Different types of gay men

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It seems to me that a lot of people don’t know much about the gay tribes, at least on this app. I want to be able to aid and provide some insight!

First Off: What Are Gay Tribes?

The gay tribes are terms that are used by homosexual and bisexual men, in gay communities. They are key words meant to describe different men’s body types, and helps for men to find the kinds of men they enjoy to be around visually. These are casual terms, not every gay or pansexual man uses them, and they’re dominantly for fun.

What Are The Gay Tribes?

(In no particular order)

1) Bears

Bears are the picture of masculinity in men. The body type they have is creature hairy and enormous, either through muscle or fat.

A younger version is called a Cub.

2) Otters

Otters are similar to bears in that they are also hairy. However, they are usually more slender, and often more toned than a bear.

3) Jock

The jock type are men who are extremely fit, and are very into physical health.

4) Exhibit Queen

This is the drag queen, a popular group in the gay men’s community. Drag, melody, show, and show are traits to this, less about body type.

5) Twinks

This group is entire of young, slender boys.

GAY TRIBES

Everything you want to know about the most accepted gay tribes:

Whether you’re gay or not, I’m sure you’ve heard of the famous ‘tribes’ within this community. But perhaps this phrase is not the right one to define the alternative stereotypes of gays, of course each one is very different from the other. Today, there is still a colorful and deranged image of the concept of the gay man, which is far from reality we are involve, because of ignorance of the people so this article may assist you to recognize more about the different groups of gays.

We know you’re looking forward to meeting them and increase your information about these. Here’s a list you’ll love:

OTTER

scruffy, generally youthful, furry, shorthanded and strong gay.

TWINK

Darling youngster. This tribe is usually young, between 18 and 25 years old, angel face, thin, smooth and shaved

GYM BUNNY

The hottie of the gym. The representative hottie who only eats chicken and rice, hot and athletic.

Types

Some gay men use types to describe, identify and communicate themselves. Who hasn't heard someone say “he’s my type" or been asked if a guy is yours? There is always some disagreement around the terms we utilize and whether we should use them at all.

Therefore, you should be sensitive if applying a type to someone, bearing in mind some gay men reject them altogether as narrow, superficial, and demeaning. Equally, some use types affectionately and as a convenient shorthand.

It's a bit of a bear pit (no pun intended), but here's our take on types, though you are perfectly entitled to fling them out and be your own gay, your own homo, queer, etc.

Physical types and personal characteristics

Some guys are primarily attracted to physical types of gay men (eg: bears, twinks, and muscle guys) while some find characteristics in men most attractive (eg: warmth, intelligence, and humour). Others mix and match and understanding these distinctions is important.

For example, the type(s) of men we find attractive sexually may not necessarily be the qualities we are looking for to sustain a relationship. Trouble is, we can get so caught up in a type we can misplace sight that not far ben

Why do some gay men “sound” gay? After three years of research, linguistics professors Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth may be on the verge of answering that question. After identifying phonetic characteristics that seem to construct a man’s voice sound male lover, their best hunch is that some gay men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns. They want to know how men acquire this manner of speaking, and why – especially when society so often stigmatizes those with gay-sounding voices.

Rogers and Smyth are also exploring the stereotypes that gay men sound effeminate and are recognized by the way they speak. They asked people to listen to recordings of 25 men, 17 of them gay. In 62 per cent of the cases the listeners identified the sexual orientation of the speakers correctly. Perhaps fewer than half of gay men sound gay, says Rogers.

The straightest-sounding voice in the study was in fact a gay man, and the sixth gayest-sounding voice was a vertical man.