{"id":585,"date":"2009-10-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=585"},"modified":"2016-02-28T09:19:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T14:19:01","slug":"afraid-of-looking-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"Afraid of "Looking Gay""},"content":{"rendered":"

Like a lot of people, I surf the internet and use Google as my guide. Sometimes I find the most amusing writings posted on various forums.<\/p>\n

Most internet forums allow people to go by anonymous screen names, so they say a lot of things without fearing that people will know who they really are. But what they say reveals more about who they are than their name.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Among the biker community, there are a lot of people who express some form of fear that by being seen wearing a certain type of motorcycle clothing (chaps, for example), or having a particular brand shown on the clothing implies that one is gay. So they use a slur “that’s gay” to associate their negative opinion. Here is a cut from one such forum:<\/p>\n

I see a lot of people on here who are more worried about being considered a “HARDCORE” biker, instead of just riding and enjoying life. These same guys absolutely won’t ride ANYTHING else except a Harley, yet claim they won’t wear anything Harley, cause then you look gay and are a billboard for the brand. Content Source<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is it about straight guys who make blatent statements such as “wearing a Harley-branded jacket looks gay<\/i>?” I guess it’s alright to wear Harley T-shirts; man, there are zillions of them and bikers (even riders of other brands of motorcycles) wear them.<\/p>\n

I’ll tell you what it is about straight guys who make such statements:<\/p>\n