Where in public is it appropriate to wear a Speedo? Gay guys have thoughts
wrote in a recent thread. “He was wearing a T-shirt, sneakers, and a bright blue Speedo. Couple inches of his midriff showing.
Just going about his shopping like it was the most normal thing in the world. At a f*cking Food Lion.”Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.via GIPHYThis Reddit user has even come across two or three other Speedo-clad guys in public over the past year. “Is this gonna be an actual thing, or are these freak occurrences?” he wrote. “Because I need to get some squats in if it’s gonna be a thing.”Some commenters said men of bygone eras would wear scrote totes in public all the time. “I have a vague recollection of seeing a few guys in stores wearing briefs-size bathing suits with a button-down shirt and flip-flops back in the late ’70s, early ’80s (though I was a kid, so memory is only semi-reliable).
Of course, that was the era of half-shirts and short shorts often worn as casual attire in public. Slightly less conservative times regarding clothing in some ways, I guess.”Have we done the annual discourse on NYC gays wearing speedos in parks yet?
pic.twitter.com/DDR3Nme9VYSomeone else pointed out that Speedos—a.k.a. Saint-Tropez truffle duffles—are common sights in European beach towns. “You’re lying on the beach in a Speedo then put on a tee and go grab something to eat,” that user wrote.“Confirmed,” another commenter wrote. “I live in Italy.