The Reality Of Being A Gay Frat Boy

The Reality Of Being A Gay Frat Boy

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Frats offer no shortage of mythology, from extreme hazing to wild parties to closeted hookups. But the reality is much different, of course. Well, usually.

Below, get a window into the gay frat experience through Whisper.

We’d definitely like the expanded version of a few of these stories:

Living in a frat house as a gay guy can be a blessing and a curse. Alpha dude here, but I like when a guy takes control.

Being gay and in a frat isn't easy. Just wish things were better

As a gay dude living in a frat house it's like a buffet. None of the guys know I mess with any other guys in the house. They would all have heart attacks

I'm gay but the guys in the fraternity I joined don't know. I've hid it around them. Should I tell them the truth?

I'm in love with a guy in my fraternity, he doesn't even know I'm gay

I'm gay and in a fraternity. If they're really your brothers they won't care.

One of my pledge brothers is openly gay and I am not. He's the only one who knows about it. He was the worst person to tell because now he wants to out me to the whole house. I'm not ready yet..

I think I'm gay but I don't know how to come out to my fraternity

I'm in a fraternity that's against letting gay people join.. I'm gay

More and more of my guy friends are coming out to me and trying to hookup with me after I was the first in my frat to come out as gay

I'm trying to get the courage to come out to my fraternity. I'm sick of living in silence about it. If they drop me, then screw them

I pretend to be homophobic around all of my frat brothers. In reality I'm in the closet and jealous of those who are out.

My Frat was accepting of one of the dudes who came out this semester. But at the same time, I can tell they treat him a little different. I'm in the closet and may stay there because of this

I'm a closeted gay guy in a fraternity I'm scared to come out I love my brothers

I'm in a fraternity and I'm planning to come out to my brothers soon. I know some are homophobic but I want to be honest.

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Chicago Cubs, Leslie Jones, Kings of Leon, AT&T, Donald Trump, Reince Priebus: HOT LINKS

Chicago Cubs, Leslie Jones, Kings of Leon, AT&T, Donald Trump, Reince Priebus: HOT LINKS

CUBS WIN NLCS. Chicago to go to World Series for first time since 1945! “Wrigleyville erupted in a joyous celebration Saturday night when the Cubs’ 71-year World Series wait at long last came to an end. When Yasiel Puig hit into a double play for the final outs of Saturday night’s 5-0 victory over the Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, the Cubs sealed a date with the Indians in the 2016 Fall Classic, beginning Tuesday night in Cleveland.”

AT&TPURCHASES. AT&T says it will buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion: “The proposed deal is likely to spur yet more consolidation among media companies, which have already looked to partners to get bigger. This year, Lionsgate struck a deal to buy the pay-TV channel Starz for $4.4 billion. And the Redstone family, which controls both CBS and Viacom, has urged the corporate siblings, which split 10 years ago, to consider reuniting. AT&T and Time Warner said both of their boards unanimously approved the deal.”

MERGER. Clinton administration might be skeptical

CYBER ATTACK. Friday’s massive DDoS attack used new methods: “And in a troubling development, the attack appears to have relied on hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices like cameras, baby monitors and home routers that have been infected — without their owners’ knowledge — with software that allows hackers to command them to flood a target with overwhelming traffic.”

POST-DEBATE. Hillary adds to her burn book:

Where was this kind of comedy last night? t.co/71JhLG55G5

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 21, 2016

RNC CHAIR REINCE PRIEBUS. Trump will win. “What I think the media is missing here is that, to ask a candidate three weeks before the election if they are going to concede — asking for a concession speech — no one does that,” Priebus said. “And I think if . . . you lose by 200 votes in Florida, are you going to concede on election night if you’re at 260 electoral votes?”

YOU ARE SO SUED. Donald Trump says he’ll sue his accusers: “Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. Total fabrication,” the Republican presidential nominee said Saturday afternoon. “The [alleged] events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over.”

WISE-GUY. Trump sent this letter to the L.A. Times in 2007:

This is a letter Trump sent us in 2007. He was upset about an article on Trump University, later threatened to sue: t.co/VC2vbcFr4C pic.twitter.com/5Cc3CNxfSC

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 23, 2016

SCOTLAND. Suddenly, gay politicians are okay: “In the span of a generation, Scotland has shed much of its traditional social conservatism and enthusiastically embraced diversity in sexuality, a process led and reinforced by a remarkable transformation in its political culture.”

WEST’S DECLINE? The Russian Embassy mocks West’s decline -and ties it to LGBT rights, in tweeted cartoon.

If Russia is in decline, why worry? Maybe, real worry is West’s decline and that we manage things better? pic.twitter.com/WqG4uT5Pqt

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) October 22, 2016

BRITAIN. Judge removes seven-year-old boy from custody of woman: “The judge said the woman had been “absolutely convinced” the youngster “perceived himself as a girl” and was determined that he should be a girl. He said the boy was now living with his father, who is separated from the woman. The youngster still saw his mother.”

FLORIDAOrlando, St. Petersburg and Wilton Manors get perfect scores of 100 in the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index: “Only 60 cities nationwide got a top score. Criteria include non-discrimination laws; benefits offered to municipal workers, such as transgender-inclusive insurance coverage; and support for pro-equality laws by public officials. The lowest-scoring cities in Florida were Cape Coral and Port St. Lucie.”

LESLIE JONES. SNL comic responds to being hacked:

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Kings of Leon covers Selena Gomez’s “Hands to Myself”.

SUNDAY STUD. Touya Xiao.

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Calendar Pinups Show Off Pecs N’ Pups, Kathy Griffin Trolls Trump, Cher Duets With James Corden

Calendar Pinups Show Off Pecs N’ Pups, Kathy Griffin Trolls Trump, Cher Duets With James Corden

Pecs and pups! In this 2017 calendar, strapping musclemen doff their shirts in order to save a bunch of defenseless puppies. Woof, amirite? Hello…?  Order here:

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Cher and James Corden gave a not-so subtle facelift to a stone-cold classic, and “I Got You Bae” was born.

In a parody of Hillary Clinton‘s “Mirrors” video, Kathy Griffin tells Donald Trump to “f*ck off” in no uncertain terms. Here, here:

Singer-songwriter Hayley Kiyoko just released an action-packed video for new single “One Bad Night” starring trans activist Erin Armstrong. Get with it:

When Wonder Women collide: Apparently, Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter are going to be meeting face-to-face for “Wonder Woman Day” at the UN in their satin tights.

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Gus Kenworthy Reflects on a Year of Being Out of the Closet

Gus Kenworthy Reflects on a Year of Being Out of the Closet

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Olympic freeskier Gus Kenworthy came out a year ago Saturday in an ESPN interview, and reflects on how things have changed for him in an Instagram post.

Writes Kenworthy:

I am gay. Those three words are how I began the caption on this same photo one-year-ago, today. I remember waking up that day, with the most overwhelming sense of emotions. I was excited for a future where I no longer had to mask myself with heteronormative posturing. But then, of course, I felt apprehensive because I didn’t know how people were going to react.

I’d already told my immediate family and a few close friends and they all offered nothing but love and support and I decided that even if the rest of the world abandoned me, their support would be enough.

However when the day finally came, I was terrified of losing friends, fans and sponsors. What I didn’t anticipate though, was all that I was about to gain. I’ve gained so much over the past year and I am so tremendously thankful for all of it.

I’ve started to love myself, a big step for someone who spent their adolescence in self-contempt. I’ve made lifelong friends, fallen in love and felt truer and happier than I ever imagined.

I’ve witnessed myself swell with pride while holding my guy’s hand walking down the street; no longer dictated by fear to walk with my hands in my pockets acting like the person I loved was merely a friend, an acquaintance.

I got to ski completely unencumbered and ended up having my best competitive season ever because of it.

And while competing I got to, finally, acknowledge my boyfriend standing at the bottom of the half-pipe cheering me on; something I regrettably failed to do in my previous 5-year-long closeted relationship.

Ultimately, for the first time in my life, I got to feel free – something everybody should feel every day! I can’t thank you all enough for the support you’ve given me over the last year, it truly means the world to me.

I get messages every day from guys saying my story has helped them come to terms with themselves or given them the confidence to tell their friends or family that they’re gay. And that, I have to say, has been the highlight of my past year.

Of course there will always be nay-sayers but if I’ve helped even one person feel better about themselves then this process, for me, has all been worth it. I love you guys. ❤️💛💚💙💜

RELATED: Gus Kenworthy Schools Steve Harvey About Families Disowning Gay Kids on ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ – WATCH

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His Hetero Friend Won’t Stop Tickling Him… Is He Secretly Gay?

His Hetero Friend Won’t Stop Tickling Him… Is He Secretly Gay?

A young gay man isn’t sure what to make of his straight friend’s obsession with tickling him. So he’s turned to Reddit for advice.

“I’m a gay guy in college and about two months ago, I was hanging out with a straight couple who I’m friends with,” the young man begins. “The guy was tickling his girlfriend. She was laughing. And I said something like ‘Oh, I wish he’d tickle me like that!’”

The young man was only joking, but his friend, who he describes as “really handsome,” took him seriously.

Related: Rugby Players Get “Reacquainted” With Good Old-Fashioned Crotch Tickle Caught On Camera

“He started and tickling me and, of course, I’m super ticklish all over my body,” he continues. “I laughed like crazy and he wouldn’t stop tickling me for like 10 minutes.”

The young man says he “loved” it, and apparently his friend did, too, because as he was poking and prodding him he said, “Hey, you’re even more ticklish than my girlfriend! Cool!”

The young man says he “didn’t think too much about it afterwards,” until the next time they saw each other and the guy immediately started tickling him again.

“Now whenever he sees me (and this is like 9 or 10 times already), he’ll launch into a tickle-attack that will have me on the floor laughing hysterically,” he says. “He’s bigger than I am and I’m really ticklish so it’s not very hard.”

The young man says he really doesn’t mind it, in fact it kind of turns him on, but he’s beginning to wonder: “It seems weird that a straight dude would enjoy doing that to me (at least as much as he does). And he does it in front of people.”

“I wonder if he has another motive,” he says. “Is he bi? Or does he just get off on the power? Thoughts?”

Related: Gay Biker Gang’s Sex Rampage Ends In Tickle Attack

“As a straight guy I can certainly see doing such a thing if it was a friend,” one person responds. “But repeat performances? That’s conspicuous. He likes it. Possibly for the power but maybe he just finds you adorable?”

“It’s not necessarily weird,” another person adds. “It’s a very friendly thing to do and he probably just finds it entertaining. Your other suggestions are possible but there’s no way to tell, so I’d assume he’s just being funny.”

“I don’t think ticking someone means they are sexually interested in them,” a third person chimes in.

Other folks are a little more suspicious of the situation.

“I have no desire to tickle either gender,” one person writes. “But I think it’d be super weird for a straight man to tickle a gay man.”

“It would require a fetish that overrides sexuality in order to make a heterosexual man orgasm from tickling another man,” another person says. “Alternatively, dude is not as straight as he thinks he is, but it’d still require a powerful fetish to cause ejaculation from a non-sexual stimulus.”

“Enjoy it man!” a third person suggest. “Hell, if I were you I’d tickle back.”

Related: There’s Nothing Gay About Competitive Men’s Tickling, Right? Right?!

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