![]() ![]() Nevertheless, the site perpetuates this conflation in an effort to support the notion that being gay is biological. ![]() culture, but it’s not somehow inevitable or biological. That gender performance is associated with sexual orientation in our society is a belief in U.S. Meanwhile, most gay men and lesbians could probably find pictures of themselves conforming. In fact, most of us could probably find a picture or two in our histories showing gender non-conformity. But, in fact, gay men and lesbians have a wide range of gender performances, as do straight and bisexual people. It is a specifically American belief that gay men act feminine and lesbians act masculine. This is the argument made in the vast majority of posts: it’s obvious I was gay because I broke rules of masculinity/femininity by doing things like sniffing flowers, posing jauntily, liking Snow White, and playing with Barbie. Perusing the photographs tells an interesting story: being gay - that is, being sexually sexually or romantically attracted to members of the same sex - is conflated with being gender non-conformist - adopting the mannerisms and interests of the other sex. Submitters argue that the photographs are proof that they were born gay. The site posts photographs of gay-identified adults as children. Carey Faulkner, a visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin & Marshall, asked us to post about a blog that has recently gotten quite a bit of attention: Born this Way. ![]()
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