We made a list trying to figure out why gays love making lists.
, their favourite brands of poppers or Sugababes members for others to debate, usually at absolutely no one’s request.
Nevertheless, the reason for this almost hourly emergence of new online ranking demands an answer. And what better way to do this than with a list ? Consider the following a queer deconstruction of the gay list.As often effeminate creatures, past stereotypes have fooled many into thinking that gays all have supreme organisational skills -- it’s why so many do admin. This could explain the need to categorise interests.
This makes a lot of sense. As LGBTQ people, we exist in heteronormative spaces, which often means that queer interests are undermined. Gays making lists is actually a way of us reclaiming our power; these aren’t just throwaway tweets sent to speed up the working day.While the stereotypes mentioned above allege that gays are organised, it doesn’t mean we’re succinct when it comes to our opinions and so often our Top 5 lists are peppered with bonus special mentions.
Ultimately though, if you really analyse the arguably straightforward process of list making, it stems from queer people’s affinity with the underdog. Who else has been to see Sugababe Mutya Buena perform a solo show in the past few years? Or helped bring Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle back to local consciousness via breakfast TV memes? Queers don’t tend to forget.
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