(Pexels)Ī different user commented: “I’ve been told that I walk too fast like three times lately… like first of all I’m gay,” while another said: “Google maps: 18 minutes walking. WIRED: gays walk so fast that cars are unnecessary.” A gay person striding through the city instead of driving. One tweeter said: “you know i’m feeling gay when i walk unusually fast.”Īnother included a related trope when they wrote: “tired: gays can’t drive. Many gay people have written online about the ways in which fast walking helps them feel close to their sexuality, whether or not it has any basis in science. The trope helps people to connect to their identity and other gay people
Unlike harmful anti-LGBT stereotypes, these tropes seem to be largely created by, with and for queer people.