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HISTORY Homomasculine subculture as a distinct modern entity only developed with the rise of Western masculine mass culture in the mid- 20th Century and the process of Gay Liberation in the 1960s and 1970s ; its roots, however, arguably stretch back to Ancient Greek culture. Notable influences on homomasculinity are the sport of Bodybuilding and the influence of the Biker culture, both of which set definable masculine Archetype s for both straight and gay males in postwar popular culture. Gay culture at this time was defined, both from outside and within, as largely effeminate in nature; gay males were expected to follow gender roles that did not stress masculine elements. Following the Stonewall Riots and the rise of the gay movement, homomasculinity began to assert itself as a legitimate gender role within the LGBT community, and was referenced early on by the musical group The Village People and in the erotic works of artists George Quaintance , Tom Of Finland , and The Hun , and writer Jack Fritscher , although a "masculine" gay subculture in many places did exist long before Stonewall, mostly independently of the "mainstream" gay culture. However, it can be argued that those communities were/are very masculine, but not necessarily in the traditional heterosexual sense of masculinity. In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic brought new attention to the homomasculine subculture, albeit mainly in reaction to images of gay men suffering from the wasting effects of AIDS. Some gay men sought homomasculine identities during this period as a way of reasserting vitality; others, such as the Bear Community , developed homomasculine undertones as a counter-reaction to stereotypes of gay males as thin and permanently boyish. PRESENT-DAY As of the early 21st century, homomasculine culture is well-established within the larger LGBT community. Some homomasculine traits, such as working out to develop a muscular physique, are now part of the gay mainstream, while homomasculine subcultures such as the ). On August 11, 2004 The Guardian published an article about Scally fetishes amongst gay football fans, which said that gay sexuality was absorbing straight masculinity based on Chav Culture and Football . It argued that gay men have turned the ordinariness of the football fan and turned it into a fetish for Hypernormality , where fashion is flowing from straight to gay. The Guardian: You don't have to play it straight SEE ALSO
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