Gay Face: Is it real?

It's all about the high eyebrows.

 

The guy in the photo doesnt really trip my gaydar, but I know what you mean. Some of the guys I meet set me off and they have a sort of peculiar look to them.

 

Well the purple sweatshirt does raise some doubts lol.

I think that the "gay face" is probably often a mix of more feminine features as well as other clues such as clothes and general behavior.

 

Funny in that I have a friend who makes a lot of blunt assessments, some of which wouldn't fly on here (I already know that), talks about a heavy brow or a "scrunch face" as something that is very masculine. Eyebrows that are very high and arched, or that angle upward, are not considered as masculine as those that make a guy look like a thug.

 

Gay face definitely exists but I wouldn't say either of those in that image really had it.

 

I think it's that huge happy smile and the eyebrows.

Usually something I see women do.

 

I'm not sure but I think it might be that people with gay face have softer facial features. That and the way one smiles can set my gaydar off.

 

Which, if true, might tie back to a genetic explanation.

 

A lot of gay men I've seen in pictures have a certain look... it's hard to describe, but their eyes seem... larger? and more detailed? almost like they're squinting. Not quite a "baby face", but that might come closest to what I'm trying to say. And it's probably some combination of facial expressions and in some cases, being born with a different makeup than your "average" male.

 

I think so. I'm not sure what makes gay face gay, but I know I have it going on in 6/10 pictures I take.
xD

 

Someone on a faculty somewhere ought to be studying this. It would be interesting! It might also make people self conscious if they end up with a lexicon of traits. They already have theories on which hand one uses and a hair whorl, something I hadn't heard about until I read about it last year or so.

 

I can actually tell if a guy is gay by looking at their face. It is really weird. I'm not right all the time lol. They have this feminine aura surrounding them. They can be very masculine but give off a slight tint of femininity. Most straight people I've notice don't see this.

 

Not sure there is a gay face, but I think at least some gay men have a tendency to hold their head at a slight offset, as the guy on the right does - that'll usually trip my gaydar off, as it does in this case.



Matt Bomer has it here too

 

Interesting, I've been told this before, and that gay guys have different neck movements when talking. I've never picked up on anyone else doing it but apparently I do it too.

 

I guess there is a certain look on a gay guy and to me personalty it a bit of a turn off.

 

Yeah, he doesn't have a gay face per se but the huge smile kind of gives him away.

 

I don't know about you guys but the following guy doesn't look gay at all
(and im not cynical lol)

 

This comment about masculine gay guys having this "something" is common. I've heard it and I know what you're talking out. Not all of them have it, but some sure do. It's either something that is slightly pretty and too put together or something too intense and desirous.

Aside from this face topic, one of my friends said that every gay guy, no matter how masculine and how much of a jock he is, how sturdy he is, or how well he holds his liquor, has some quirk that is feminine or atypical, such as being overly neat, having a lap dog, or something else that will be very inconsistent. I actually think it makes sense, because I took notice of that after he said it and sort of see it. For some reason, uber-masculine straight guys tend not to have the inconsistent attributes.