Haircut Non-Gay Style
Just got back from having my hair cut by the gayest looking hairstylist. His name was David. He has a shaved head, an eyebrow ring, diamond crosses in each ear, wears well fitted trousers and a tight pinched white shirt... the interesting thing is, he isn't gay.
The topic turned when he started telling me about how people get the wrong idea. I told him I wasn't surprised. I asked him if he always wore tight t-shirts (at this point his work colleague laughed, and explained that he did to show his hard-body off). David looked rather embarrassed, but clearly loved the attention. He said he'd never been openly approached by a gay man. I couldn't believe that. David the hair-dresser is an attractive package if you enjoy a rough piece of trade (ie, workmen in hard-hats, plumbers, builders etc.)
It got me thinking, the lines are totally blurred now. I think back in gay history and up until recently it was easy to spot the gays. In the 70s and early 80s it was the mustache and the biker look (remember, Frankie say Relax?), in the 90s it was tight t-shirts and blonde high-lights. Now, it's anything goes. Of course, I'm totally wrong for generalizing in such a major way, but we're all guilty of that. Straight men have gone from fearing attention from gay men to absolutely loving it, and thriving on the interest he may receive from them. The lines get too blurred, but is that a good thing? If a straight man receives a blow-job from a gay guy does that make him gay or just someone who really enjoys getting blowed?
I guess in this day and age I embrace freedom to experience anything, but that does mean more broken hearts when a sexual whim cannot be anymore than that.
The topic turned when he started telling me about how people get the wrong idea. I told him I wasn't surprised. I asked him if he always wore tight t-shirts (at this point his work colleague laughed, and explained that he did to show his hard-body off). David looked rather embarrassed, but clearly loved the attention. He said he'd never been openly approached by a gay man. I couldn't believe that. David the hair-dresser is an attractive package if you enjoy a rough piece of trade (ie, workmen in hard-hats, plumbers, builders etc.)
It got me thinking, the lines are totally blurred now. I think back in gay history and up until recently it was easy to spot the gays. In the 70s and early 80s it was the mustache and the biker look (remember, Frankie say Relax?), in the 90s it was tight t-shirts and blonde high-lights. Now, it's anything goes. Of course, I'm totally wrong for generalizing in such a major way, but we're all guilty of that. Straight men have gone from fearing attention from gay men to absolutely loving it, and thriving on the interest he may receive from them. The lines get too blurred, but is that a good thing? If a straight man receives a blow-job from a gay guy does that make him gay or just someone who really enjoys getting blowed?
I guess in this day and age I embrace freedom to experience anything, but that does mean more broken hearts when a sexual whim cannot be anymore than that.