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Broken gaydar

According to my wife and several gay friends and colleagues I have some of the singularly most atrociously bad gaydar of all time. How do I improve my gaydar as a straight man?

Joe asked in Pride Week Q&A about 1 year ago | Report
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  • Skull_pumpkin_small
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    Listen to the people around you and hang out with a diverse group.

    "___"dar is improved by exposure to people who are "____". If "_____" is "former military" then over time you will learn to spot people who used to be in the military, even if they're now sporting hair to the waist and love beads. Diversity is important. If you only hang out with the former military people who are extremely macho in manner and appearance, you will only be able to spot the people who look like them. It's the same thing if "______" is "gay". If you hang out only with theater queens or softball dykes, you will be able to detect theater queens or softball dykes but others will slip right by you. The better you know someone the more likely you are to be right.

    No one's "_____"dar is always right. People who think theirs is perfect just don't know when they're wrong. Out of curiosity, why do you want to improve your gaydar?

    CleverScreenName answered in Pride Week Q&A about 1 year ago | Report
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  • Sacri_ordines_by_charism_small
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    Have some Straight-Pride™, man! There are thousands of homophobic straight guys who have excellent gaydar and they are the laughing stock of their NASCAR lovin', lesbian-porn-watching-(but-hey-that's-not-homo-right?), hatorade & Hamms swilling, podunk communities.

    erm,
    CSN's right on. also right on about asking WHY you need this skill, O married & straight-proclaiming man?

    Rev.Enant answered in Pride Week Q&A about 1 year ago | Report
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    While heterosexual myself, I was born and raised in and around Greenwich Village (Bank St, Stuy Town) so my gaydar is the result of near total immersion and is well know for being very nearly infallible. As a result I need to tell you that you are obviously gay. Or at least around 70% gay.

    Tom answered in Pride Week Q&A about 1 year ago | Report
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    gaydar is reserved exclusively for us homos. straight folk trying to have gaydar just end up stereotyping and fucking up. sorry dude...

    Pose answered in Pride Week Q&A about 1 year ago | Report
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