Question. When the Gay Pride parade happens in SF and a large number of guys are dancing along the parade route in speedos, guys along the route watching are in speedos what do you see in the paper. Pictures of the gays in their speedos. That is the point several of us are making. When gays wear them in parades etc it is a portrayal of the gay man. When every newspaper coverage of a gay event shows the guys in speedos it is only natural str8 guys to want to avoid wearing the suits, even if they would like to, because the public in general, thanks to the pics of gay events, sees the speedo as a gay thing.
Speedos may not just be for gays, but outside of competitive swimming the major majority of guys in speedos are gay or over 50 - or both. TV and movies have picked up on this image and also put gays in speedos when they are at the pool or beach. It is a case of perception. Gay Pride = guys in speedos. Gay men in movies/TV = guys in speedos. Speedo = Gay. It may not be fact, but it is how the speedo and men wearing them are perceived.
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