Why do GAY MEN seem to like The Traitors so much?

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

I absolutely do not mean to exclude any of our queer or hetrosexual family with this thread, but I think it's notable to NOTE that it's really rather rare that a TV show launches that has such a strong and obvious core gay male fanbase.
Seriously, all the discussion of the show online seems to be 90% GAY MEN generating/meme-ing it.



Why HAS it struck a chord? Do gays just have more TIME to absorb and discuss?

 

[dUbrodošli]

It certainly seems to be a thing gay people like...

 

[ADONK5]

I've really been wondering this myself.

 

[dUbrodošli]

I've been wondering the same. I think MORE THAN LIKELY it's popular with all sorts of people but there are lots of gays on Twitter

Also we DO like to LATCH ON to the hot new thing

 

[dUbrodošli]

Of course we could intellectualise and say that as gay men we spend much of our lives hiding a secret, afraid it might be revealed, and having to come up with plausible deniability if accused...

And we like fabulous older women and men with nice arses

 

[ZjermGiraffe]

Maybe it is the theme of people with a secret having to fit in a wider social group, if we want to get academic about it?

 

[La Peneloupée monte le son]

The format naturally appeals to people with cluster B personality disorders / of former cluster B personality disorder experience, who make up the vast majority of gay heavy social media users.

 

[La Peneloupée monte le son]

Also it taps into our desire to murder everyone who has ever wronged us. I love being intimidating

 

[RJN]

people with cluster B personality disorders / of former cluster B personality disorder experience, who make up the vast majority of gay heavy social media users.

is this an exaggeration or do you think its true?

 

[La Peneloupée monte le son]

(I'm lightly exaggerating but I'd guess it's probably true for the majority of the very vocal ones)

 

[AGinAg (38)]

"I love being intimidating"

Iconic.

That story really needs an in depth appraisal, almost 20 years on.

 

[AGinAg (38)]

I went to this local gay party that is held once in 3 months.

Of course I hoped that they would play American life. They did play a Die Another Day remix which got a huge reception of the crowd. So as I was sipping from my Smirnoff Ice & Wodka Red Bulls mixed with a few beers I became the cutey of the evening.

I was in sarcastich bitch mode.

Suddenely American life came on. I knew it was time...I took the straw from my drink (drinking with a straw makes you look so much younger:P)

And I made a headset out of it...I climbed onto the podium..where this 18 year old fat cunt was acting like the song sucked. As I stepped up he stepped aside...and I made the motion with my head that he needed to back off. So he did of course. I love being intimidating. So my 2 back up dancers or whatever..Joost and Mark also climbed on stage and danced with me as I sang American Life.

I nailed the rap part and well..juding by the amount of numbers I got I must have promoted M. really well..

Annieways I had a blast. I was home at 7 o clock.

The fat guy from the stage came on to me..I was waiting near the toilets and he said to me...

He: You are child pornography (I get that all the time cause I look quite young)
Me: I´m glad you´re getting aroused
He: Your dancing was funny but that Madonna song sucks
Me: You know what sucks? An overweight, solariumaddict with a gut belly that it trying to squeeze himself in a way to tight shirt
He:*with an attitude* Don´t you know who I am?
Me: No. Do I wanna know? NO. You´re FAT FAT FAT! Please leave this party after me otherwise you´ll block the door when trying to exit

LOL. Ok I was a bitch last night..normally I am quite sweet but he was dissing Mo.

 

[VoR]

I genuinely think they should lean in and just cast 22 gay men for Season 2. Can you IMAGINE the carnage?

 

[Heppje]

I think they should just cast 22 faithful and let them think there are traitors amongst them with Claudia's doing a nightly cull by lottery to keep up the pretence. I want to see the descent into madness as they keep voting off more faithful.

 

[cwej]

Name a reality tv show (that isn’t a gay-exclusionary heteronormative dating show) that ISN’T More popular with gay men.

I’ll wait.

 

[Will]

Name a reality tv show (that isn’t a gay-exclusionary heteronormative dating show) that ISN’T More popular with gay men.

I’ll wait.

Well we could start with the biggest two on telly: I'm A Celeb and Strictly.

 

[cwej]

Ah see I don’t really count those because I just discount all the ‘Celeb only’ tv shows as reality shows. If they don’t involve ‘non-celebrities’ how can they be a slice of any kind of ‘reality’?

I appreciate that they can be lumped in that group, and if something has a civilian version then the ‘celeb’ version is definitely a reality show, but there aren’t civilian versions of ‘IACGMOOH’ or ‘strictly’ so they fit in a different category for me.

 

[ZjermGiraffe]

Well it feels like half the men on Australia Season 2 are gay so "Why do Gay Men seem to apply for the Traitors so much?" is the new essay question.

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

Is Traitors Australia worth catching up with? It is as iconic as the UK version?

 

[ZjermGiraffe]

Season 1 took a little to click with me but it got there. Australian reality TV editing is weird and distracting though so prepare for that.

 

[Ha-lucy-nation]

I’m so ready for it be 0 degrees, ensconced in my parent’s house and watching this as I make my way through their wine rack.

 

[ZjermGiraffe]

Why do GAY MEN seem to like The Traitors so much?

THE EXCITING FASHIONS



(Genuinely will probably buy one)