[Ulysses]

...a lot more willing to listen than straight men, a lot more interested in human relationships, they follow culture and the arts, and they actually bother to groom themselves--all traits that used to be valued in men in general.

I think you're right on the money, BetsyR! Used to be that "gentlemen" were all these things and more. Unfortunately, we have made all this stuff somehow "gay" in our culture, thus, "real men" have tended to stay away from it. I'm becoming more and more like the guy who refuses to give up a perfectly good word - "gay" - to be co-opted by our culture. I want to be that "classic" kind of "gentleman" that we once knew, respected, and aspired to be. And I want my son - 17 years old - to be the same. My wife appreciates the efforts.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Confusing the five gay guys on "Queer Eye", who show up at a person's home to make catty remarks about them and offer tacky double entendre humor, with classic gentlemen, just because they groom themselves and have stylish haircuts, is about as big a mistake as one can make.

[Ulysses]

Here's one for y'all...

A Gay Man Speaks Out