are speedos just for gays ( Or do threy want them to be)

[louis]

I FULLY AGREE WITH dorcas3 AND Crail, i want apeedos to be worn by everyone gays included but not by only them.
If I am right then they are avoiding ALL to wear them even gays that want to but hesitate to because of the gays that think so....

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Gay parades do more damage to the image of speedos or brief suits than anything else. If you watch one of those, is it any wonder why a str8 guy would never want to be seen in a speedo type suit in public? I can't say I blame them. Some of the crap in those parades is downright tasteless and crass. To be sure, just as some of the str8 crap we see in the Mardi Gras parade in NOLA. Now I'll duck while everyone shoots at me.

[louis]

I dont think you will have to duck,lol we all seem to agree here btw, a big quac quac to you.
Seriousely, take a look at the this and last years gY Parades in London UK ,
Bristol UK and many outher gay parades, on you tube and count th speedos. Its a wonder they dont call them the gay speedo parade.
Now ..now dont get me wrong, its ok for our gay friends to wear speedos but let ALL guys that like them wear them to without fear of being though as gay if they are not.

[California Dolphin]

Other than the Gay parades, I've never seen any guys inappropriately wearing a speedo while walking down a city street or the aisle at the supermarket.

So what's the hang up about guys wearing a speedo in an appropriate place such as a beach or pool?

[Byron]

We seem to have been down this road many times. Who would have thought that the little garment we would put on as kids without complications, for the practical purpose of taking our bodies into water for exercise, would one day become the subject of so much social angst about how appropriate it is to wear in certain surroundings and how it might have beeen commandeered to represent a badge of honor and/or protest by a minority group in parades to celebrate a particular sexual orientation.

I was surprised to see the degree of agreement here about gay pride parades and will add my view that on the whole they have done more harm than good in some of those "in your face" displays - no doubt to the cynical enjoyment of bigots who are given gratis a reinforcement of their prejudices.

To answer the question, yes - I think there are some gays who consider the speedo "uniform" to be reserved as appropriate for them only to wear.
There is something in the human psyche where there is a compulsion to declare one's origins in public, in much the same way that a veteran may wish to have his regimental badge sewn to the breast of his blazer (though the latter will do so for rather different reasons of course).

[Byron]

some related illustrations:

Here is a lifeguard in his uniform* (note the splendid little cap) on Brighton Beach 100 years ago (1903 - and rather daring for the time I would have thought). The signs on the beach declare that "Neither indecent bathing suits nor immodest deportment will be tolerated".
(I love the word deportment - does anyone use it today ?)

*pic colorised I would add.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/l...drew-fare.html

Coming up to date here are the Lifesavers With Pride marching in the Sydney Mardi Gras and where they are described as all in their red speedos - "the iconic uniform" of this event.

http://www.pinkguide.com/Mardi_Gras_Red_Speedo

To finish, the Sicilians don't seem to bother about these inhibitions:

http://blog.amielsius.com/2011/04/we...o-speedo-land/


PS to Louis: You forgot Manchester and Brighton

[louis]

lol I didnt forget Manchester and Br... I put etc. n est ce pas lol.
I must thank and congratulate you for your contrubution im making this subject as clear and understandable as you wrote.

[louis]

CaliforniaDolphin, you dont get the point, what is referred to here is-are speedos just for gays (OR DO THEY WANT THEM TO BE)
There is no hang up here about guys wearing speedos at any beach, pool , or at any water sports facilities whatsoever.
As many sead speedos are meant for swimming, diving, water polo, and lap swimming and just for a everyday pleasure swimming, even at the gym.
You say that you have never seen a guy in a speedo down the street, well I have and many outhers have, one cant swim or dive or play water polo on a street, to me it just seems like wene I see one he has SPEEDOS ARE JUST FOR ME TO WEAR syndrome. Gay guys contortionning andgo go dancing in gay parades (spreading there legs) are you going to tell me that its ok....all kinds of people are present at such parades even kids,gay parades are very colorful and joyful to watch but there IS A LIMIT TO MODESTY AND INNAPROPRIATE GESTURES and that is stright to the piont on the line, what will it be next going to church in a speedo I suppose...
Iv even seen here in Monttreal in a gay parade a gay acting an immitation of kissing another gay guys bulge in a very skimpy sexy speedo his mouth only 1 inch or so from his bulge.Would you term that as appropriate...
Hell they seem to be all yelling SEE MY SPEEDO THEY ARE ONLY FOR US.
Hopefully this question is made clear all wearing a speedo is ok and even better for us speedo lovers but....................

[PSDave]

Unfortunately I have to disagree on that. I have seen very obviously gay guys at the market shopping in speedos. I also remember someone posting before a gay guy in a speedo going into a family restaurant. When asked to leave he started screaming gay bashing. Ironically, the manager asking him to leave was gay too.
When I talked to a friend that owns a gay clothing store that carries about every brand of speedo suit available. Of course he also has the board shorts. He told me more and more gays are buying the board shorts so they don't fall into the stereotype the speedos currently have.

[Byron]

When was the restaurant incident ?

Was it posted here or on the old fantasy board ?