Gaybros, those gay men who want to be both and not just the former, are a complex, prickly, still-evolving group. They bewilder queers and LGBTs, who basically call them transphobic and racist. (Except Toronto Gaybros are overrun by Chinese and other “Asians,” by their own admission; point out that they admitted it and they call you a racist.)
I have previously described these guys as looking like engineering students, which many of them are. A helpful poll has revealed what various respondents study in school. Whaddya know: This is the first group of out gay men in human history to be reasonably represented in male-dominated disciplines. (Majors and minors included. Plans and aspirations generally excluded. Some licence taken with course descriptions to collapse them onto set categories [also sometimes impossible]. These are all young fellas and their plans and outcomes will of course vary.)
- Male-dominated science and technology professions (71)
- Engineering: 13 (the single largest, and largest single, field)
- Computer science: 7
- Physics: 6
- Math: 10
- Economics: 6
- Biology: 7
- Chemistry: 8
- Technology (all other than above): 13
- Humanities (55)
- English: 3
- Philosophy: 10
- Not lavender languages (6) and linguistics (4)
- Humanities (other): 34
- Surprises
- Nursing: 2
- Graphic design: 4
- Fashion design: 2
- Music: 5
- Professions (showing poorly)
- Law: 1
- Medicine: 2
- Business (all): 11
- Education (all): 5
- Psychology (6) is deemed its own category
What is one incontrovertible conclusion of the research into gay money? If you’re a gay male and you want to earn a living commensurate with your education, duke it out with straight guys in male-dominated professions. I say again: This is the first known cohort of actual gay males demonstrably interested in doing just that.