A recent picture on X (formerly Twitter) has sparked a lively debate about gay culture, body standards, and unrealistic expectations of beauty. The photo shows 18 gay guys, all appearing white, and all in speedos with athletic bodies and the caption “You walk into a party and see this. WYD?”. Social media users had a lot to say, with Health & Science reporter Benjamin Ryan writing:
“This is what I loathe most about urban gay-male culture: men whose entire world revolves around taking steroids and consorting with other men with identical bodies and then documenting it all on social media. It’s petty, sad, vacuous, boring and deeply unhealthy in myriad ways.”
User @AsthmaticKid wrote:
“I know a lot of gays wanna hate on this but they’re often the same gays who want to be part of this kind of crowd so bad,”
Others said they would “ask for a dose” or that they would do “their coke”. User “Live Laugh Lexipro” seems to have summed it up the best with the tweet:
“the annual “lack of diversity at the pool party” photo getting dragged on here is the official start to gay summer. it’s like our groundhog day.”
