When I was prodromal I believed I could tell who was gay. During psychosis I thought / was gay. Now after psychosis I tend to feel like I can tell whether or not a guy is gay based on how he sits, talks, mannerisms etc. Is this a delusion? I thought my arabic teacher was gay and my friend confirmed it. I also thought my disability guy was gay. I’m still on the fence about whether my brother is lgbt. How likely is it that I’m suffering from a delusion, or are just plenty of guys coming out of the closet in 2018.
Do you believe gaydar is real? What are your opinions on it? Are some people better at telling, e.g people who are gay themselves?
Gaydar is 100% real. It’s how we find each other. I don’t know of many straight folks who have accurate gaydar, though. They mostly rely on stereotypes and such. LGBT+ folks have an easier time recognizing each other, probably because we can relate to each other.
I have my doubts about many people in the entertainment business that seem gay, mainly musicians and movie stars… I thought it was obvious in many stars that I never even heard rumors about but I was right a lot.
I have to admit though that Kevin Spacey coming out was a shocker.
Just two or three years ago I thought it was obvious to the whole world that Justin Bieber is gay. There were rumors and he went through an androgynous phase that made him seem obviously gay, but I guess people forget about that now.
I think queer people can pick up on other queer people with better accuracy but its never 100%. of course theres extreme cases where its somewhat obvious, just based on stereotypes but that could always backfire
Yes, I believe gaydar is very real. Among gay persons who are really gay. It isn’t so real among bisexual persons however. I am bisexual and I have lousy gaydar. Straight people all have lousy gaydar too.
Ive always thought ive had a good Gaydar, but i am quite effeminate for a bloke but yeah i can tell from a mile off. Its not just their mannerisms i can just tell and 99% of the time im right!
As a not straight not cis person there are some things that we notice that I guess would count as gaydar. But a lot of people just use stereotypes unfortunately.
i believe i can tell if a woman or a man is gay, easiest most obvious way is they do things that mostly impress people of their gender, things that the opposite gender has little or no interest in and uses much of their time.
we have but you haven’t. i had posts get censored that just linked to the us government’s national institute of health peer reviewed study database known as pubmed.
