Careers gays have flocked to in the past 10 to ~20 years

United States Senator from South Carolina

Nursing

HR

Self-employment

Lots of people are "Self-Employed," because no one will hire them.

Interior Design

Medical office assistants and other health care fields.

[quote]Flight attendants

I call BS on this. Gay men were always a visible presence on flight crews (and in the industry in general), but since 9/11, no one with any other employment options is "flocking to" these jobs.

Public school teachers, especially in New York where the teachers' union is still very strong.

I think that 99% of men in HR are gay.

Paralegals

every single fucking bear I know is in graphic design

None of these careers mentioned make sense considering the majority of the people on DL claim to make over $200,000 a year...😏

r13 Gays are frugal and wise investors.

I've honestly never met a straight male who works in HR r10. Every guy has been gay.

HR has been taken over by fat white fraus, but mainly black women and bitchy gays... basically anyone who has a persecution complex and likes to pass judgement.

Paid whores.

Socialgay.

Escort services

Cupcake Chefs

InstaStardom.

Life coaches.

TV meteorologists

In the past 10-20 years? There have been gay flight attendants since the early 70's.

Gays have always been in advertising, marketing, PR and HR.

This isn't new.

Escorting is a tried and true profession.

Go go dancers, gang bang pornstars, and insufferable narcissistic InstaHo’s

YouTubers

Boys of the chorus

Many are unemployable. I am.

Equinox greeters

Call centre staff - first rung on the ladder post college ‘till they ‘find themselves’ plus antique centre managers - for the elder gays who found themselves, have been there and done that and are now enjoying something part time and relatively stress free pre retirement.

[quote]Interior Design

He said "past ~20 years," not "past ~200 years."

OnlyFans

Personal Training

Architecture

acting and singing (arts and performance)

Datalounge Troll

Stay-at-home influencer.

Party Planner Personal Trainer Housecleaner Personal Assistant Manny Realtor Public Relations

Oh, Dear

What happened to the gay hairdresser? He was always a stereotypical gay 'thing'.

[quote]None of these careers mentioned make sense considering the majority of the people on DL claim to make over $200,000 a year...😏

I make over $200,000 a year, but I have a career in a STEM field which gay men tend to avoid like COVID-19. So I've been pretty much utterly alone as a gay man during my 20+ year career. Thanks gays!!!

Also, I used to be on the Growlr app for bears, and would always notice that in the About section, most guys would leave the "Work:" section blank or put in silly jokes such as "Work: Too Much!" or "Work: Yes!" One of the few exceptions to this were guys in media who would write "Work: Film/TV" or "Work:Media". Gee, I wonder why *they* didn't leave out their career info? Oh that's right, that's one of the few jobs stupid Americans respect and admire: entertainment.

Well, I'll go console myself with my fat paychecks from my boring math job!

You could always type in "cunt," r40. You're exemplary at it.

R40 Marry me and I'll take care of your every need.

Software engineering.

Male Flight Attendants have always been gay, it's not a recent thing.

Also interior designers, famously former actor William Haines.

Medical doctors: MD as well as DO.

r34, We have dominated those industries since the beginning of time.

Green Bay Packers quarterback

For the closeted gays:

Homophobic megachurch pastor

Homophobic Republican senator

Homophobic Republican congressman

Prostitute.

Choir director

Advertising

Some of you aren't reading the "in the past 10 to ~20 years" part. I'm looking at you, r51, and you, r50, specifically.

I've never known gays to be in advertising like that. Before the 2000s that is.

Director of choir advertising

R49 I think you meant "PROSTATUTE"

I was, r55. Starting in 1978. I got out eventually, but I met plenty of other gay men, particularly writers and art directors. And this one account executive named Bill who used to come down to my office and tell me about his butt plugs. Oh, we were definitely a thing in the 20th century, gays in advertising.

Um graphic designer um. Um look at my cleavage um.

Um. Remember fish tank screensavers um.

I first got into advertising in the 90s. By that point, there was already a large professional organization (NYACN?) based in NYC of gays and lesbians working in advertising, media, and communications. That was 30 years ago.

Acting

Modelling

Ballet dancing

Foreign service officers

Floral designer

Pussy eater

Marrying Liza

R10, as i am representing an HR professional, I think it is more like 75% gay.

[Quote]an HR professional

That's an oxymoron!

R67, in your opinion.

I'm proud of my work and I know I have made a positive difference.

Librarians.

R68 you really have not hon.

R70, yes I am and I am strong enough to never let someone else tell otherwise.

People, always believe in yourself, who you are and what you can do - don't let others get into your head.

Instaho.

Yacht Gurl.

Republican Congressman from Peoria

^ A dig at Aaron...

Military

We got a regular Sherlock Holmes at r75.

Vice presidenting

R12 You have me literally crying. Plain honesty online...nothing like it.

R65 That was a mess. I kind of wish social media had been around for that. I feel like the Twitter dragging of Liza would’ve been epic.

I’ll say Influencer/Content Creator, Starbucks barista (there’s always one gay guy at Starbucks), and gay porn. Especially on the West coast. It’s not uncommon to find gays who have done porn a few times.

R53 Haven't you seen Mad Men? Sal!

House Husband (former teacher)

Baker (gay wedding cakes and suburban frau birthdays). Au pair (for a gay couple). Personal trainer.

r80, You logic is illogical. Sal was one man among a group of pussyhounds. What other LGB characters, within Sterling & Co. was there? Pls become better informed.

R61

Ballet always had a large number of gay males, so this is nothing new.

What has changed over past few decades is more American young boys/men studying ballet and going onto becoming professional dancers.

Am going to add real estate.

Yes, there have always been gay RE brokers, sales persons, etc.... but things have racketed up another level in past decade or so. Shows like Flipped, Million Dollar Listing along with other media have shown gay males they can be out, proud and still make a good living in RE.

Lawyers

At least in Washington, DC

Lots and Lots and Lots of gay lawyers

True, r86, but it's hardly just "the past 10 to ~20 years." I lived in DC most of my adult life, mostly knew boomers and Xers, lots and lots and lots of whom were lawyers.

House husband

IT

Ho

Insta Ho

Jock strap and leather harness models for Nasty Pig.

R80 Remember the episode when Don saw Sal getting a blowjob from the bellhop at their hotel? It's the episode where they were dealing with the London Fog people. Sal was SO gay!

R77, yes, I do have me some skills!