Hows your gaydar functioning?

matthewhotdude · 25 Nov 2010 at 14:55

nst68 said:
I didn't realize Freddie Mercury was gay till he announced he was HIV positive.

How I didn't twig I'll never know.

wait wait wait....so your saying when he came out as HIV that made you automatically realise he was gay?

semi-pro waster · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:01

matthewhotdude said:
wait wait wait....so your saying when he came out as HIV that made you automatically realise he was gay?

It could be that until he announced that he was HIV positive nst68 had given no thought to Mr Mercury's sexual preferences. Or it could be that as "the gay disease" that's what clued him in.

That wouldn't be a great reason though, HIV isn't all that discriminating about who it infects if you indulge in behaviours that put you at risk.

nst68 · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:17

matthewhotdude said:
wait wait wait....so your saying when he came out as HIV that made you automatically realise he was gay?

I'd never really thought of him as gay or straight, he was just Freddie.

But then I started to think of how he looked :-

and thought "hmmm, I wonder if he's gay".

I stupidly asked one of the guys I was working with, they took the mick out of me for ages.

nex20 · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:20

Maybe your so gay, you havn't noticed your gay yourself?

J1234 · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:29

It's obvious Robbie Williams is gay.

wnb · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:30

I thought only gays had gaydars? I definetly dont.

PardonTheWait · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:36

wnb said:
I thought only gays had gaydars? I definetly dont.

Gay people's gaydar is obviously much more finely tuned than straight folk.

I think mine's reasonable, but I'm not very good at spotting good stealth queers.

Vonhelmet · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:36

semi-pro waster said:
It could be that until he announced that he was HIV positive nst68 had given no thought to Mr Mercury's sexual preferences. Or it could be that as "the gay disease" that's what clued him in.

That wouldn't be a great reason though, HIV isn't all that discriminating about who it infects if you indulge in behaviours that put you at risk.

It's a bit before my time, but wasn't he one of the first high profile people to die of AIDS? And at the time it was very much perceived as a gay disease?

Beasty · 25 Nov 2010 at 15:56

My gaydar is atrocious. Didn't even realise Simon Amstell was gay. However strangely I picked up tht a woman at work was gay long before anyone else in my office.

Kazz · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:00

Beasty said:
My gaydar is atrocious. Didn't even realise Simon Amstell was gay. However strangely I picked up tht a woman at work was gay long before anyone else in my office.

In that case, my gaydar sucks, didn't know about him

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Yas786 · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:00

LOL i knew for awhile that Ricky Martin was gay...how could you not know he was gay??.

Strange thing is that last fri was out with the fiancee and a few mates for dinner and i had this stunning eastern european lass come up to me and say that i look like Ricky Martin :confused:

....dont know if she was blind or what but i definitely do not look like Ricky Martin for a fact....im far too ugly as it is

...and yes im straight as i love ladies and their flower pots

Yas786 · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:06

vonhelmet said:
It's a bit before my time, but wasn't he one of the first high profile people to die of AIDS? And at the time it was very much perceived as a gay disease?

Tbh i was under the impression that Rock Hudson was the first high profile person to die of AIDS...cant remember as i was quite young but i dont think he was gay although plenty of rumors around saying he was...Liberace was another high profile person who died of AIDS as well but it was well after Rock Hudson died from it.

OzyOly · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:23

My Gaydar is so bad. I spend all night trying to chat up all girl and turned out at the end of the night she was gay. I didn't believe it until I checked facebook the next day. : /

Ahleckz · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:30

OzyOly said:
My Gaydar is so bad. I spend all night trying to chat up all girl and turned out at the end of the night she was gay. I didn't believe it until I checked facebook the next day. : /

That's some dedication to giving you the cold shoulder. Did she get out her phone mid way through the conversation to change her status?

TheMightyTen · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:31

Unfortunately even the best gaydar can be off at times

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby_player)

Although I do have my suspicions about quite a few of the current Welsh team

Jambo · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:32

Kazz said:
my gaydar sucks

I hope this is all sarcasm about being surprised Ricky Martin is gay. Next you'll be saying you thought Joe McElderry was a ladies man.

Jambo · 25 Nov 2010 at 16:38

TheMightyTen said:
Unfortunately even the best gaydar can be off at times

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby_player)

Although I do have my suspicions about quite a few of the current Welsh team

What d'you mean? Gareth Thomas looks like Boggs from Shawshank.

Actually I looked at that wikipedia page and he also looks like founder Jimmy Wales. I think he's gay too.

semi-pro waster · 25 Nov 2010 at 17:02

vonhelmet said:
It's a bit before my time, but wasn't he one of the first high profile people to die of AIDS? And at the time it was very much perceived as a gay disease?

He was amongst the first certainly and that's why I put "gay disease" in quotes - the prevailing attitude was that it was something for homosexuals to worry about only. Magic Johnson was one of the first high profile heterosexuals to contract the disease although rumours about his sexuality also abounded at the time.

Beasty · 25 Nov 2010 at 19:43

OzyOly said:
My Gaydar is so bad. I spend all night trying to chat up all girl and turned out at the end of the night she was gay. I didn't believe it until I checked facebook the next day. : /

Haha been there! even tried carrying on as I'd had a few