Meet the Gay Members of Incels
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The proliferation of right wing “incels” short for involuntary celibates, who communicate and share stories mainly via 4Chan, Reddit, and messaging apps like Kik, Wickr, and Telegraph — the darker corners of the internet — have a significant number of gay members who go by “Gaycels” — a sub population who harbor many of the same views.
"but gay incels aren't a thing… right?" YEAH they are! did a deep dive for @dazed: traced the hijacking of 'inceldom', talked to gaycels about rejection from the incel 'community' and examined how misogyny and anger can coexist in gay circles.
https://t.co/SEFJU00dtb— Jake Hall (@jake2103) February 20, 2020
Dazed investigated the men who make up “gaycels” saying, “Much has been written about incels, mainly in the context of toxic masculinity, far-right radicalisation, and mental health. But very little has been written about the tiny proportion of gay men among them, and it’s worth asking: who are they?”
They continue: “In the same way that incel forums have become hotbeds of far-right ideology and misogyny, these gay incels often share similarly right-wing views and a hatred towards the potential partners rejecting them. “I don’t think we’re wrong to see some kind of parallel,” he continues. “In both cases, repeated rejection leads some young men to concoct an unflattering, two-dimensional caricature of the group that spurned them, whether it’s women or gays. In both cases, part of their attack is some kind of moralising about sexual promiscuity – particularly in online spaces.”
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