Gaydar

i would smack that dood right across the face

 

I dont know....I dont think we have gaydar....like a blinky map that strikes a red dot whenever a non-breeder approaches *although it would be SOOOOO NICE*....but I do believe that since we are accustomed to ourselves being gay and not straight, that we are more succeptible (sp?) to thinking/feeling someone else is gay because we notice their movements and their disposition as resembling our own almost....and its highly familiar....I think its our ability to identify another as homo/non breeder because of instinctive behavior and through familiar memory of our experiences.

 

Well, I kinda wish it were true, because then my problems would be easily solved.
Mostly when I feel a guy is gay It's common for me to be 50% right so.. It's not so much really a gaydar but a probabilistic assurance

 

well if we do have one, then mine's broken
x_x;;
because there's this kid that's really hot and he like fools around a LOT
he's like always hugging me and rubbing my back
and it's great but when someone asks if he's gay, he says no
and goes on about how he's not gay
and i had a feeling he was
:/

 

there we go, Orion summed up my words perfectly.

 

that'd be gangster
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it'd be bitchin'


>_>


<_<

 

That would be so damn awesome....so helpful too.

 

But then everyone else would have straightdar!

 

That's fine with me if everyone else would have a straight-dar. That way, I don't have to worry about coming out People would just know I'm gay

 

^ Yea that would make things so easy.

 

but then you have to think aout how it would affect young kids. If a child is gay and they dont know it yet...and their parents are hardcore christians....how will they handle a child that they know is gay from birth? would there be strain with that relationship...what is going ti happen to the child? how will it handle that strained relationship while growing up. Or if parents are adopting, woudl the orphanages be full of gay children only because parents might not want a gay child.....would there be greater prejudice, since employers would know if an individual is gay....sure we would know...but so would FBI, employers, parents, bully's....and everyone. So honestly, do the pro's outweigh the con's?

 

bahaha. i so have gaydar. i don't think its a gay thing to have though, because my straight friend becca is pretty good at picking gays out of a crowd.

and about the situation in the first post-- i probably would've been annoyed by the first part... but the gaydar reference would've just made me laugh

 

Do you ever think some people are gay even though assure you they aren't because they're scared? That's very gaydar-confusing, as if things weren't confusing enough already.

 

This sums it up nicely. It's not some special ability we're born with, we just happen to be able to recognize certain traits and mannerisms because we're so familiar with finding those qualities in ourselves. I can think back to times when I was trying hard to hide my sexuality, and I remember certain things I used to do to cover it up. Thus, it's easier for me to recognize those same habits in someone else because I've already experienced the same thing.

 

I think my gaydar was missing from the box. =P

It would be nice if when a mother has a gay child a nice little GPS-style gaydar popped out too - would make it so much easier to meet people. XD

 

Anyone else find that there's some weird magnetism between them and gay related stuff? One time I was in a bookstore and I was like "Hm. I could go for some gay youth literature." (go ahead make fun of me). And I legitimately walked to the first shelf I saw and sitting upon it was Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters. Also every time I'm in the car, Tegan & Sara or Indigo Girls or what have you always seems to come on the radio. It's very bizzare.

 

Ironically enough my straight friend is my gaydar. I have no idea how he does it.