{"id":2836,"date":"2012-09-18T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2012-09-14T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T22:52:12","slug":"are-boots-on-men-indicative-of-being-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=2836","title":{"rendered":"Are Boots on Men Indicative of Being Gay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh crap, here it goes again, this time from an historical society in Ohio, USA:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?attachment_id=2837\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2837\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bootsgaysearch.jpg?resize=584%2C85\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bootsgaysearch\" width=\"584\" height=\"85\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bootsgaysearch.jpg?w=632&amp;ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bootsgaysearch.jpg?resize=300%2C44&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bootsgaysearch.jpg?resize=150%2C22&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bootsgaysearch.jpg?resize=500%2C73&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>I have addressed this issue on this blog many times.  Short answer:  no.  Longer answer:  hell no.<\/p>\n<p>Go ask a cowboy, motorcop, or a construction worker if by the mere fact that he wears boots means that he is gay, it&#8217;s likely he will want to lay you out flat with a quick one-two punch.  As for me&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nYeah, I am gay, and I wear boots as my exclusive choice of footwear.  Who cares?  I have to say that most gay men I have met would never wear boots in a million years.  Conversely for me, I wouldn&#8217;t wear their flip-flops or dress shoes.  <\/p>\n<p>The choice of wearing boots has <u>nothing<\/u> to do with whether a man is gay or not.  He was gay long before he wore anything on his feet.  And if someone thinks that he is straight and could &#8220;become&#8221; gay by wearing boots, then I have a bridge I can sell him.  You name the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  get real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh crap, here it goes again, this time from an historical society in Ohio, USA: I have addressed this issue on this blog many times. Short answer: no. Longer answer: hell no. Go ask a cowboy, motorcop, or a construction &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=2836\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gay-issues"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}