Can someone really have gay-dar , do any of you have gay-dar ?

For those who don't know what this is ....

It's when a person has the ability to tell whether you are gay or not .

No,

at least I do not have it. Many members of my family turned out gay, I would have never suspected.......

hendrikus said:

No,

at least I do not have it. Many members of my family turned out gay, I would have never suspected.......

This guy I know claims he can tell which celebrity is gay or not , even a woman . He said Prince isn't gay , just interesting & weird . lol That made me laugh .

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My gaydar has a reliability of 50%

99% if we're talking about imago

PANDURITO said:

99% if we're talking about imago

That is hard to miss - gaydar or no.

As 'a gay' I'm often asked by breeders if someone is gay and I have to tell them I don't know.

There was a time when it was easier but now breeders are acting gay and gays are acting like breeders, so it's very confusing.

Oh, for simpler times!

A lot of times I do, though you really can't tell by how someone acts, that's stereotyping.

I really don't think Prince is, though I have fan friends who think he's not completely straight either. I think he may have experimented at one point for the hell of it but it didn't do a thing for him sexually. I do think he's in touch with his feminine side though more than most men, and I respect him for that. It was expressed in shock value form at one point to push buttons, but it became natural overtime to the point where he didn't have to try hard to prove a point and push gender boundaries

I've been right quite a few times

ZombieKitten said:

I've been right quite a few times

Could you tell I'm gay?

HamsterHuey said:

ZombieKitten said:

I've been right quite a few times

Could you tell I'm gay?

ZombieKitten said:

HamsterHuey said:

Could you tell I'm gay?

My gaydar's been off twice in my life. For the rest I can spot interested guys from a mile off.
(grin)

HamsterHuey said:

ZombieKitten said:

My gaydar's been off twice in my life. For the rest I can spot interested guys from a mile off.
(grin)

Recently mine was set off, and it didn't set off anyone else around me that day, and they laughed at me for thinking it, but I was right he's my friend now

It seems to be easier for some people to consider men with effeminate looks or manners as "gay" than to having to deal with the ambiguous qualities those men possess as a part of their heterosexual orientation. I think it ultimately frustrates some that they can't pigeonhole everyone easily into simplistic categories. Their own identities usually rely heavily on culturally conditioned factors on what men and women should be like and without them they'll feel frustrated. The reason why I think this is evident is because they are insisting that someone they don't know much about must be homosexual. What else would motivate them in that case than trying to get a peace of mind by doing that?

While people are more tolerant of homosexuality these days it seems to be that the idea of what heterosexual men should be like has gotten terribly narrow. If someone simply writes poems or likes fashion that must be a clear sign of that person being gay to some. What's worse, people seem to think they are still being open-minded when they make such assumptions on ("oh, there's nothing wrong about being gay, I'm just saying that person must be gay."). That's just stupid and arrogant. Yes, I've gotten that bullshit myself a couple of times too. One time even from a guy that I knew in high school and that had later turned into a cross-dresser.

... and that post was supposed to follow alphastreet's post that discussed Prince's "gayness".

novabrkr said:

It seems to be easier for some people to consider men with effeminate looks or manners as "gay" than to having to deal with the ambiguous qualities those men possess as a part of their heterosexual orientation. I think it ultimately frustrates some that they can't pigeonhole everyone easily into simplistic categories. Their own identities usually rely heavily on culturally conditioned factors on what men and women should be like and without them they'll feel frustrated. The reason why I think this is evident is because they are insisting that someone they don't know much about must be homosexual. What else would motivate them in that case than trying to get a peace of mind by doing that?

While people are more tolerant of homosexuality these days it seems to be that the idea of what heterosexual men should be like has gotten terribly narrow. If someone simply writes poems or likes fashion that must be a clear sign of that person being gay to some. What's worse, people seem to think they are still being open-minded when they make such assumptions on ("oh, there's nothing wrong about being gay, I'm just saying that person must be gay."). That's just stupid and arrogant. Yes, I've gotten that bullshit myself a couple of times too. One time even from a guy that I knew in high school and that had later turned into a cross-dresser.

There doesn't have to be a sinister side to considering whether a person is gay or not.

ie. When assessing a potential partner. This can apply for gays and breeders.

My gaydar is usually pretty good when it comes to men. It's not for women though. I think it's because a lot of girls experiment and do it so publically, in some cases in a bragging type of way. (you know, the girls that make out with their girl friends at the bar, more for a show than anything. "ooh, look at me!") But real lesbians are harder to spot. Another reason why I can spot men so well is probably because of the dating aspect. I'm not looking to date women so I'm not really trying to figure them out.

I will say when I was younger, I could always tell when my female friends were doing sexual things with one another even though I had no reason to believe they were. And for some reason, they would always end up telling me about it, confirming my belief even though I never approached them.

mine is still pretty on point, even after all these years...

Yup, mine works pretty well most of the time.

based on looks/first sight? not really. sometimes I guess right sometimes I guess wrong.

Giselle said:

Can someone really have gay-dar , do any of you have gay-dar ?

For those who don't know what this is ....

It's when a person has the ability to tell whether you are gay or not .

I'm gay and I don't.

Not always of course.

But you can often tell if a person is attracted to you, or attracted to someone else, so yeah there is a certain type of gay-dar or stra-dar or heybaby-dar

Gay women who have "eyes for guys" is a related concept.

You can see it not just in some psychic way, but in how they relate to other people.

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Go to youtube and type in ron christie. He is married to a woman, but that dude is gay as gay can be.

2freaky4church1 said:

Go to youtube and type in ron christie. He is married to a woman, but that dude is gay as gay can be.

I stated earlier that there doesn't have to be a sinister side to considering if someone is gay or not.

You have just shown that sometimes there is a sinister side.

YES DAN IS GAY.

you assholes

johnart said:

YES DAN IS GAY.

Being a straight guy who grew up in beauty shops, it's not hard for me to figure out if a guy is gay...I never looked at it as "gay-dar" though...

My gaydar is pretty accurate for those who are out in all aspects of their lives.

It’s the closet cases I don’t always know about. If they’re hiding that well in their life, I can be thrown off.