Why do people in America associate "Male Models" with being gay?
I have met designers and photographers from other countries and when they saw "Apollo Male Models" they thought it was a magazine focusing on male models and the male modeling industry.
But when a person from America saw the magazine and looked at the name he immediately thought and asked if it was a gay magazine. At least some asked, most just assumed it's their right to label the magazine as a gay magazine. Is it because it has "Male Models" in the name?
Should I change the name to please them or educate them and get them out of the stereotyping gutter? And why do people from other continents don't think that? What do men's fashion, grooming, modeling, and health & fitness have to do with being gay or not?
Apollo GT
posted by ApolloGT @ 6:51 AM
5 Comments:
not in America only
Don't change for them!!!
Even with the recent media interest in our community, America is still very backward & homophobic.
We all just have to be ourselves and make our world a more beautiful and colorful place because of it.
I know this topic is very old, but I just wanted to tell you that not only in America think that. in my country if I put like a male model's photo in like my computer or somthing, they think that I'm gay. I'm not gay but for some how I like to watch male models photos, maybe cuz I always wanted to become a male model, i dont know.
I am a fashion photographer and I have photograph a lot of straight male models who have appeared in gay magazines and web-sites. Does that mean they are gay, definitely not. It's part of their job. I think most people who say male models are gay purely because of jealousy. Who doesn't want to be a good looking guy with a great body? And the only way to make themselves feel better is to say something that they are not. Why change for people who doesn't even understand anything about the industry?
Great column. You sound exactly like someone I'd love to know. Keep celebrating you. The world needs a lot more people just like you. Thanks for your honesty.
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