[Dennis]

As a gay man who fits neither the occupations nor the stereotypes you listed, I’ve wondered about this myself. My best guess is that many gay men feel emotionally stifled when growing up, by the stiff-upper-lip mentality that society and parents teach to boys. The one common thread among many so-called ‘gay icons’ such as Barbra Streisand or theater in general seems to be emotional overstatement and/or flamboyancy, which gay men would see as a refreshing opposite of having to hide their emotions and/or behaviors while growing up. Finally, the elevated appreciation of beauty (hairdressers, florists, etc.) could be because gay people can have an understandably ugly perception of society at large. By the same logic as above, beauty would serve as a comforting refuge from the not-so-beautiful things that can happen to gay people. But that’s just my theory, and I’m sure it just scratches the surface. Also, one must consider that the ones who fit the stereotypes are a minority within a minority; they just happen to be the most visible.

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Name : Dennis, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United States, Occupation : Graduate Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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