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Straight men, what's the weirdest thing you've been told you can't do because it's gay? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Hold my arms in a position so that my hands grab the sides of my belly.

(which wasn't even something I was consciously doing, but apparently it was enough to make a fellow male teenager exclaim sarcastically that I was truly standing there in a very heterosexual way)

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[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Well it was only twice in the 20+ years I've been going to bars, and I don't shy away from a gay bar.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

Depends on the bar, but gay bars can actually be pretty chill. Everyone there was really nice and the atmosphere is fun.

The first time we went in, we were super awkward, and a nice older guy saw us standing in the doorway and kinda scooped us up and showed us around the place (coat check, pool/games area, etc). It gave us the warm fuzzies. :)

Both my SO and I aren't straight, but people are pretty respectful and nice at that bar, and I wouldn't feel unwelcome even if I was batting for the other team.

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

The one and only thing was the way I held my wrists/hands when I was younger/into my teens. What's super weird is it was my dad who brought it up and mentioned it a lot but he is super supportive of lgbtq+ that's the weird thing to me.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

I can do anything.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was born in Victorian Britain and have a very mirthful air about me.

So one day I was going about my merry business, being my jovial self.

When I'm walked a creature that saw what I was about, smiled at me and said 'well aren't you the gayest person I've met all day'.

I'm not sure how to feel tbh

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