How to dress gay (pt. 3): Discovering the gay dress code

August 21, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

The title states, how to dress gay, 3. Beside the title is a graphic long-sleeve button up shirt with a collar.

I distinctly remember the first time I heard someone describe a look as “gay” without the negative connotations behind it. It defined the gay dress code for me as a baby gay. (Part 3/6).

How to dress gay (part 1): examining my evolution of style and identity

August 9, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

The title states, how to dress gay, 1. Beside the title is pink overalls.

The desire to “dress gay” stemmed from assuming I “straight-passed” to people in my day-to-day life: my peers, my professors, my co-workers. I spent my whole life surrounded by people who assumed I was heterosexual, and I wanted to take that away from them. (Part 1 of 6).