# Is there something like a "gay radar"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-gay-radar/41430>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2000, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-gay-radar/41430 "2000-11-16T09:22:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-gay-radar/41430/21 "2000-11-17T10:48:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by zyzzyva \*  
> \*\*I guess i must fall into that 10-15%, because i’ve been hit on by gay guys a _lot_ despite being straight.  
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Oh, they’re always trying to enroll new soldiers. Listen to Mark Eddie’s “What If Bob Was One of Us” and you’ll understand.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-gay-radar/41430/22 "2000-11-17T15:23:32Z")

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Uniball, the majority of people are neither all straight or all gay;but between the two thus, the test is rather pointless.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-gay-radar/41430/23 "2000-11-17T15:39:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jeff\_42 \*  
> \*\*Do lesbians have gaydar for other lesbians? I know a few lesbians but I’ve never seen them identify other women as a lesbian with the reliability that men do for other men unless the woman in question is somewhat overt in displaying her preferences \*\*

When I was a fresh new recruit in the Navy (Aug '73), I heard another recruit in my company pronounce that our company commander was a lesbian: “I can tell by the way she walks.” To this day I have no idea what she referred to. I admit to being one to accept others at face value and not look for hidden messages in words or gestures, so maybe I missed something, but her WALK??

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