Comments on: On Hot Gay Statues: Pittsburgh Steeler Statue Will Not Be Denied http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/05/09/on-hot-gay-statues-pittsburgh-steeler-statue-will-not-be-denied/ The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:07:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: The Gay Recluse http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/05/09/on-hot-gay-statues-pittsburgh-steeler-statue-will-not-be-denied/#comment-588 The Gay Recluse Mon, 12 May 2008 19:50:03 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1180#comment-588 Thanks, Robert. The Immaculate Reception is indeed a critical moment in the history of any Pittsburgher of a certain vintage. Thankfully we have an extremely gay statue to commemorate it! Thanks, Robert. The Immaculate Reception is indeed a critical moment in the history of any Pittsburgher of a certain vintage. Thankfully we have an extremely gay statue to commemorate it!

]]> By: Robert Representative http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/05/09/on-hot-gay-statues-pittsburgh-steeler-statue-will-not-be-denied/#comment-584 Robert Representative Mon, 12 May 2008 18:27:10 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1180#comment-584 TGR, Perhaps a link to the video that this statue is based on would be enlightening for those readers who, unlike me, did not waste their youths watching grown men play sports: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZi2ryWsShY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnfbKKvUG9Q I can't watch them at work, so you'll have to pick the better one. For a fuller explanation, you can consult our nemesis at OUP, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception. I don't know if this will make it gayer or less gay. I vote for gayer. rr TGR,

Perhaps a link to the video that this statue is based on would be enlightening for those readers who, unlike me, did not waste their youths watching grown men play sports:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZi2ryWsShY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnfbKKvUG9Q

I can’t watch them at work, so you’ll have to pick the better one. For a fuller explanation, you can consult our nemesis at OUP, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception.

I don’t know if this will make it gayer or less gay. I vote for gayer.

rr

]]> By: The Gay Recluse http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/05/09/on-hot-gay-statues-pittsburgh-steeler-statue-will-not-be-denied/#comment-569 The Gay Recluse Sat, 10 May 2008 13:47:40 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1180#comment-569 Thanks for commenting, queerunity! It's gay because a gay reader took a picture of what he considered to be a smokin' hot male ass (albeit a fake one). So yeah if you want to be really technical (and humorless) about it, the unstated implication here is that the statue isn't "gay" -- although we call it gay as a joke -- but the photograh, which is obviously a reflection of the person taking it. As in literature (and many other arts), the gay voice (or here you might say the "gay eye") doesn't necessarily have to be represented by say, two guys fucking (although it might), but can shine through even when the subject matter -- at least on its surface -- makes no reference at all to anyone being gay. Try reading Henry James and you'll see what I mean. Or watch some Passolini. Or read Proust (although he's more explicit, except when it comes to his love for Albertine). Or listen to Husker Du. Etc. etc. etc. Thanks for commenting, queerunity! It’s gay because a gay reader took a picture of what he considered to be a smokin’ hot male ass (albeit a fake one). So yeah if you want to be really technical (and humorless) about it, the unstated implication here is that the statue isn’t “gay” — although we call it gay as a joke — but the photograh, which is obviously a reflection of the person taking it. As in literature (and many other arts), the gay voice (or here you might say the “gay eye”) doesn’t necessarily have to be represented by say, two guys fucking (although it might), but can shine through even when the subject matter — at least on its surface — makes no reference at all to anyone being gay. Try reading Henry James and you’ll see what I mean. Or watch some Passolini. Or read Proust (although he’s more explicit, except when it comes to his love for Albertine). Or listen to Husker Du. Etc. etc. etc.

]]> By: queerunity http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/05/09/on-hot-gay-statues-pittsburgh-steeler-statue-will-not-be-denied/#comment-567 queerunity Sat, 10 May 2008 05:17:25 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1180#comment-567 all football players wear spandex, why is this gay? http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com all football players wear spandex, why is this gay?

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

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