So, When Did Fans Become Such A Fad? Did I Miss Something?

OP, do you have “an” Onlyfans?

Fanning the flames of faggotry!

Excuse me?

I do declah!

So.

Okay.....

Jasmine Flower:

bitch.

Fans are loco! Like me!

James Charles sells one for 25 bucks.

[quote]I do declah!

EXACTLY! When did this happen? It resonated with me at this year's PRIDE parade in NYC! EVERYWHERE fans and clacking, clacking and fans! I think I was only one of a few who did not have a fan. THEN, a friend of mine had an outdoor party and about 3 men (out of the 15 that were there) had these big and very elaborate fans that they clacked and waved all night with. Strange... no, rather interesting...

....

Amateurs

Alexandra Danilova coaching epaulement

I went to see Hamilton on Broadway, and a large transgender woman popped her fan open and started fanning away mid-show. Her phone also went off as Hamilton's son was dying. Livid.

I’m a fan

At :44 you can see a young Bret Lacquement, fan dancing in SF. He was the best! He's still around and still fan dancing.

Godawful delicious vulgarity. Let's have some more! Any naked family dances. Male of course.

I sweat VERY easily, so I welcome and participate in the fan trend. I can't catch a man if I look like I just stepped out of the pool.

Glitter wigs and Fans:

Wow Carly Rae can't sing.

when a fan cracks part of me dies inside, I can’t stand that noise.

Just some silly-ass, temporary affectation.

Best avoid with a soft pass.

It's because of global warming, OP.

Kenya Moore.

YASSSS!

A fad? Nonsense. I have always loved my fans, and more importantly, they have always adored me.

When did fans become such a big fad?

1933 in Chicago, thank you very much!

Those fucking clacking fans are as annoying as hell. They were all over the place during Pride month. Then everyone realized this silly affectation was irritating, maddening, and tiresome.

MMPH.....

Calm down bitch

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Loca!

Remember when every gay dance floor had a fan queen AND a whistle queen? I 'member.

^YES!

And a tambourine queen......

It’s because of that drag queen Katya on the YouTube show with Trixie Mattel. It filtered through the drag race bar events and then exploded from there.

My husband is Asian (from the motherland) and can work a fan like nobody’s business. But he fucking HATES the sound and the clacking at Pride. He actually will carry one in his bag and use it unironically as society intended it nowadays.

He’s getting older and doesn’t give a fuck that it makes one look trés homosexuale if you aren’t a black church lady or in Asia. It definitely fucking helps on those hot ass days.

It’s the gay answer to global warming.

Thank you, OP. I was more than a little baffled at Adam Lambert's new merchandise including a fan. A trend. Who knew?!

My husband gifted me with a fan once. It caused ever so much trouble.

gays started twirling fans after they realized that it was much easier than twirling flags, as they did do at every Pride parade.

Oh good. I have one of these ginornous fans I've never known what to do it.

[quote]gays started twirling fans after they realized that it was much easier than twirling flags, as they did do at every Pride parade.

LOL!!! SO, TRUE!!!

Everywhere you go? OP you need to stop hanging out with Drag Queens.

R54: how about just ‘remember gay dance floors’, period...

Sorry, r69 is meant for r53.

Yes?

Fans were popular 50-plus years ago in modest churchs down south that hadn't acquired air conditioning yet. Beyond that, seeing such elsewhere would be rare.

THWOORP

@gingereddie

The shade of it all.

Chaka on Wendy

As Woody goes, so goes the hipster world

Pavarotti would carry a little battery operated fan with him.

I just noticed Dollar Tree is selling them now too, lol.

OP, it’s because RuPaul’s Drag Race exploded in popularity a few years ago. Drag culture is everywhere now, and people don’t even realize it. Which I think is fabulous.

I hate fans, even when woman use them. They are just so fem. Yeah, I said it, so sue me, I like real men not queens.

The Royal Reviewer

Vinny Vega

Lessons....

Flame Monroe

Lots of clacking

Queen...

“Onnagata” is a Japanese term used in kabuki theatre that refers to a male performer who would play the female role in a work.

I used them to FFFFFFFFFan the FFFFFFFFFlames of my FFFFFFFFFaggotry!

Mark Kanemura ends every routine with a fan snap.

[R93] ---- MUA! Thanks! I really like that kind of music too, though I have no idea how to find any of it -- Eastern & "plinkety plink" -- so soothing

The Jasmine Flower Dance too.

I forgot to add -- there is a hand fan museum little storefront in Healdsburg CA. It was closed - afterhours - when I was there.

A fan can be used to move Covid air away from your being!