This is your guy who has hair in the latest celebrity style, clothes plucked from fashion magazines and a body carefully honed by a personal trainer. They adhere to their own sense of style and often make friends with other gipsters. Like your stereotypical hipsters, they tend to live an indie lifestyle, love undiscovered bands and enjoy art. Basically, it is a gay guy who is a hipster. This is a portmanteau of the words gay and hipster. Often thought of as the more submissive type, these guys are often seen with guys who are just a little older than him. This is a younger gay man who tends to be naive or inexperienced. This is your baby bear in the making! This guy is essentially a young man who is a future bear. They often have toned or slender bodies to complement their hairiness. Unlike bears though, these guys have smaller frames.
Like your standard bear, an otter is fairly hairy. While most of the parties have died off, some members of this aging group are still dancing the night away. In the 1990s, this was the group that partied hard, experimented with drugs and had the tribal tattoos. They were the subset known for muscles, being waxed and all-night dance parties. This originally started as the stereotype of the circuit boys in the 1990s. You see him hanging around in high tops, tank tops and short shorts. Now that the hipster movement has taken hold (and might even be passe by now), think beards, flannel and manly attire.Ī circuit queen is a muscular man who is stereotypically waxed and tanned. They tend to be quite masculine and hairy. The name is because these fellas look like bears. This is generally an older group in the population, but tend to hover around middle-aged. From a love of sports to an athletic physique, he is your sporty dream guy. Manly and muscular, he is the guy that no one thinks is gay until he tells him. This guy is basically what you think of when you think of a jock. Campy outfits, outrageous personalities and unbelievably beautiful makeup make this one of the most eclectic and fun groups. Drag queens dress up like fabulous ladies to perform in front of crowds. When it come down to it, this is a very small contingent in the gay community, but it is one of the most visual groups. Think gay gone wild with highlights, drama and hard-partying fun blended in.ĭrag queens are so much fun! If you have never been to see a drag queen or king, do it. This is probably one of the stereotypes cisgender, straight people think of when they think of gay men. According to the stereotype, twinks are never older than 30 and often have a queen-like streak in their souls. This term is used for a slender, young gay man who has very little facial or body hair. This is probably my favorite term because it makes me think of the storybook character, Tinker Bell. A single term could hardly sum up any person on earth, so these terms are really just a starting place for you to learn more about how different people in the gay community are labeled or identify. In reality, human beings are multi-dimensional, multi-faceted creatures.
Others in the community might call them a bear or cub, but this is barely a facet of their personality. Your typical jock might be a straight A student and chess member in their off time from basketball season, but they were still called a jock. In reality, even people who identified as a part of these groups had a lot of variations and unique traits. If you think back to high school, you probably remember a time when everyone was described as a jock, nerd, goth or something similar. It would be extremely, extremely deceptive to imply that each gay person belongs in one of these groups. Whether you are a part of the community or just want to learn more about the different people in the world, this list of the different types of gay men can help you to get started. While old stereotypes were about limp wrists and derogatory terms, many of the more modern terms just describe a certain aspect of the gay community.
Thankfully, society has become more accepting of different lifestyles and cultures in recent years. Using the terms used by the gay community, you can break down this culture and learn more about different types of gay men. Obviously, outsiders also have stereotypes about gay men. Like any culture, the gay world has a number of different stereotypes within the gay community.