2006-07-31 00:14:59 · 4 answers · asked by klunk 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Gay Caste system?
Hmmmmm
I dont' think there is one. Gays belong to many communities, we aren't limited to dealing with one another -- and I've never observed much of a pecking order among us when we do deal with one another.
Some pretty bois are catty -- but I've had the prettiest friends all my life, since I was a young teen and right up to this day -- (and I do mean FRIENDS -- I've had a limited number of sex partners, but many friends) and none of them have ever cared that I was just ok looking, and not drop dead like many of them -- so many aren't catty.
The nearest thing to socio-economic regard I've ever seen is with the young ones, some of whom -- I've now been told -- are called "Tag Fags" by other gay bois -- because they check the tags in the clothing of people they like and won't go out with anyone who isn't wearing Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister and A and E and so forth. If you are wearing K-Mart, you are set aside by them. That's kinda socio-economic, but I know fairly poor gay bois who save money and buy only a few new outfits a year, which they take good care of, but all of which are designer -- so I'm not sure it applies even there ---- that's more of a stylistic difference.
There are subdivisions among gays besides tops and bottoms of course. Things like -- the arts crowd; gay nerds (I'm kinda one!!!); pretty bois/ice princes (I was always part of that crowd for friends, but never really one of them -- those are the beautiful boys that won't sleep with anyone but their boyfriends); nurturing (I'm deff. one of those); club rats; theater community -- there are more. But those are actual "castes" parse -- and as you can tell from what I identified with, I'm part of one group, kinda part of a second -- but most of my close gay friends have always come from a third.
Don't know what else to say, if you define the question more narrowly maybe I can help.
Kind regards,
Reynolds
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2006-07-31 05:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Come on, idiot.
You know damn well it's based on sexual identity.
But everyone's welcome.
Can't say that about religions, can you?
2006-07-31 10:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Hijrahs are untouchables.
2006-07-31 10:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
2006-07-31 08:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by Cymalon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋