Types of gay guys
Last updated on May 21st, 2025 at 07:55 pm
Wading into the world of gay culture, sex, and dating can be overwhelming — from history to pop culture to norms for meeting people socially and romantically, it can feel like there’s too much to get caught up on. One thing that can be tricky at first is navigating gay community terms. If you’re trying to spot your footing on same-sex attracted dating apps, you may see people describing themselves or what they’re looking for in terms you’re unfamiliar with. No depend on to panic; here’s your comprehensive guide to the different types of lgbtq+ men.
Top/bottom/vers
Many gay guys — especially on dating apps, where matching for sexual compatibility is the aim — identify as a top, bottom, or vers, indicating whether they choose to be the penetrating partner or the penetrated partner, or are interested in either role depending on the situation or partner. Some gay boys might identify as a specific subtype of these roles — like a dom top — or find that one of their other identities has something important to perform with their sexual role, like being a twink bottom.
Bears
Bear gay culture is a specific gay subculture that often hews to a distinct aesthetic and
Types
Some gay men utilize types to portray, identify and impart themselves. Who hasn't heard someone speak “he’s my type" or been asked if a guy is yours? There is always some disagreement around the terms we operate and whether we should use them at all.
Therefore, you should be sensitive if applying a type to someone, bearing in soul some gay men reject them altogether as narrow, superficial, and demeaning. Equally, some use types affectionately and as a convenient shorthand.
It's a bit of a bear pit (no pun intended), but here's our take on types, though you are perfectly entitled to throw them out and be your own gay, your own homo, lgbtq+, etc.
Physical types and personal characteristics
Some guys are primarily attracted to physical types of gay men (eg: bears, twinks, and muscle guys) while some uncover characteristics in men most attractive (eg: warmth, intelligence, and humour). Others mix and match and understanding these distinctions is important.
For example, the type(s) of men we discover attractive sexually may not necessarily be the qualities we are looking for to sustain a relationship. Trouble is, we can acquire so caught up in a type we can fall sight that not far ben
Re: i'm a female & i'm (sexually) attracted to gay guys
Unread postby Sam W »
Got it, so it does sound like a big part of this simply has to act with a certain type of guy (but not the only type of guy) you identify attractive.
When you crave to be a guy in those moments, what is it, specifically, that you want? Is it to be able to engage in certain things sexually? To have a certain role in a sexual dynamic? Something else? And when you speak this happens when you view cute gay guys in your surroundings, are those guys who you know are gay, or who look a certain way?
With fetishizing or objectifying people, that depends on whether you see these guys as individual, unique humans or more as a blank slate that you can project your desires onto. It's also sound to consider about what's attracting you to them and how much of it might be based on stereotypes about that specific organization (it might be the case that none of it is) rather than the realities of that individual person.
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