THE ODDers: unmasking the masculine nonstraights
IN AND OUT

"...the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we drive your ambulances. We connect your calls, we guard you while you sleep. Do not... fück with us." - Fight Club

strangers in a strange land. we live in a society whose idea of norm is far within our reach. our likes have been discriminated against or mocked at. we have been unjustly portrayed by the media. they called us names that make even our own stomachs heave just as we fancy a life that doesn't closely resemble this hellish condition. they made us outsiders just because we are not like them. they took part in making us what we are right now. and let us be whoever we are.

others might view us as just another closeted or coward gays. undecided faggots. because we are masculine. we don't look gay enough to curl your hair or fancy a catwalk in some branded get-up.

we are men. men is what we are.

... and we prefer the masculine psyche. and body. and essence. we are strong and we are fantabulous. narcissistic, yet true.

we don't want to seek refuge under a single label. being labeled a gay/bi doesn't make you one. there is more to a word.

and so we are out here.

i beckon people to challenge themselves. you know who you are.


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there are only two questions to ask oneself in order to assess if you are an ODDer.

1) Do i fancy/love/like males in ways that would be enough to question my orientation?

2) Do i measure up to the masculinity of the unmistakably straight guys? am i butch enough that no one would ever believe that i'm not straight?

(in a nutshell, don't you just think Reichen and Chip and their kind are so cool?)


welcome aboard, guys.