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Does ‘gay face’ prove a biological cause of homosexuality?

Many gay guys have a ‘gay’ looking face. Pete Buttigieg anyone??? Apparently this is a mix of feminine and masculine features which give a gay appearance. In one study, they cropped gay men’s faces of piercings and hair and put them on blank backgrounds. People could guess they were gay with ~85% accuracy. Gay people clearly have this strange combo of genetics or hormones in womb that create this and their attraction to men.

by Anonymousreply 108March 12, 2020 5:41 AM

OP please educate yourself about what gayface is, and is not. Pete does not have gayface.

by Anonymousreply 1March 3, 2020 10:55 AM

It's also not a mix of masculine and feminine features. It has to do with an enlongated chin and a bigger mouth, among other things. Once you understand that "someone who has feminine features" is NOT gayface, you are on the path of discovery and learning.

by Anonymousreply 2March 3, 2020 10:57 AM

Chasten is the one with gayface.

by Anonymousreply 3March 3, 2020 10:58 AM

Gayface is so 2000's. I didn't realize the term is still in circulation.

by Anonymousreply 4March 3, 2020 10:59 AM

R1 you’re obviously using the definition in which gay men give each other a ‘look’. I’m referring to their facial structure. And yes, it is to do with feminine and masculine features together. It’s written in peer reviewed medical journals. One study found on average a longer forehead, but this isn’t ALWAYS the case. You can’t box it in about a elongated chin because there are super gay looking men with short chins too.

by Anonymousreply 5March 3, 2020 10:59 AM

Look at a lot of the “ex-gays”, they all have GAY FACE. It’s freaking real as hell. Not every gay person has it but many absolutely do.

by Anonymousreply 6March 3, 2020 11:00 AM

R2 "enlongated chin and a bigger mouth"

Are they a result of the constant cock sucking?

by Anonymousreply 7March 3, 2020 11:01 AM

Please fuck off!

by Anonymousreply 8March 3, 2020 11:01 AM

Ryland Adams has gay face

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by Anonymousreply 9March 3, 2020 11:05 AM

R5 there is only one definition of gayface, and it is not whatever you are on about. A medical journal would never call a mix of masculine and feminine features "gayface" in any case. You're using an already existing term incorrectly.

Identifying gay men through facial features is not the same as "gayface" which is a specific set of facial features and even the way someone moves their jaw and mouth when talking (and before you jump to conclusions, it is not necessarily a feminine voice). It has nothing to do with masculinity or femininity.

R9 no, that is not gayface.

by Anonymousreply 10March 3, 2020 11:06 AM

Andrew Rannells

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by Anonymousreply 11March 3, 2020 11:07 AM

My favorite gay face experiment (before & after photos)

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by Anonymousreply 12March 3, 2020 11:12 AM

R10 there is no ‘one definition’ of gay face. Gay face is simply a GAY LOOKING FACE. It’s in the name. Here’s a freaking scientific american article which says “there is no one definition”. Please exit the thread you weirdo. Idk why you’re obsessed with arguing it doesn’t exist lmfao.

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by Anonymousreply 13March 3, 2020 11:13 AM

R12 I see gayness in the before pics tbh. Studies have shown people can see homosexuality in expressionless faces. Read the scientific American article if you’re interested.

by Anonymousreply 14March 3, 2020 11:14 AM

Alex Mecum

by Anonymousreply 15March 3, 2020 11:16 AM

Gay face is probably real considering many gay men are attracted to straight guys faces... not just because gay men might act more feminine.

by Anonymousreply 16March 3, 2020 11:17 AM

One poster stated pete does not have gay face. Now that is someone with no skill of spotting a gay from a mile away. I saw the gayling in his younger pictures and now.

by Anonymousreply 17March 3, 2020 11:17 AM

R17 lmfao exactly. Pete has HELLA GAY FACE. The fact gay face was around back when people hid their sexuality proves its existence. I see gay face in a lot of the aggressively anti gay preachers too.

by Anonymousreply 18March 3, 2020 11:20 AM

For me, it has nothing to do with OP's suggestion of "a mix of feminine and masculine features which give a gay appearance", but everything to do with a pulled tight, often tensed face, a purposeful attentiveness and quite often barring of teeth (back to the farthest molars), as if someone were pushed onto a stage like a deer into oncoming headlights and told to "sparkle!" It's a nervous and put on fake "friendly" look all about self-awareness and lacking in ease.

by Anonymousreply 19March 3, 2020 11:22 AM

R19 - I haven’t seen that... but I think the mouth shape and surrounding muscles are often very gay. People have said this is a learned behaviour but I think smiles are inherited and a lot of gay men seem to have their mothers smiles. They inherit this feminine physical trait in this regard. Straight guys smiles often look more masc.

by Anonymousreply 20March 3, 2020 11:24 AM

Put your finger up your bum

If you're gay, it will make you come!

by Anonymousreply 21March 3, 2020 11:32 AM

Gayface prototype

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by Anonymousreply 22March 3, 2020 12:01 PM

Political edition

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by Anonymousreply 23March 3, 2020 12:02 PM

Jonathan Bennett

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by Anonymousreply 24March 3, 2020 12:03 PM

Gay face, doll hands

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by Anonymousreply 25March 3, 2020 12:06 PM

Mmhmm

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by Anonymousreply 26March 3, 2020 12:07 PM

The early years

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by Anonymousreply 27March 3, 2020 12:07 PM

Cody Fern

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by Anonymousreply 28March 3, 2020 12:09 PM

Ruru

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by Anonymousreply 29March 3, 2020 12:10 PM

Who, me??

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by Anonymousreply 30March 3, 2020 12:12 PM

It’s not the face, it’s the I-smell-cookies expression.

by Anonymousreply 31March 3, 2020 12:25 PM

R31 I like sex and cookies, yeah.

Who’s that reading from my chair?

Who’s that casting devious stares in my direction?

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by Anonymousreply 32March 3, 2020 12:30 PM

Why can't we discuss more frivolous and entertaining pseudoscience?

"people can see..." Is never the start to anything worthwhile discussing as science, r14.

'People can see that gay men are destroying the moral fabric of society' - do you see how troubling that is? R14?

by Anonymousreply 33March 3, 2020 12:44 PM

Even straight people can have gay face

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by Anonymousreply 34March 3, 2020 1:07 PM

.....

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by Anonymousreply 35March 3, 2020 1:12 PM

Indeed they can, R34. Indeed they can. And how they suffer for it.

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by Anonymousreply 36March 3, 2020 1:14 PM

Another stupid thread

by Anonymousreply 37March 3, 2020 1:17 PM

I do wish it were an accurate predictor.

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by Anonymousreply 38March 3, 2020 1:32 PM

For really.

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by Anonymousreply 39March 3, 2020 1:32 PM

Y'all rang.

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by Anonymousreply 40March 3, 2020 1:42 PM

Ring a ding ding!

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by Anonymousreply 41March 3, 2020 1:48 PM

Yaaaaas, Daddy!

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by Anonymousreply 42March 3, 2020 1:48 PM

I’m only into guys with clockwise hair whorls

by Anonymousreply 43March 3, 2020 2:21 PM

BOGO

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by Anonymousreply 44March 3, 2020 2:31 PM

[quote] Even straight people can have gay face

That's what I keep telling my wife.

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by Anonymousreply 45March 3, 2020 2:34 PM

I agree that it's not so much the facial anatomy as something about the expression.

I've always thought that Matt Bomer looked like Henry Cavill's gay twin brother. I wouldn't be able to tell these two apart if Bomer didn't always have that look on his face. (I have no idea if Cavill is closeted or not, but he doesn't have gayface imo).

I wouldn't say that Ronan Farrow or Victor Garber have gayface.

by Anonymousreply 46March 3, 2020 3:03 PM

R46. You are not to be taken seriously since you stated Roman and victor do not have gayface.

by Anonymousreply 47March 3, 2020 3:09 PM

What about meeeeeee!

How soon you forget the Magician King of the Gays!

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by Anonymousreply 48March 3, 2020 3:09 PM

"Gay face" seems to mean ugly or abnormal. There are shit-tons of straight guys with "gay face" and visa versa. People just seem to enjoy associating whatever is unpleasant with "gay".

by Anonymousreply 49March 3, 2020 3:10 PM

Lack of gayface can be a burden that facilitates denial, as in this case.

I am happy for my gayface and gaymoves. It made it impossible for me to pretend I am not me.

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by Anonymousreply 50March 3, 2020 3:11 PM

OP is worse than the Nazis with their concept of jew faces/heads. Despicable.

by Anonymousreply 51March 3, 2020 3:51 PM

R51 But when you put gay face and Jew face together, they cancel one another out!

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by Anonymousreply 52March 3, 2020 3:54 PM

A little too "bright eyed" is the main component.

by Anonymousreply 53March 3, 2020 3:57 PM

So having dead looking eyes means straight?

by Anonymousreply 54March 3, 2020 4:01 PM

Bright eyed AND bushy tailed!

by Anonymousreply 55March 3, 2020 4:04 PM

Maybe it also depends on if someone is a top or bottom or more masculine or feminine in personality? There is also a similar study about body types and it could be true. Do you know about these #transvestigation videos on youtube? These "investigators" think certain celebs are trans because of their body type but maybe they just unintentionally out homosexuals?

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by Anonymousreply 56March 3, 2020 4:07 PM

R1- Is correct Buttigieg does NOT have any features on his face that look GAY. The OP is an idiot. He's just applying that phrase wily nily.

It's NEVER the whole face that's gay it's features on the face. The LIPS and the EYES. VERY FEMININE colored and shaped lips and the eyes that are glassy, stary and pupils permanently dialated. A great example of a celebrity who has EXTREMELY GAY lips and EXTREMELY STARY eyes is Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

by Anonymousreply 57March 3, 2020 4:08 PM

R53- Men that look TOO SUNNY. George Stephanaoplis- bad spelling i know

by Anonymousreply 58March 3, 2020 4:10 PM

Hi!!

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by Anonymousreply 59March 3, 2020 4:11 PM

Any gay guy who believes this "gay face" shit doesn't realize that they're fuckin' ugly and have only attracted hideous guys--probably why they make these associations.

by Anonymousreply 60March 3, 2020 4:12 PM

R59- What are you talking about. He doesn't have a GAY bone in his body.

by Anonymousreply 61March 3, 2020 4:12 PM

“Excuse me, missy! What did you call my face? I will have you know, my fave is just STYLISH!”

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by Anonymousreply 62March 3, 2020 4:12 PM

he has adorable face

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by Anonymousreply 63March 3, 2020 4:56 PM

Jensen Ackles

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by Anonymousreply 64March 3, 2020 4:59 PM

Omnisexual with omnisexual face

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by Anonymousreply 65March 3, 2020 5:00 PM

There's a dutch guy who tests SUPER fast cars on the Autobahn. He's good looking and he has COCKSUCKING lips. But I'm not sure if he's gay. AutoTopNL on youtube.

by Anonymousreply 66March 3, 2020 5:26 PM

I don’t have gayface. I do, however, have gaycock.

by Anonymousreply 67March 3, 2020 5:42 PM

I think the prevalence of observable effeminancy in gay men indicates that homosexuality is innate or biological

by Anonymousreply 68March 3, 2020 5:47 PM

Let's admit that there are some guys who you can tell, not just by their mannerisms, but by their face that they're gay. And that is neither bad nor good -- it just is.

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by Anonymousreply 69March 3, 2020 6:03 PM

R69- You are wrong. The celebrity in your post is a perfect example of a gay male that looks and sounds TOTALLY STRAIGHT.

by Anonymousreply 70March 3, 2020 6:10 PM

We used to call gay face cookie sniffers until that became offensive.

by Anonymousreply 71March 3, 2020 6:15 PM

Petey teenage pictures read like a gay teen that will never be inside a vagina except when he came out of his mother pussy. Major gay face as a teen and now.

by Anonymousreply 72March 3, 2020 9:35 PM

Living la vida homo.

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by Anonymousreply 73March 3, 2020 9:58 PM

R69 - No, it's bad because that is worse than the standard.

by Anonymousreply 74March 4, 2020 1:43 PM
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by Anonymousreply 75March 4, 2020 2:35 PM

Even AI can see gayface, but only marginally better than humans.

[quote]For reference, the Wang and Kosinski study achieved 81 to 85 per cent accuracy for males, and 70 to 71 per cent for women, using their datasets. Humans got it right 61 per cent of the time for men, and 54 per cent for women, in a comparison study.

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by Anonymousreply 76March 5, 2020 1:22 AM

I don't have gay face.

I def have gay voice though.

by Anonymousreply 77March 5, 2020 1:27 AM

There is no such thing as GAY FACE. A nose NEVER looks gay. It's CERTAIN features on the face. Mainly the LIPS and the EYES.

by Anonymousreply 78March 5, 2020 1:31 AM

That makes it about facial expression rather than construction, R78.

by Anonymousreply 79March 5, 2020 2:13 AM

There 100% is such a thing as gayface. I don't need science to be able to prove and/or explain it, because I know it when I see it.

by Anonymousreply 80March 5, 2020 2:25 AM

Why do gays lisp, mince and prance?

by Anonymousreply 81March 5, 2020 2:26 AM

r80 Agreed. Gayface is 100% real, but not all gay men have it.

by Anonymousreply 82March 6, 2020 7:18 AM

I have never heard any gay rumours about Michael Sheen; and he has impregnated at least two women, but he has MAJOR gayface imo

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by Anonymousreply 83March 6, 2020 7:49 AM

Gayface for me is a recognizable combination of two things expressed in the face:

anxiety / fearfulness / general lack of confidence or courage, masked with too much "smile" / fake confidence.

by Anonymousreply 84March 6, 2020 7:58 AM

Sometimes gayface is also a male face, which uses female facial expressions.

by Anonymousreply 85March 6, 2020 8:00 AM

R83, your point seems to illustrate that "gayface" is an identifiable thing. Does it apply specifically and exclusively to homosexuals? No. Does it indicate that Michael Sheen is gay? No. Does it indicate that Marcus Bachmann is gay? I wish the fuck not. Does every gay man have "gayface"? No, no more than every lesbian has "caneface".

Everyone has their own idea of what a hipster is, but once you get to the details and examples you realize that there is great variety in what those ideas look like. There's some truth to that with "gayface," but I think within narrower parameters.

I would say Michael Sheen is an example from the elfin-goofus-"gay or British?" end of the "gayface" spectrum.

by Anonymousreply 86March 6, 2020 8:12 AM

R80, R82 yeah I know gay face when I see it too, and I fucking love it. The science is real interesting though. Same with gay voice, thats something else there's been some science done on, and gay voice is another thing that gets me hot and horny

by Anonymousreply 87March 6, 2020 10:37 AM

Gay face disappears when old age spots, wrinkles, and moles/skin tags proliferate and cause all faces - gay and straight - to dissolve into unsexual messiness.

by Anonymousreply 88March 6, 2020 10:42 AM

OP is certainly not a dum dum

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by Anonymousreply 89March 6, 2020 10:47 AM

R89 article from 2009? Oh, please.

[quote]Does ‘gay face’ prove a biological cause of homosexuality?

Here's a newer one.

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by Anonymousreply 90March 6, 2020 10:53 AM

Interesting topic. Some I know definitely have it and others have no sign whatsoever. The reality is that most self-proclaimed straights who have gay face are gay though.

by Anonymousreply 91March 6, 2020 10:58 AM

Not sure about gay face, but gay voice is real.

Most closeted fags had such masculine voices before they came out. And suddenly, lo and behold, right after they came out, their voice would become so cloyingly effy.

by Anonymousreply 92March 6, 2020 11:26 AM

However, if you suck cock and have 'str8face', you can 'pass' and reap all the benefits of being perceived as a heterosexual male.

by Anonymousreply 93March 6, 2020 11:54 AM

R90 You didn't catch my subtle sarcasm.

by Anonymousreply 94March 6, 2020 12:12 PM

^^^ R89 ^^^

by Anonymousreply 95March 6, 2020 12:12 PM

R88- I watched a video of Alec Baldwin on the Merv Griffen show from 1984. The pheromone's were flowing then. He had FEMININE lips and the GLASSY EYED, PUPILS DIALATED look in his eyes. As you said-age had covered the gay look in him nicely.

by Anonymousreply 96March 6, 2020 2:46 PM

Ryan Reynolds has the GAY lips and GAY stare thing going on. Matt Bomer too.

by Anonymousreply 97March 6, 2020 2:47 PM

And then there are those dear men who have been saddled with "gay face" and and "gay voice," and yet are legitimately straight, confusing themselves, the public, and their wives' parents even that much more

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by Anonymousreply 98March 6, 2020 3:19 PM

R81 : Too many chicks in their lives that they emulate.

by Anonymousreply 99March 6, 2020 3:46 PM

All of the actors discussed as straight are actually rumored to be closeted. So gay face does strongly exist in openly gay and closeted.

by Anonymousreply 100March 6, 2020 4:40 PM

So sucking cock causes gayface?

by Anonymousreply 101March 7, 2020 7:45 AM

r98 I wouldn't really say that John Mulaney has gayface. Maybe gayface lite.

by Anonymousreply 102March 7, 2020 7:53 AM

Well since people are born gay OP.....

by Anonymousreply 103March 7, 2020 7:54 AM

What about 'lesbian face?'

by Anonymousreply 104March 7, 2020 8:08 AM

Armie Hammer is married with children but is the perfect example of gayface. His chin, lips and teeth look like they haven't stopped sucking cock.

by Anonymousreply 105March 7, 2020 9:15 AM

R105-LOL.

by Anonymousreply 106March 7, 2020 12:50 PM

I mentioned this earlier in the thread. There is a Dutch guy who drives super fast cars on the Autobahn. He sounds so HETERO but he has COCK SUCKING lips. I wonder if he's a GAY boy? AutotopNL- that's the name of his youtube channel. Someone go there look at him and tell me what you think.

by Anonymousreply 107March 7, 2020 12:54 PM

There is even a "gay brain". So "gay face" is a possibility. Women tend to have different facial features than men on average too. Unfortunately, many people of the lgbt community believe in the feminist drivel that "gender is a social construct" and "has no roots in biology", so it will take a lot more time until we can find out more about lgbt in terms of biological research.

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by Anonymousreply 108March 12, 2020 5:41 AM
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