Is it true that gay guys are embarrassed about being seen shirtless?

It's called self-awareness, Rose — something the straights don't possess

Not me.

I always have been, but that's probably because I always had a few extra pounds as a kid. I'd wear a t-shirt to go swimming for years. Even though I can look at myself now and see I'm no longer that fat kid, I have a hard time going shirtless.

OP must have never been to gay parades. Just drag yourself out of the convent, sister, and gawk at shirtless gay guys!!!!

Because nipple rings.

I've hated my body as far back as I can remember. I would rather swallow cyanide than go publicly shirtless. I have very prominent gyno that no working out has ever fixed and birthing hips. Even before puberty set in my body was very feminine and curvy for a boy. Maybe it's not PC to say this, but I'm sure there's a connection, whether hormonal, psychological, or both, with me turning out gay.

I think you’re sexy and gorgeous, R6!

R3, you and me are sympatico.

Thank you, r7. But I know that not to be the case. I'm one of those people that others joke that there's no safe place to rest their eyes when looking at me. I have a lot of rage over my lack of physical masculinity, especially since masculine beauty is so prized in the gay world.

[quote] I'm one of those people that others joke that there's no safe place to rest their eyes when looking at me.

I know where to stop: your eyes. I’m guessing you have exceptionally kind eyes.

No.

I get it - I am 6’9, and my torso is shorter than my legs, so I have super wide hips as a result (even when I had the lauded 6 pack I still had love handles just because of how my skeleton is). Honestly, when I turned 35 I just stopped caring and when I went to the beach I took my shirt off... and no one cared (I got looks for my height and a few women flirted with me... not my thing and that’s okay). I learned then that it’s ok to not be perfect (and I am a 40 year old elder gay now), so I might as well just say to hell with it. I mean, I got the long blonde hair, am 6’9 with love handles, and I can get some if I wanted. To all the guys on here- just take the shirt off, have fun, and I promise people will respond in better ways than you can imagine.

R12 Oh I am going to hunt down the gays that agreed to make 40s elder status without any council. 50s is a legit elder. 40s is still ripe.

Hell, r13, around here you’re an Eldergay at 30.

If it doesn't look good, don't put it out on the front porch.

I’m gonna deep dive into this. I think that many gay men in adulthood hold onto a kind of paranoia about physical exposure of their bodies that is connected to paranoia about the exposure of their sexuality in youth. It’s signaled to us at a young age that certain things about our bodies, our voices, or how we throw a ball, or the kind of hobbies we engage with etc. are auspicious, this is not necessarily directly explained. Gay children/teens go to great lengths to camouflage this, or distract from it, and it’s always somehow related to trying to hide something about our personality that can’t really be properly hidden. I think this results in a clumsiness about how our bodies are displayed in some gay people thru to adulthood. I felt weird in short sleeves until I was 23 or so. And it was nothing to do with my body in a way that I didn’t like how it looked, I am proportionate and was never unaware of it, but I felt exposed in less clothing in some way that I didn’t like. Over that now but all that stuff from youth can really do a number on you.

R16, well put

I don't think I have seen a photograph of me before age 12 during the summer with a shirt on. Then in junior high, when I realized that I was a gayling and started growing hair in my pits, I became self conscious. Shirts v. skins in PE, marching band practice in August when it was 90° and humid, it seemed nobody else had trouble going shirtless, so I did it. During eighth grade, a fat boy in my class was teased about being fat and not yet having started puberty. Plus, his nipples were inverted, for lack of a better work. They were small slits rather than nubs. The PE teacher/coach was relentless with him, yelling up close to run faster, do faster sit-ups, and he always chose who was shirts/skins, and it was always Eddie's team. I felt so sorry for him, but what do you do without bringing the negative attention on yourself? I told my mom about it, and she called Eddie's mom, and together they went to the principal to let him know about this abuse. Well, that backfired, because the next PE class, Eddie and I had to run laps around the field.

I don't think it is a gay thing at all. I think it is more to do with one's formative years, e.g., urban v. rural, sibling influence, friends. Throughout college, my roommates and I sat around shirtless if it was hot. I never wear a shirt while swimming or in the sauna or steamroom. I get grossed out when shirtless guys sweat all over gym equipment, even if they wipe down afterward.

First, my mini nipples have historically attracted big, fat, pinchy folk who think they’re funny.

Second, I sweat a lot and need something to keep that disgusting shit from rolling down my torso.

Third, the stench annoys me so I have white antiperspirant blocks under my pits and it looks silly.

Fourth, I talk with full hands and arms; my skin is aging rapidly and you don’t want to see any of this in motion.

With the very occasional exception of swimming, it just ain't gonna happen. I stopped wearing shorts a few years ago too. The party's over for me.

Uh, if anything, it's the opposite.

R21 how so?

Sure, Jan.

Have you never been to pride, OP?

75% of the guys have their shirts off.

When I was young I hated Shirts vs Skins. I was a scrawny kid.

Even now, I hate taking my shirt even though I work out alot

Every gay I know loves to be shirtless. I am surprised at the responses. I always felt good shirtless growing up and as an adult, I feel good about it now. I work out so that I can feel good at the beach or pool, which are I places I really enjoy.

I haven’t worm a shirt since March 17 when I started working from home.

R27 - like around the house or even when you go out? I have been hanging out in my bathrobe or boxers and shirtless in the summer.

Never heard that before OP. It's probably the exact opposite.

Around the house , exercising outdoors, walking dog etc r28. I am exaggerating for effect as I occasionally have go to the grocery store and have occasional videoconference calls. But I rarely wear a shirt at home and have spent 99 percent of my time here since my employer sent us home for Covid. Also gyms have been closed here since March. As to the subject of the thread, I have no prob being shirtless in public

[quote] When I was young I hated Shirts vs Skins. I was a scrawny kid. Even now, I hate taking my shirt even though I work out a lot

Sort of reinforces r16’s point I guess. Amazing what youth can do to you for the rest of your life.

[quote]Ever since I was a kid

How old are you now?

[quote]people have said that

What people? Who told you this? It's laughable stupid. Gay men are actual known for taking their shirts off at dance clubs and parties so whoever told you that was a bigger moron than you.

[quoter][R21] how so?

What...? Do you not know what "the opposite" means? In this case, the opposite of OP's moronic take is that gay men are more likely and eager to be shirtless than the average man.

Are you okay?

[quote]I am surprised at the responses.

Well, DL is hardly a perfect cross-section of gay people. It's more of a cross-section of conservative elder-gays who never fully embraced their sexuality or a gay identity.

[quote] It's laughable stupid. Gay men are actual known for taking their shirts off

[quote]a bigger moron than you.

Irony.

I hate taking my shirt off. Very tough for me and I look *fine* but R16 is on to something. I hate my body, frankly. I've gained 10 pounds during quarantine and I'm feeling a lot of shame over it. I'm 46 and youthful and handsome, but I feel like I should look like something else when I take my shirt off. I'm pale, too, and smooth skin. So I just don't feel manly at all and never have, really. Except when I wear a tux or a suit!

R33, what makes you so confident that’s what he meant and not “the opposite,” as in straights are loath to go shirtless?

So the question is, are YOU alright?

I don't give a shit. I didn't worry at 17 or 27, but I grew up at the beach so it was part of daily life and never a concern.

And I don't worry about it at 70. Who cares?

One of the great things about reaching Jurassic Gay status is freedom from even thinking about silly shit because there's too much serious shit, stuff that matters, going on.

Well, I am. I've talked about it here before, but the short story is that I have an odd upper body. (I'm actually pretty good waist down, so I DO wear shorts.) I hate taking my shirt off and I very, very rarely do. I've tried not caring (especially at my age, now) but I'm just too embarrassed and uncomfortable.

The ubiquitousness these days of amazing male bodies everywhere one looks has only made my discomfort greater. That's on me, though.

Hot topless vaccinations.

Not true at all.

Maybe for some it's true.

I'd think just the opposite, OP. So many gay men are exhibitionists who enjoy being objectified for their masculinity.

Not true at all.

Those with some self-awareness know when the appropriate time is to take their shirt off.

There are those with great bodies and those with horrible bodies, gay or straight, who have never learned the difference.

Funny enough, most of the people who don't take their shirt off have just a few pounds to lose and aren't really that bad.

Straight men? RELEASE THE TITTAYS!! Straight men over 45 haven't grown up with having their bodies criticized, so of course they think they are fine at all times.

I can say this. Guys, even teenagers, in the midwest, where I grew up, have no problem running or playing games shirtless outdoors. I lived in California for 25 years and didn't see it there. Always wondered about the difference.

^except at the beach, of course.

If my old gay took his shirt off in public, some woman would rush up stick her sqawling spawn on his very large breasts so she wouldn't have to feed them, so no, he wouldn't take his shirt off in public. He could feed a calf or two with those things.

Why do many gay men have feminized bodies and soft facial features, and lesbians manly bodies and hard facial features? Is it the same hormonal process gone wrong that also caused them to be gay?

I live in Florida and have always gone with few clothes, and loved it. I never cared much about skin care and just wanted to be beautiful, brown with blond hair. And I was, until the skin thing crept in. My family has a lot of moles on their body and it is genetic. Ever since they appeared around 40, I have worn a shirt into the pool and stay out of the sun more. But, the damage is done. It is sad to feel yourself wearing out your body from the inside out.

Not true

True

Don't know

Yes it's true

Never felt great about my body when I was younger (name calling from your classmates- and your own father - can do that to you) so I definitely stayed undercover. Not obsessively so, but preferred to keep my shirt on. Sad, when I look back on it, because my body was nice then. No, not muscular or worked out, just nice and slim. But I didn’t realize it. And didn’t believe men when they told me I looked good. Talk about childhood complexes!

As I got older I got much more at ease with myself and gradually just wore as much or as little as I liked. But now, in my mid-60s, while still slim I sometimes get a shock in the mirror at what’s become of my body. I walk and bike a lot. But gravity is a motherfucjer!

The weird thing is, I don’t know if I can explain this clearly, but remember that episode of Seinfeld where he was dating the woman with “man hands”? One minute her hands looked nice, feminine. The next minute it looked like the hands of a gorilla. I feel like that with my face in my body. Sometimes I look at myself and I look just fine; other times, it makes me sad to look at myself. The strangest part of that is, for some reason I seem to look best in restaurant bathroom mirrors. Odd!

^^^^^^^ “...my face AND my body”

Are you unfamiliar with the epidemic of gay insta-hos? Gay guys are only embarrassed about being shirtless if they don't have thick arms, juicy pecs and a six pack - otherwise, you can barely get them to keep a shirt on!

Not true

I think it all depends on the environment you were raised in. I've known guys who had absolutely no body awareness at all and would gladly prance around in little or nothing, even if they had far less than fit bodies. And I've known guys who had beautiful bodies who are very timid about displaying too much skin. It all boiled down to how they were raised. If your parents weren't shy about displaying their bodies you probably aren't either, and vice versa.

I can see your dirty pillows.

[quote]Ever since I was a kid

Which was when, precisely? 2018? 1918?

[quote]people have said that and

Who? What people? I'm 50 and I've never heard this in my life.

I'm curious what other things these "people" said to you about gay men, since they sound pretty ignorant and backwards.

[quote]I wanted to know if there was any truth to this.

Really? You wanted to know if there's any truth to the idea that gay men are afraid of being shirtless in public?

Have you ever met a gay man?

Have you ever even left whatever backwards shithole you come from?

R39, I'm there with you. I have an odd upper body. I will never go shirtless in public again. Not at a pool, not at the beach, not in my backyard with friends. I don't even walk around shirtless in my house. I'm just too uncomfortable.

From the waist down, all is good, I have great legs.

From the waist up, I'm afflicted with both pectus excavatum and flared ribs, which have only gotten worse as I age. I am fairly thin - people used to call me Biafra Baby - so the deformities are even more noticeable. It wasn't visibly as bad when I was younger.

I'm lucky I have a partner that loves me the way I am. If I ever had to be on the market again I'd be dead in the water; my body would never get me any interested men, and would probably get a lot of derision on apps and in the gay community.

Forget the ubiquitous incredible bodies in the gay community; I couldn't even compete with normal or fit/fat bodies. Or bears.

The body counts. I just don't have one.

Oh good grief. I just responded to myself. I'm R39. Completely forgot I wrote that. Not even a vague recollection.

What a fool.

Age is a bitch.

I’ll be 58 in a couple of months and when I turned 50 I stopped going shirtless outdoors.

I also stopped wearing shorts outdoors

Probably true for some

I refuse to take off my shirt in a room full of gay guys.

[quote]Probably true for some

Of course it's "probably true for some." It's also "probably true for some" straight men.

This thread is dumb.

Years ago I was driving home from work and saw a straight man without a shirt on - and his belly was so big that it looked liked he was about 8 months pregnant. If he can go shirtless anyone can!!!

Never heard this

I was a fat kid and hated taking my shirt off. To this day, even though I lost the weight and look decent in a square cut, I prefer to be shirt-on unless laying out. Even when I get up I throw on a shirt.

No.

I also have an odd upper body with wide hips and I’m very tall (6’7”). Legs are fine, but building muscle in the upper body is extremely hard. And yes, the body type makes me self conscious about taking my shirt off.

I’ve always wondered if there is some connection between this kind of slim, tall, sort of feminine-like body and being gay.

R71

That's quite a self selecting group, so I'm not sure it answers the question.

But it's funny just the same!

I'm one of those whores who's usually shirtless within 10 minutes of arriving at the Eagle.

One of the reasons gays goes overboard with working out is because of the shame we felt about ourselves when younger.

R75, good point

This thread has touched me (honestly). So much body dysmorphia that I identify with. Guys, we are beautiful.

R77, what don't you like about your looks?

Hey - Kim at r61 - Give it a bone, ploise!

I had gynecomastia as a teen & didn’t get surgery for it until I was 30. After that I didn’t have a prob going shirtless, but am extremely hairy & would be a bit nervous about it, but far less so than I was before my surgery.

True for some

Average shirtless man.

I never heard this before. I have a pretty good body and it looks youthful. It's above the shoulders that's the problem. Since hitting 60 My neck looks saggy and I look old in pictures. Not a lot of wrinkles, but just gravity dragging my face down. And balding. But weirdly, from the neck down, I have basically the same body as I had when I was 40 or 45.

Yes. Just gays. And fags.

^

My eight pack has droopy bits of chicken-like skin under each ravioli, but you do get crotch veins!!!

R2 I didn't know that Freddy Mercury had such big feet.

Bump

We were scarred being smacked on our naked chests in 'skins v. shirts' games of dodgeball when we were kids.

The OP has never seen Instagram gays, apparently. Or Grindr or Scruff or any pride festival. Gay guys seem to love nothing more than being as naked as possible.

I'm always covered up. I have weird health issues and my skin is marred and scarred as a result, so there's that. I also probably have some kind of sensory issue because I am one of those people who feels a lot more comfortable under heavy blankets, sweaters, etc.

Crotch veins?

Not sure

Gay guys who are also whores do. not exhibit this proclivity.

I’m so self-conscious about my skinny arms that I avoid wearing short-sleeved shirts to the office.

I’ll get completely naked at the gay nude beach, but shirtless elsewhere? Never.

R94, it don't bother you showing off your dick and ass?

Don't know

Justin Bieber is gay. Hope this answers the question.

I had low confidence as kid and never took shirt off or wore short sleeved shirts. I'm hairy now so need to keep clothed

Nope

Yes.

You're confusing gay guys with fat guys. You must be a fat whore. But that's ok. You're among friends.

Yes!

Yepppp

Nope

Anyone who says no is a fatass recluse who has never been to pride. Gay guys are shirtless all the time. All the gays you make fun of on the cruises are shirtless 24/7. Even nasty button dicked fattasses like you are shirtless.

R104 = fat and fem

Ans.

No it’s not true. Are you 12 OP?

R107, u r 6

Things were different back in those days

R109, what do you mean? Just wondering.

Bump

This has nothing to do with being gay it has to do with R105s being fatasses.

Dunno

Being surrounded my straight men in rural Australia who 99% of the time are shirtless, I always felt ugly to take my shirt off because of the constant ridicule of gay men not being manly or muscular etc. Even today at 29 I still keep my shirt on and even though I workout and have excellent health, I still feel fugly and don't feel comfortable at all showing my body.

by*

Even around other masculine and muscular gay men I feel fugly. It' my problem though and I don't blame any other other confident gay or straight men flaunting their hot bodies.

Shirtless? Heaven's no.

Only my prominent gentleman callers get to see me without attire. And that's when each removes my lingerie in private settings.

Yes it's true.

Don't know

Yes it is true OP.

Yes.

Yeppp

Okay

I've never heard that before

.....

Probably, since gay men feel like women.

I was a scrawny kid in high school, I would skip gym class just so I wouldn't have to take my shirt off in front of the others. When I started college I worked out with the weights at the recreation center. I had great results, and I became very muscular in my 20s. I took my shirt off everywhere I could. Guys didn't talk about muscles so much, but they loved my nipples. They were spongy and grew wider as my pecs got bigger.

I got naked at nude beaches, and I kept my thick bush natural; I stood out in that way, as well.

A big change from those stressful days in high school. I never in a million years thought I would be so open with my body.

[quote] I mean, I got the long blonde hair,

Is that some sort of prize?

Patty

You're going to get a lot of people agreeing with you OP considering how many fat whores are on DL.

Fphat

Yes.

.....

Never

Yezzz

The good-looking fit guys, absolutely not. They look for the first opportunity to take off their shirts.

It is true.

True

Yezz

Bump

Truth hurts

Yez.

I haven't heard about this ever lol. In high school I liked taking my shirt off while playing dodge, rugby, tennis, etc.

When I was a freshman I was a bit skinny but puberty hit and I started taking workouts more seriously. Maybe in those "skinnier" days I didn't show skin that much, compared to when I was a senior.

Another consideration also is that I went to an all-boys school lol so there's not really that much malice or shame about being shirtless. I think it just depends on the person, OP.

None

Uytf

Fook

My bf would go shirtless but he was embarrassed by being so hairy. In high school, he would occasionally get called Eddie Munster. For me that only added to his raw animal magnetism. I would always boost his confidence by telling him it makes him a REAL MAN! Still, he was selective where he went shirtless. For myself, are you kidding me I'm a fat whore!

John

Neva

Gaylings are, when they are still trying to figure all this shit out.

Once they grow up and come out and hit the gym, NFW. Then, you can't get a gurl to put her shirt ON.

No. I do not mind being seen shirtless at all.

Yazz

Sum r

None

All of them are embarrassed about it

Truth

When I was a teen I had a hairy chest and hated being shirtless because of it. When I got older, I worked out and had muscles and didn't mind the hairy chest then. Now I am old and fat and wearing a shirt makes me think I am wearing an invisible shirt and that you can't see that I look pregnant.

^ grrrr, I love hairy chests

love to rub my face in them

Yesser

[quote]Except when I wear a tux or a suit!

R36 I love a man in a tux or a tailored suit, shiny shoes and silky socks. I hope we meet up somewhere. You don't have to show anything. I'll get it off of you in time.

Yetter

Yhujh

Yes OP

What? No.

Fat gay guys maybe but applies to all fat guys; not all gay guys.

R164, yep it applies to all gay guys

Most are

All are

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Yygft

Some

Yetr

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My nipples never have seen sun.

Yess

Most

Tyyyy

Nope

Maybe

[quote] Is it true that gay guys are embarrassed about being seen shirtless?

No, OP, it isn't true.

Itz tru

Not all

Yezz

It seems that men were going shirtless far more often when I was a teenager in the 1970s than they do these days. It was pretty common to see men shirtless in the summer then.

Yes, R184, we didn't have air conditioning then. It was the easiest way to keep cool. Construction workers were the best; it's a stereotype but it was true.

I was shirtless when I mowed our family lawn when I was a teenager. Our school's music teacher lived around the corner, and he always walked down his driveway to get his mail while I was mowing, no matter the time of day.

[quote] he always walked down his driveway

Was he shirtless too?

Hoty

Why, what they need then is a Boomer like myself to tell them they should be PROUD of their nudity, just as I was when I tell my never-tedious stories about what sexuality was like in the Seventies! They need to boldly flaunt their shirtlessness on the street, especially when I'm around!

Um, if they're hot, that is.

Otherwise, who cares.

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OP asks dumb questions.

Tfhhh

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Some

2 many

Ugghi

R150, trying to figure what out? Just wondering

Not me!

Ytuki

All of the ones that I have met are.

Those who have nipples we all drool for have no problem taking off their shirts. They may even know we're looking at them.

Dunno

Yez.

Nope

99.9% of them are.

Maybe

I was a little bigger growing up. I graduated high school at 215 lbs. I am built very wide shouldered. I have had weight gains up and down during my 68 years but fortunately am still in reasonable shape, but I totally understand the fat shaming from family and friends. I know how the gays worship beautiful men so if you don't measure up it is on you. Great thread!

Possibly

Uyuii

Yes.

Hdhj

R2 he was a bisexual

Hfgu

Yyhuj

Nipz

Titz

Nopers

Fool’s gold pecs

Matt Brill has the best body

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Tyuug

Atomic

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First I heard of it. If anything, gay men are more exhibitionistic as long as they're fit. Gay men work out to get more guys, after all.

Mebbe

OP has never been to Pride or any gay event, ever.

Post some pictures of shirtless fat gay men

Denny

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I feel exposed if I take my top off in public. Just like in high school, when they made me wear my wrestling costume.

R250, did you ever get hard when wrestling other guys?

Butt

Everything made me hard. I couldn't even take showers in high school because of the turn on. Even in my early thirties, my partner would have to go ahead of me in stores because the vibration from the car would get me hard as a rock. I'm in my fifties now and don't have that problem. I wish I still had that problem.

In my late 90s party boy/circuit party days, it took me a while to get up the courage to do it. I had a fit body, but pecs, cuts, abs? No. But I sweat a lot, and quickly, so it was just more comfortable when I finally took it off. And I noticed that everything I feared would happen did not happen; everything was exactly the same all around me, except I was shirtless. I saw it as a Rite of Passage; I had crossed over.

My dancing buddy and good friend Tom was another story. He's my age and it took MANY parties after I did it for him to finally take it off. We'd be at those late night, druggy South Beach/NYC parties where EVERYONE was shirtless except for Tom. He wanted to but just couldn't do it. "I'm not ready." And I would say "Tom,, everyone in this room wants you to go shirtless. They would rather you were, ok? You say you're not ready? Everyone here is ready for you. You'll see."

And I don't recall exactly, but he probably remarked on how liberating it was. He loved that song 'You're free' by Ultra Nate btw.

Are there any overweight gay guys who are not embarrassed about being shirtless in front of people?

Please post pictures if you can find any!

Pecs

Fat ones won’t take their shirts off. But the Insta hose will let you see everything.

Some overweight guys are hot

Gutz

Hairy

My man titties make me hot. Does that mean I'm straight? I appreciate an attractive women, but just as an observation. An acknowledgment.

Does anyone think guts on men are attractive?

Bump

Pot bellies are sexy.

There are ways around it...

True

Belly button

Hairy

Bump

Ghhhh

Bump

Who likes moobs?

Smooth

Nope

Yesser

Mebbe

Hjihu

Yezz

Depends

Only if they don't have a good body

Maybe the hairy ones are self conscious

Troll

.....

Yezs

Gay porn stars aren't

Bareback

Nope

Probably

Dreams

Pecs

Hair

They all are...

Nope

They used to force us to take our shirts off to play sports in high school PE class. I was beat red with embarrassment. I hated PE.

"Shirts, skins. Shirts, skins."

[quote]Ever since I was a kid people have said that

Really? Who? When? In what context? How does this even come up? And you've been hearing this since you were "a kid?" People say this around children? Did your parents really sit around discussing gay male body fascism in front of you during your formative years? Or was this the hot topic at recess in 3rd grade? What the hell?

[quote]I was beat red with embarrassment.

Oh dear! That must have hurt! Did you press charges?

No, those thoughts were the reason I was embarrassed. Boner embarrassment.

In high school, I was the skinny, geeky kid who was always picked last for a team. I hated being a skin, but I was never called to play in the game. Instead I was able to gawk at the bare chests of the football players who were in the class.

In the last week before graduation, I told one of them I was attracted to him. He brought me home, took off his shirt, and let me play with his puffy nipples. I worked my way to giving him a blow job. I didn’t need reciprocation. I accomplished my goal.

This was the time before manscaping, I was pleased to see his bush was prolific, biggest I have ever seen. I never saw him again after graduation. I knew I had nothing to lose.

r298 WHORE!!

298 made my nipples hard till mentioned the big bush. I'm getting a hairball gag thinking about it in disgust.

Back in the 70s, every man had a bush. There was a variety in density and color and breadth. You rolled the dice when you picked a guy up. I don’t recall anyone back then complaining about a guy’s bush.

Playgirl featured men with larger than average bushes.

Wearing a shirt unbuttoned to the navel was only noticed if you had a lot of hair on your chest and wore a few gold chains around your neck. Hair equaled masculinity.

I fantasized about this guy for three years. He maintained my attention because he wore tee shirts which allowed his nipples to look like anthills, very sexy to me. Having some muscle added to the sight.

When he gave me permission to unzip him, his large bush was a surprise to me. I had never had a gym class with him, so I never saw him in the showers. Having seeing so much pubic hair on the men in Playgirl, it was far from distasteful. It tickled my nose as I went down on him, and I loved it. I don’t recall any time before it when my cock was so rock hard.

I replied because I still get butterflies about that encounter. It was my awakening to sex with men. We went to college 2000 miles apart. It’s too bad I never saw him again.

You've got skills, your reply sounds like a letter from Penthouse Forum. I can take or leave a man with hair, but my nipples are hard again.

That makes me happy. Will you let me play with them?

Not sure if that is true or not. I'm curious to know though.

I think it's more that we don't go shirtless as easily and so unnawares as our hetro brothers. They have zero problem with it..where as we gays will have had prior thoughts and whether we fair well within the standards of the event. I think a str8 guy walking along with his wife and kid has way less thought process gone into it..and zero thoughts while shirtless. I think we gays plan prior and are always in our heads that we need to stand tall, suck in....etc..

I don't think the majority of straight men think their nipples are sexual, some don't seem to consider them at all.

For many gay men, though, they're one of the first body features we look at. Believe me, when I was lifting weights, I wanted to show them off wherever I could.

Are fems embarrassed about it?

I don't see 2 many fat gay guys shirtless in public.

Not true at all but it makes the fraus wet to think so

Hot.

Nope

Yezzz

Nope

Skinny ones are

Fat ones are

Maybe if they are out of shape.

Mebbe

Yesx

Nope

Interesting question actually.

I'm not sure what the answer would be though.

Bump

Hots

Nope

Possibly

I think the fems are embarrassed about it.

Bump

Yes.

Montgomery Clift was embarrassed about being seen shirtless in front of people.

Joey Stefano was embarrassed about it.

Bump

It's the same as straight guys. Some are body-conscious, some are more confident.

Yep I agree with R331

Huh?

None

Bump

Troll

Butt

Huhs

Nott

Yazz

Kyle wasn't

Only when you have tits

R342, true

Gay porn stars aren't

Not hardly

If they are overweight

3 nipples is maybe because why some are

R347 is the 3rd one wired like the other two?

Mine are way to sexy to share with everyone. I know they turn me on. I'm afraid I'll stop traffic and be embarrassed.

Montgomery Clift supposedly was embarrassed about it.

Nope

Speaking of men being embarrassed about being shirtless in front of people, are there any famous men that are against it, regardless of sexual orientation?

If so, then who?

Brad Pitt

Odd.

Why won't this stankin ass thread reach 600 comments already so it can disappear from my feed. Good Lawd.

R355, never

Nope

Mike

Has OP never been to a gay club where 500 sweaty guys are dancing shirtless?

R359, those guys are not gay

Of course, R360

They just haven't found the right woman yet.

Yes they have

Hair

Don't agree 👍

Yeppers

What

Yes,

Hungry

Not tru

No. Maybe a couple of fatties.

Nope, I’ve never heard this.

Gay porn stars are not

Truth

Gay

Inner or outer?

I think if we have tits yes, if it’s just a stomach yeah still but not as much.

Any famous guys who were/are embarrassed about it?

Picked a nose yet, R377?

George Santos is

Hawt

my goal is this summer to take my shirt off on Pride day. I may not GO to Pride b/c of COVID and such but maybe I'll go to the beach and take my shirt off.

the clock is ticking...

Truth

r378

Is it true for any guys on here?

Say what?