This is a recent concept for me, which I had to read it twice to understand it. The thing is, where I live, the word gay is used to describe a man who feels attracted to men, I don't know if that changes in other zones, even in other countries. What's the gay stereotype for you? Or, if someone tells you to imagine a gay, how would you imagine him? The most likely you to think of is a feminine guy with a soft voice and body expression as a woman does it.
El homosexual no gay es aquél que no cumple con ese estereotipo. La mayor parte de los gays no son así, al igual que de los heteros, muy pocos son afeminados. Y cabe mencionar que esos gays son totalmente reconocidos; no son reprimidos, ni tienen miedo, ni nada. Sólo porque uno es gay no significa que tenga que tomar esa actitud para serlo. ¿Que si el no gay consigue menos pareja? Yo creo que no, pues como dije en la entrada "El juego de miradas", no es necesario ser amanerado para notar algo en alguien, simplemente uno se da cuenta con la mirada.
The non-gay homo is the guy who doesn't fit in that stereotype. Most of the gays ain't like it; the same happens with the heteros, very few are feminine. And let me say that those homos are totally recognized; they're not repressed, or not brave, not nothing. Just because you're gay doesn't mean that you have to behave soft to be it. Do the non-gay have less chances of having a boyfriend? I believe no, cause as I said on the article "Flirting with the eyes", it's not necessary to be girly to notice something on someone, you just notice that with the eyes.
Ahora bien, a mucha gente le choca esta actitud. Gente que no es homofóbica en absoluto, simplemente no les agrada que sean así. Hay quienes dicen que lo hacen para llamar la atención, pero no creo que sea eso, pues al admitir que eres gay estás dando a saber que tú no estás para darle un show a los demás, o para hacer felices a los demás, simplemente es tu actitud. A los gays que usan esa actitud (o a algunos) les agrada ser así porque se expresan en su libertad. Sin embargo, cabe recordar que aunque sea amanerado o rudo, sigue siendo hombre. Como decía un pensamiento que me encantó: Soy hombre, tengo cuerpo de hombre, me gusta ser hombre y me gustan los hombres. Así de sencillo.
Now, many people hate this attitude. People who aren't homophobic at all, they just don't like that. There's people who say they do it to call everybody else's attention, but I don't think it's that, because when you say you're gay, you're letting know the world that you're not here to give a show to the people, or to make people happy, that's just how you are. The gays who use that attitude (or some of 'em) like behaving like that cause they express themselves with freedom. However, remember that even though you're soft or really macho, you're still a man. I read I thought I liked, it said: I'm a man, I have a man's body, I like being a man and I like men. Just as simple as that.