The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
Contents:
- AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- GAY AND LGBT+ LOGOS
- BEG A GAY WOMAN – LABELS AND STEREOTYPG
AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
* gay labels *
In the spir of batg stereotyp by reclaimg and celebratg them, BBDO NY Art Director Jam Kuczynski and illtrator Pl Tuller have created a “Gui to Gay Stereotyp, ” a seri of silk screened imag pturg the sence of your neighborhood gay posters, released this week as we head to Pri season, celebrate the recent Supreme Court cisn on DOMA. They prent portras of gay stereotyp cludg the The Bear, The Otter, The Twk, The Twunk, The Drag Queen, and The Butch. The posters are available for $18 each, and some of the proceeds will go to the “Thk B4 You Speak” mpaign, which supports LGBT teens and rais awarens about homophobia and the e of terms like “That’s so gay, ” “Dyke” and “Faggot.
”Kuczynski says he found himself a gay bar one night listeng on some dus talkg about what stereotypil tegori they belonged . The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs.
Here they like the world at large may stereotype gays as mcg wrist flippers wh great taste bent on givg everyone they meet a make over. That said, when the gays see a fellow homosexual the public sphere, we try to plug them to the nvenient taxonomy the muny has ma for self.
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
They may not be very faiar to the world at large, but they are certaly faiar to the brothers butt say that each gay person belongs to one of the typ is a b ceptive.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
Dcriptn: This young breed of gays is never over 30 and tends to be on the queeny si and hews closely to the nventnal stereotyp of gay man. Wild, ornery, and still gettg over their g out issu, the twk is the gay gone wild, and is ba to olr men who are to tryg to suck off their youthful energy. Subtegori: The Twunk, the Gay-sian, the A&F boy.
Celebry Example: Kev SmhGay Jocks. Dcriptn: This guy pris himself on the fact that no one thks he is gay until he tells them. He wears T-shirts and ball ps wh his favore team logo, and lik guys who are "non-scene, " unls the scene is a gay sports team.
Subtegori: Gay football players, gay soccer plays, gay gby players, etc.
GAY AND LGBT+ LOGOS
Celebry Example: This is such a specific type don't really exists the world at large, but the Platonic ial of a circu boy is DJ Brett HenrichsenGay-Listers. Dcriptn: The are the uppy homos who live the good life, and are generally too good for you. They ually work advertisg, PR, marketg, or the entertament dtry and make a ton of sh which they e to have perfect apartments, fantastic wardrob, and summer hom near all the other gay-listers.
Subtegori: Power gays, the velvet mafia. Dcriptn: The are the kids who are so gay they uld never f durg high school and sought refuge the mic partment. He drs eher the most current prissy fashns or like a homo versn of Terry Richardson, big glass, flannels, and jeans that looks so thrown together that took him hours to put together.
BEG A GAY WOMAN – LABELS AND STEREOTYPG
You're more likely to fd them at a gallery openg or mol party, but every so often they'll be at a gay bar to b elbows, and other parts, wh the other homos. Dcriptn: This is a very small but very powerful ntgent of the gay populatn. The drag queens are not only the urt jters of the gay muny, drsg up like clowns for our entertament, but they are also a bridge to the straight world.