The advantages of being gay. What are they?

A fish-free life!

A sense of humor.

A nose for cookies.

A mouth for cock.

Um....

[quote]An eye for beauty.

Have you seen what passes for a beautiful man on DL?

No offspring unless you're a narcissist.

Pretending to be straight on Onlyfans and playing with my butt for tips.

Sex with other men. Because it’s simply amazing.

Sex is given freely.

earrings

Caftans!

FOLLIES!

When I was a teenager and first realized I was gay, I always thought that one of the benefits of being gay is I never have to worry about getting a girl pregnant.

Because it seemed that this was the only thing about which straight boys had to worry.

I could have all the sex I wanted and NEVER have to worry about it.

[quote]I could have all the sex I wanted and NEVER have to worry about it.

When I was a teenager AIDS arrived - so I had plenty to worry about, much worse than pregnancy.

I suppose sex with women is spectacular if you're straight. I don't see how. I can see how it might be ok or even at its best pleasant. But fireworks over the Riviera I don't see.

Getting to say bitchy things and everybody just takes it in jest.

A gene that can't resist disco and pop divas.

All the holes that get presented.

Being able to effortlessly pull off a sequined, semi-transparent caftan look like the one below. It slims you down, makes you look 50 years younger and drives all the straight hunks crazy! It's a win-win-win situation!

By the way, before I forget: Joan Collins, eat your heart out!

Having kids and settling down aren't usually expected? Having a larger wardrobe if you are living with someone and they are about your size? Much easier to get laid than straight men?

Easy to get sex any time of the day

No kids.

No partner with a “biological clock” urging to have kids.

So much more freedom to develop yourself.

If partnered: 2x male income and zero brats to share it with.

Did I mention NO FUCKING KIDS?

homes for houseboys and male thots.

You can always find another man to help you get back up again, if you should stumble or fall.

More gay men among other gay men understand the dynamics better than opposite sex couples or lesbians of the value of being eye candy to an outright whore.

Yes, there are occasionally horror stories and it's pooh-poohed upon bitter dykes and breeders but it's predominately an amicable situation with an equal or greater power exchange... for services, goods and hospitality.

you might have to lay on your back but you can always find a way to get back up on your feet again with the little help of another gay dude...

Viscious wit that can do permanent mental harm. Distorted value on physical appearance. Rampant low self-esteem and those willing to prey on it.

r24 Ah, someone has been reading the feminst ala queer studies research that suggests all gay men are actually women.

I'm going to go full on sexist and just say - not having to deal with crazy women as partners. I grew up with 3 sisters. Their expectations and mood swings are fucking insane. My partner has 6 sisters and the PTSD with him is REAL.

One time, a sister of his had a complete meltdown at a family BBQ because her husband casually said he thought Kirsten Dunst was hot. She ripped into him in front of like 20 people "Really? You're just going to say that in front of me?! You just broke my fucking heart!!! What the fuck?!??!" blah blah blah.

Imagine having to go through all that shit?

My partner and I say to each other at least once a week "thank god we're gay."

well, ummm, dick, lots of dick

Getting pounded by hot, hairy studs. Duh.

I never had a brother but to be fair my father was a fucking nut. My entire family is going through PTSD because of him. And he once told me as a boy that women were irrational! We're all happier he's dead than Vivian Vance at the death of William Frawley. And he cheated me out of my inheritance because I was gay. 'How did you turn out gay? How can a man love a man?' You think I wanted a marriage from hell like yours?

Lou Christie

When I think of the money I’ve saved over the years that so many straight women spend on makeup, high fashion, expensive shoes, excessive hair and nail appointments, accessories, etc., I thank god I’m gay.

The best advantage of being gay is an ample supply of great big wonderful erect throbbing peen, and so many willing hot sexy men, straight or otherwise, willing to feed me, pound me, indulge my every sexual interest ...again, and again, and again...Yum!! The sexual freedom is the best advantage. :-)

Less anxiety. In built sense of belonging and entitlement. Matt Damon,Burt Reynolds,Ben Affleck,brad pitt, etc would be ditch diggers if not for female confidence/ease in social situations.

Eye for beauty? Have you seen Matt Damon's,Andy richters,rob Lowe's fag hag? Chris pratts first wife? Tammy cruise dated Melissa Gilbert.

Getting fucked up the ass without shame.

I grew up in the 70s believing in the superiority of gay male taste. For a good long run, gay men were visible (in NYC and other cultural capitals) as the leading tastemakers in fashion, movies, design, and of course, the performing arts. It was a consolation knowing that at least I would be joining a community of other artistically enlightened, culturally elevated gay men.

In the 80s, AIDS pretty much wiped out a generation (or two) of the cultural leaders and their fans/followers, as has been noted by Fran Leibowitz and others.

I love DL but frankly, there's nothing and no one on here to make a case for the superiority of gay male taste. Not in 2022. Please--prove me wrong.

Being able to read people in a different way than straights. I don't know, a sixth sense of people you know would stab you in the back smiling, or ones that you know really care.

More disposable income, less responsibilities, you only need to take care of yourself,

[quote]her husband casually said he thought Kirsten Dunst was hot

Kirsten Dunst is NOT hot, she's gross. I'm sure the wife was crazy but he's also nuts.

I was quite pleased with my single sex dorm in college.

Going through life with all the baggage of r29, but delighting in the fact that it was a designer matched set 😉

No one ever tries to sue you for child support

Locker rooms.

Not so much having an eye for beauty, but an eye for detail. Being able to read a room, or a person, with an outsider's perspective. Straights tend to see in a linear fashion and accept things at face value. We tend to see what may be hidden, or underneath, the real story. Maybe with some cynicism, or at least an innate knowledge.

VIVIAN VANCE!

"Not so much having an eye for beauty, but an eye for detail. Being able to read a room, or a person, with an outsider's perspective. Straights tend to see in a linear fashion and accept things at face value. We tend to see what may be hidden, or underneath, the real story. Maybe with some cynicism, or at least an innate knowledge."

This has given me such an edge in life, it's ridiculous. From job interviews to making connections for all manner of shit. It's a real x-ray vision unique to (most) gay people. It also contributes to a resilience and lack of naiveté that functions as social armor.

It's absolutely shocking to me just how much is lost on heterosexuals. It's the handicap of privilege and entitlement.

R46 being anxious,guarded, calculating, cynical,paranoid,etc takes energy and results in bad sleep And cranky and less social. People see you as weak and nervous. They don't care if you know how they tuvk because you are not a threat.

R6👍

You R47 seem pretty cynical, paranoid, anxious, nervous, cranky....get some sleep.

Being an outsider can be very liberating. We can see much of life from a different perspective-this is also why many of us are naturally funny. Funny people are usually outsiders. But funny people are often very sad. The two seem to go together.

Much is expected of the average str8 guy - good husband, good father, good provider.If they're weak or dominated by their women, they're often sneered at. Give 'em fucking a break! We don't have all that burden and duty to carry and much less is expected of us in that regard. Hurray!

The homophile benefits from an innate sense of [quote]eleganza[/quote].

R51 nothing good about being an outsider. They throw you off buildings or boil your testicles in hit water to cure you

you don't breed and pass on your shitty asshole genes.

We don't need to reproduce; frau cunts spit us out like Melania and ping pong balls.

I was initially going to respond "Inherent good taste" then remembered where I was and who I was addressing.

An appreciation for and expectation of the absurdity in everybody and everything.

R53 alec Baldwin has six kids. Gays like to keep the beard pregnant.

^WTF?

R 46: I completely agree. It’s definitely given me an edge. And, pardon me for commenting on something other than dick (but I love that too), I’m able to have interesting conversations with men and women .

The bimbo eye candy women we hate are easy to spot. So at times there is unexpected rapport with a woman , on an intellectual level. Some heterosexual women can be as sensitive and non linear as we are.

I guess I’m lucky. I loved my mother dearly and miss her everyday. She accepted me and I miss her everyday.

I like how the mundane and predictable pathways my classmates seemed to be on (and ultimately followed) didn’t apply to me. It forced me out into the world.

Close relationship with Mom, if we're lucky.

I really am glad for the gay guys with loving relationships with their mothers.

But some of us had mothers who were toxic, or dysfunctional, or absent/unavailable, or merely homophobic. Sometimes you need to cut and run.

I find most women very high-maintenance and I just can't deal with that all the time.

I don't have to to get laid!

A thread about what's great about being gay men, and half the posts are pot shots against women.

Reply 62, I will be your surrogate. I was very lucky with my Mom. She was the best of my own personality. I couldn't have loved her more. My partner of 35 years had the same experience as you. I just can't make that kind of loss up to him, but I still try.

r64 is here to shame is all!

How grateful we are for his helpful condemnation!

Gay people have more character.

Gay people have more FLAVAH!

Wit

Gay people get the best of both sexes. Melding of the two.

[quote]We tend to see what may be hidden, or underneath, the real story. Maybe with some cynicism, or at least an innate knowledge."

Yes. Gays see right thru "pretty" Julia Roberts and her type, for example. This alarms some people and makes them angry - even unsharp gays get upset.

[quote]Gay people get the best of both sexes. Melding of the two.

or neither of the two, sometimes - no man's land

[quote]Reply 62, I will be your surrogate.

Do that after you've learned how to link to another post, gurl.

Being incredibly funny

We can see the beauty in things that the average type often consider ugly.

1970s American cars, for instance. DL loves them. Me too.

No screaming brats to take care of.

A certain sort of freedom that doesn't depend on place or time or expectation.

^ MARY!

I'm not sure this is true of gay men born now, or born 10-20 years ago, but I came of age in the '80s.

The advantage of being gay in that era? Simply put, I KNOW why the caged bird SINGS. I was born into an upper middle class white family. Life would've been far too easy, but for my gayness.

It believe it's also made me more empathetic. I'm likely the only non Trump supporter in my entire family. So I might go so far as to say being gay made me an all around better person.

Everything, everyone hates on us because they want to be like us.

LOL @ R80

A mutual understanding of camp film.

Unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden!!!!!

I have no eye for beauty or the queeny shit DLers like, but not having to spend the rest of my life with an annoying woman that has nothing in common with me, or any other men for that matter, is the biggest perk of being gay. Straight men know it and they envy us.

No.83 gets my award nod for funniest thread reply

@r75, 😂 I never thought of 70s American luxury land yachts as being Gay, but you make a good point

What's Gayer than an rich old queen tooling around town in a 70s Town Car? 😂

I don't think they're GAY - just that gays appreciate them and can see their beauty and style.

r21 I wonder if those expectations are now changing with gay marriage, IVF ,surrogacy etc becoming more commonplace among gay couples? Or if the default will still be those expectations are less for gays in that regard?

Probably because the cars were envisioned as fabulous Dick Symbols by deeply closeted Detroit designers.

A couple of posters mentioned "an innate sense of other people's personalities or characteristics".

I have to wonder if this "perception" stems from a pessimistic attitude or outlook on things and people in general.

Gay is genetic so gays tend to be smarter and better looking than their straight siblings because gay gene only survives by offering something extra.

How does that gene survive if gays don’t have kids?

Homosexuality is one of nature's ways of limiting population

Of course old luxury cars are Gay. "To Wong Foo" had these drag queens traveling in a Cadillac convertible

Cock. Ass.

Cars don't get any Gayer than this thing...

"The world of heterosexual is a sick and boring life"!

Men are more beautiful than women. Women need makeup to look half decent.

^ Same with most species

Tasteful friends.

[quote]Gay is genetic so gays tend to be smarter and better looking than their straight siblings

Funny how differently people see things. This is NOT my experience.

Gay men have bigger cocks.

R92 they do have kids. That's the point. They are attractive and successful and find beards. Keeping beard pregnant minimizes sex duties.

How long have you R57, R103 been mentally compromised?

r94 What about modern luxury cars?

R26 I think the PTSD might be from having a family with so many kids. And the sisters might have been screwed up b/c they were in a family with so many kids. I think it can be borderline abusive to have so many kids. There just aren't enough emotional, psychological, patience resources to go around for that many kids.

R101 that's statistically significant,not. Let's say that rob Lowe's ugly beard is straight. On average, kids that inherit rob Lowe's looks will also inherit his gay gene, but it's entirely possible that the poor child could inherit the gay gene and ugly looks from beard. His beard was seen out shopping with Ellen DeGeneres.

Advantages? Our theme song should be "Good Morning Heartache" as sung by Billie Holiday.

r107 Rob Lowe is gay??!!?😲 What have I missed please?

Rob Lowe is most likely a bisexual guy like RDJ before he went back to the closet.

in the closet. damn phone

R110 nobody is bisexual. These actors are gay. Being halfway out of the closet is not bisexual. Someone claiming to be bisexual is struggling with the stigma of being gay . And I don't blame people for using the bisexual euphemism. It just has no place in an academic discussion.

[quote]The advantages of being gay. What are they?

When you get old and start looking like a lesbian it's not as weird as when it happens to a straight guy.

r112 I thought he was caught in a sex tape scandal with a woman in the 1980s?

We have a new troll. The Pregnant Beard Troll. According to it, everyone's gay and has endless kids with their pretend wives. Ya know, like we do...

Congratulations.

R115 the beard is kept pregnant if she is straight and demands sex. Most beards in Hollywood are lesbians and just adopt a black child straight from Africa.

Oh for fuck's sake. Pull your head out of your ass.

(R112) It was an underage girl during the Democratic Convention if I recall correctly. I saw the video, he and his buddy plus the girl. Walking around his his wiener on display.

Sorry, r32, straight men don't want you

Gay men are more likely to have a college degree than straight men

Also more likely to work out and less likely to be overweight

R33-34: There's this thing called putting a space after commas, periods, etc..

A former landlord told me he loved gay renters. "They care about where they live. They paint, do repairs, and do minor landscaping and gardening. They leave the place in better condition than when they moved in."

R26, that is kinda rude though to say in front of your partner if that’s not the dynamic or type of relationship you already have. I say that as a gay dude.

Lol. So many delusional queens on here.

None.

“Also more likely to work out and less likely to be overweight”

Yeah. But let’s be real: few gay dudes are doing this for health. Like the pressures women face, it’s almost always for vanity (and I’m guilty as charged).

Now let’s compare rates of eating disorders, steroid use, and body image self-perception for gay v straight men….

Gay men drive Range Rovers and lesbians drive Subarus.

Gays are just FUCKING FASTER on the UPTAKE!

I forget how slowly you have to explain things to straight people! Their minds are almost never nimble!

They don't know ANY quotes from "Mildred Pierce", even the easy ones!