“He’s just a dedicated follower of fashion”
\nSo what if I like to spend money on clothes, that I follow fashion blogs religiously, or that I find advanced pattern mixing to be stimulating and appropriate dinner conversation? Being a man, there is a social stigma attached to my passion for all things sartorial and it is one I don’t necessarily appreciate. There is nothing “gay” about dressing well, or being conscious of what you’re wearing, but still, many, if not most, men cringe when the topic of fashion arises, when shopping is suggested, or when asked to dress for an occasion. “You’re so gay…” my friend Clayton, who happens to be gay himself, tells me as I stand contemplating the cuff of my pants, what shoes to wear, or my shirt and tie combination. The two of us defy social norms and expectations. He, a homosexual male, concerned neither by fashion, nor the degree to which he is caught up with the Kardashians, and I, a straight male, who places no stake in football, guns, or misogyny. While it frustrates both of us to be stereotyped in such a way, as we walk down the street together, on Superbowl Sunday, in SoHo, we pass bars populated by straight football fans, and a DASH store populated by gay Kardashian fans. And, as hard as it is for us to admit, there, in the middle of the street, we are forced to agree that all stereotypes are rooted in some type of truth. There we stopped and turned to part ways, him to his bar full of misogynistic, alcoholics, and I to my boutiques.<\/p>\n
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