Gay Twitter™ is embroiled in a very important debate: Are mustaches actually hot?
mustaches belong to the gays. But here’s the real question: are they actually hot?There is a debate over stashes that’s roiling on Gay Twitter™ (sorry, Elon, we’re still not calling it “X”), and some gays are taking the bold stance that mustaches, though an admirable display of self-expression, are not aesthetically pleasing.The open exchange started when one user posted a screenshot of a new stashed Star Trek character, Sam Kirk (Captain James T.
Kirk’s older brother). “In the LGBTQ+ community, there are two types of gays: pro-mustache and anti-mustache,” he writes.In the LGBTQ+ community, there are two types of gays: pro-mustache and anti-mustache pic.twitter.com/lUluHSBWlxFor years, the mustache has been portrayed as sacrosanct; and thus, above criticism.
Indeed, the mustache plays a central role in modern queer history and identity. Gays started to adopt the stash in in the mid-20th century, when it started to reappear on the outer edges of various counterculture movements.
As more mainstream, masculine actors adopted stashes in the 70s and 80s–think Burt Reynolds–their place in gay culture only grew.
