gay men tend to have an extremely superficial idea of beauty shoved at them from every available gay-themed media outlet
It's a bit of a relief to see someone else say that. You don't often hear people criticize gay men for overvaluing appearance; usually they praise the men for being so helpful ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy").
The gay male friends I've had (in real life, not Internet life) have all been extremely concerned with appearances -- theirs, mine, strangers on the street, you name it. The two friends I had who I knew when they were ostensibly straight became almost intolerable after they came out of the closet, because I'm not some lipstick-and-bustier wearing fag hag, I'm just a matronly Midwestern nerd. Their comments about my appearance were insulting at best, especially considering neither had any fashion sense at all. Two words: pink turtlenecks.
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It's a bit of a relief to see someone else say that. You don't often hear people criticize gay men for overvaluing appearance; usually they praise the men for being so helpful ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy").
The gay male friends I've had (in real life, not Internet life) have all been extremely concerned with appearances -- theirs, mine, strangers on the street, you name it. The two friends I had who I knew when they were ostensibly straight became almost intolerable after they came out of the closet, because I'm not some lipstick-and-bustier wearing fag hag, I'm just a matronly Midwestern nerd. Their comments about my appearance were insulting at best, especially considering neither had any fashion sense at all. Two words: pink turtlenecks.