi-curious metro-sexuals? I overheard a guy I knew was gay saying well, I guess I don't go into gay or bi or straight, but I have never really been with a ... guy and then they started kissing. Gosh, it seemed to work really well as a pick up line. Anyway, what is the difference between a metro-sexual and a gay guy? Three drinks

[rheiner]

One of my female friends reckons the difference between metro-sexual and gay is whether or not she can get three fingers up his arse during intercourse...

True story.

[FlipX]

lmao

[Christian Taylor]

rheiner - you are a disgrace! (love it)

so what if she can only get two up there?

[danny corvini]

The question is what are we going to do to stay ahead of them? hahaa

[Junior]

This thread is one of the most amusing/interesting I've seen on Same Same so far. Looking at the topic from a straight guys perspective I can tell you that I often am convinced that many guys I know act and could easily be gay but they aren't. Let's get the stereo-types out upfront; Whether it's the over-attention to appearance, a weak hand-shake, camp voice/actions or combo of the above sometimes straight guys just have that camp thing going on.

I have a friend who has been known to dance with his top off on podiums at clubs like Arq, has the handshake, voice etc but he is just flat out straight as an arrow sexually. He lives with his long time girly and its only when a hot girl walks past in a bar and you see his reaction that you realise he's just not gay!

I have to say I really don't envy you all. I reckon though that any metro-sexual guy is aware of how he's perceived so would not be shocked to have a guy hit on him so fuck it, give it a try...

[jackie87]

Yes I also have a friend who is "straight" (I'm using that word very lightly because I am and possibly he is, not that entirely sure) and comes to ARQ, Stonewall, etc. with us and had a long time girlfriend who he regretted and ended up hooking up with a guy from NZ one night and I was shocked, so he says he likes tits but is scared of the vadge.

[GenesisInVain]

some men have "moobs".. he could just go for that...

[GenesisInVain]

this came up as a topic in religion class...we weren't paying attention to the topic of "the church and today's world (boring)". but yes. as i'm the token "le fag" of the class everyone was asking me about it. i told them that it annoyed me and that metrosexuals are just "fauxmos"...but I made sure it sounded a bit harsher than that...articulating a "gay-wannabe" directed at a metrosexual 'neanderthal' sitting in front of me.

[Asherbella]

Neither. It's an individual thing.
I don't think good grooming is a sexuality issue at all.
Heterosexual women these days, generally, don't want a yobbo for a husband.
Straight guys are just giving their women what they want, that's all.
To suggest metrosexuality is a ploy for straights trying/wanting to be gay or 'fauxmo' is arrogant. Oh, yes, the whole world wants to be gay! Right.

[Phazz]

It's all a homage to the 80's which was sexually ambigious at best.

[GenesisInVain]

yucky fluro pink and grosse skinny leg jeans!

[Phazz]

who could forget this train wreck from 2007?

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5608950,00.jpg

[andrewesmitt]

and cutoffs
http://www.listicles.com/wp-content/upload/nevernude.jpg

[sTaRiA]

I think its about time straight boys started taking care of their phisical appearence

[Vanilla_Gorilla]

I certainly enjoy looking at them, and they seem to notice me checking them out and look back (I guess that they are so off their face that they seem like they are staring at you), and they certainly dont seem to have an issue with gay guys checking them out (thank god) - but is this a good or a bad thing?

Obviously the massive downside is it used to be easy to tell gays from straights, Now that straights dress like gays its impossible! I thought I had a good gaydar


Serious with the gaydar thing?

Whats to work out? Either you are getting him hot and bothered or you are not.

Doesnt matter if he looks like Alf from Home and Away or Zac Effron, you are only going to know for sure if he looks at you like its Christmas Morning, He's 5 and about to unwrap his Playstation 4

[naughtylion]

Serious with the gaydar thing?

Whats to work out? Either you are getting him hot and bothered or you are not.

Doesnt matter if he looks like Alf from Home and Away or Zac Effron, you are only going to know for sure if he looks at you like its Christmas Morning, He's 5 and about to unwrap his Playstation 4

The gaydar thing is when you're walking down the street, a boy walks past with his 'girlfriend', and when you can turn around and say to your mate "watch this...3, 2, 1." and the guy looks over his shoulder for a perve.
It can be difficult getting someone all hot and bothered in the street, or a shopping centre. Some of us have a little more self control than that.
And the "Christmas Morning" look, I think, has lost it's charm. It's a little more interesting to keep your cock from poking out the top of your jeans and pick up the subtleties. But then, some people just don't know how to read people in an environment where there aren't guys with shirts off, flashing lights and thumping music.

[Asherbella]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlghAGrDCA

[The Morphetomnemonic]

Perhaps it's time for gay men to go 'native'. No more waxing. No more manscaping. No more of this 'personal hygeine'. No more fancy haircuts.

Everyone shall wear singlets and stubbies and own only three pairs of shoes - thongs, nicer thongs and workboots!

Given the cyclical nature of fashion, by going retro on them, we can then be a step ahead of the curve and once again prove that we are superior!

Take that fauxmos!

[weathervain]

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/154111/

[rudeboy86]

One of my female friends reckons the difference between metro-sexual and gay is whether or not she can get three fingers up his arse during intercourse...

True story.

Fuck that...fist him instead!

[rudeboy86]

who could forget this train wreck from 2007?

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5608950,00.jpg

Yeah and those "Love is a Battlefield" t-shirts...grrr

I walked up to a girl wearing one and was like..."oh you like Pat Benatar? Awesome!"
She had no clue what I was going on about and I had to explain to the dumbass that the t-shirt slogan was a song originally and that she should probably go an listen to it.

Same applies for fuckwits who want to look "alternative", so they go to Dangerfield (overpriced and shit!) and buy a Ramones t-shirt without knowing that it was a band.

Gaaaah!!!

[rudeboy86]

Perhaps it's time for gay men to go 'native'. No more waxing. No more manscaping. No more of this 'personal hygeine'. No more fancy haircuts.

Everyone shall wear singlets and stubbies and own only three pairs of shoes - thongs, nicer thongs and workboots!

Given the cyclical nature of fashion, by going retro on them, we can then be a step ahead of the curve and once again prove that we are superior!

Take that fauxmos!

Yay then you can all come to The Laird...lol