Every person on this earth is wildly different than the next, and the same obviously goes for gay men. However, as with many other groups and identities, a lot of gay men navigate through life on a similar path, with similar interests, exhibiting similar tendencies. So it’s no wonder why we’ve all already checked off a good amount of things on this stereotypical gay bucket list.
Regardless of if you’ve done some, none, or all of the below things, here are 32 stereotypical rites of passage every gay man should experience at least once! (Don't knock it until you try it, people!)
1. Attend a circuit party
2. Dress in drag
3. Walk in a Pride parade
4. Experiment with both positions
5. Try out an open relationship
6. Come out (duh!)
7. Have a threesome (with any or all genders)
8. Successfully argue with someone over equality
9. Take your shirt off at a club
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10. Get hung up on at least one straight guy
11. Date a straight guy
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12. Date ANY guy
13. See a Broadway musical on Broadway
14. Cruise
15. Send a nude (or 10)
16. Be the person someone comes out to
17. Make a Grindr profile
18. Stan for your own designated Queen of Pop
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19. Have children
20. Rid yourself of ALL judgment (especially judgment inside your own community)
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21. Freak out and uncessarily convince yourself you have an STD (#paranoid)
22. Get tested
23. Get on PrEP
24. “Face Pic?”
25. Date an older guy
26. Date a younger guy
27. Stay at a clothing-optional resort
28. Explore sexual fetishes
29. Use an enema
30. Date someone outside of your "type"
31. Attend a Pride parade outside your hometown/city of residency
32. BE CONFIDENT IN YOUR SEXUALITY!!
