# Gay thought or not? (Very lite hearted thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374 "2002-10-01T08:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/1 "2002-10-01T08:27:19Z")
Alright heres the deal; this was some time ago in my early 20’s so please forgive the seemingly juvenile behaviour here. I was over at my friends apartment. I went out to his balcony to see if I could see anybody at the pool. The pool itsself was not directly under the balcony. It was more like… oh say… 50 to 70 yards away. Anyway as I went out onto the balcony; low and behold I see this really hot chick laying on her belly catching some rays. I called to my friend in the apartment: “Hey dude come check this shit out!” so he comes out to see what the deal is. “Damn! is she wearing a thong?” my friend exclaims “She sure is. Lets take a walk down by the pool and get a closer look.” So then me and my friend venture outside and take a stroll by the pool. And then it happened to our _horror_ we discovered that **SHE** was not a **SHE** at all. \*\*IT WAS A GUY!! \*\* :eek: Only he had long hair and he was wearing speedos [ewe] So what do you think Dopers? Was this a gay thought or not. In my mind it was a woman I was looking at and lusting after. But in reality it was a man. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/2 "2002-10-01T13:51:41Z")
Sorry man. You’re gay. But don’t worry, people get more accepting of that every day. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/3 "2002-10-01T13:54:40Z")
But you’re, like, Rock Hudson gay, not Liberace gay. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/4 "2002-10-01T14:23:15Z")
Trés gay. I’d say it’s time to start stocking up on Astroglide and haughty stares. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/5 "2002-10-01T14:48:18Z")
We can always convert you over to Liberace gay. Say, do you know how to make cucumber sandwiches? ---
**Author:** ![welby1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/6 "2002-10-01T15:16:38Z")
I’m not sure you’re totally gay. If you’d gone down there and thrown a BJ on him, it would be different. Then again, did you ever have fantasies afterward, of what it might be like? I reserve judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/7 "2002-10-01T18:17:01Z")
When I was in graduate school, I won our department’s informal “How gay are you?” contest. I received big points for the shower squeegee (spelling?), the number of cats I live with (five), and having read the entire Tales of the City series. I almost lost during the fashion segment (as I have none) but victory was mine when I revealed that I was the owner of the Barbara Streisand box set. My wife was so proud. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/8 "2002-10-01T18:50:31Z")
Once when I lived in the city I passed by this art gallery regularly where there was a photograph taken sort of from the end of the bed of a nude lying face down. The butt looked liked my man’s at the time and I told him so and showed him the photo [still in the wondow; luckily I hadn’t bought it]. We looked more closely and saw a large head of hair against the headboard and that it was clearly a woman. gigi, that’s a woman. Hey, I don’t feel bad; you’re the one with the girl’s butt. [it must have been the angle because his butt was relatively masculine. really] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/9 "2002-10-01T18:58:14Z")
Please do not mention Barbara Streisand and box in the same sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/10 "2002-10-01T19:21:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Please do not mention Barbara Streisand and box in the same sentence. \*\* Did I mention that it is pink? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/11 "2002-10-02T05:30:55Z")
{Margaret Cho’s mom} I know that you are gay! I know many thing about the gay. I have a Kady Lang album! [End Margaret Cho’s mom} ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/12 "2002-10-02T06:50:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*But you’re, like, Rock Hudson gay, not Liberace gay. \*\* Awe, c’mon guys I’m not gay like that cutie Rock Hudson. Wait a minute;… cutie like Rock Hudson? D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/13 "2002-10-02T09:45:05Z")
Do you like the Teletubbies? You are gay, regardless. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/14 "2002-10-02T19:56:25Z")
Nah, you’re not gay, just near-sighted. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/15 "2002-10-02T21:23:10Z")
Don’t fight it, kid. LOL. Hey, a thong is a piece of WOMENS clothing. Men should NEVER wear them. If a guy with lond hair was wearing a dress down by the pool, 50-70 yards away, it would be only natural to assume it was a woman. Same thing with the girlie girl thong. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/16 "2002-10-03T00:16:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kevja \* > \*\*Don’t fight it, kid. LOL. > > Hey, a thong is a piece of WOMENS clothing. Men should NEVER wear them. If a guy with lond hair was wearing a dress down by the pool, 50-70 yards away, it would be only natural to assume it was a woman. Same thing with the girlie girl thong. \*\* I agree! but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a guy wearing a thong if it floats his boat. Of course, people are going to assume he’s gay, generally speaking, if he does. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/17 "2002-10-03T00:28:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by javaman \* > \*\* > > I agree! but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a guy wearing a thong if it floats his boat. Of course, people are going to assume he’s gay, generally speaking, if he does. \*\* I stand corrected. Oh course, people should be able to cross dress if they want. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/18 "2002-10-03T02:07:02Z")
(giggles) He said ‘gay’! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/19 "2002-10-03T13:59:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kevja \* > \*\* > > I stand corrected. Oh course, people should be able to cross dress if they want. \*\* It isn’t cross-dressing. There are and have been cultures where thongs or other revealing type swimwear on men are totally accepted, and are worn by obviously straight, non-transvestite men. You wouldn’t see those guys wearing a dress, for example. I think it’s ridiculous that in this country, just because you’ve got an extra X chromosome your trunks or shorts have to have an extra 10 inches in the inseam, with each leg almost wide enough to put both your legs into. But I digress… As to the OP: The guy wasn’t close enough for you to tell that he was a guy, so why would you even think you might be gay, just because you mistook him for a woman? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374/20 "2002-10-04T07:59:09Z")
**javaman** : The OP said that the sunbather appeared, on first glance, to be “a really hot chick”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-thought-or-not-very-lite-hearted-thread/130374.md?page=2)