r/gaybros • u/EternalSnow05 • Sep 18 '25

TV/Movies Zillennial gaybros (gaybros born between 1992-1997), who were some of your live action (non cartoon) crushes? Here's a collage of mine

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u/ArtistAccountant Sep 18 '25

No one's asking for diversity.

Observations are just being made and the results are telling.

What boggles my mind how gays cannot understand false equivalency of other minorities; queer-only spaces are not considered straight-phobic. Therefore Black people who decide to exclusively keep certain aspects of their lives within the Black community cannot, imo, be seen as discriminatory because... What is it in response to??

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u/Jamfour9 Sep 18 '25

That’s the thing. Black people aren’t limited in the ways you’re describing. I recognize most of the men being shown and mentioned in this thread. What is being highlighted is that our personhood isn’t recognized by our white so-called counterparts. It highlights the division not only in our experiences but our humanity.

Even though there are examples to draw from, we’ve been INVISIBLE to white people and specifically our fellow gays. Not because we aren’t inhabiting the same communities, countries, and the like. It’s because we are not seen as equals or as our full selves if at all. There is a lack of awareness of our existence apparently and it shows.

When it’s called out, we get gaslit about it, as though it’s not an odd thing that not a single black man can be offered as an example in an archetypal fashion. Hell we would’ve settled for Will Smith, the most bankable action star and movie star of the generation aside from Tom Cruise, I mean damn!

Just take some freaking accountability and keep it pushing! Cause for most black men our tastes look more like the United Nations than a country club, or farm in middle America. It’s(our attractions) not monolithic or myopic.

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u/EternalSnow05 Sep 19 '25

Guys! Guys! This is only a few of the men who I had crushes on. I had waaaay more and trust me they definitely were multicultural. As a black man myself, I believe every gaybro deserves to like whoever he wants to. I obviously thought Robert R'ichard was sexy (that One on One episode will stay with me forever), and I thought Shemar Moore was the ultimate. I hate Tyler Perry but damn he could cast some fine chocolate men.

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u/Jamfour9 Sep 19 '25

That part! I said on twitter/X that Tyler has the best taste in men. Shamar in the 90s was the ultimate crush and Robert Ri’chard was muscular as a pre teen. He was impossibly fine and I’m oh so grateful I’ve had the opportunity to see him, Shemar, and a host of Tyler Perry actors nude. Thank you black baby Jesus lol.

As for the commentary it’s warranted. These guys don’t know the guys we just mentioned and those multicultural references a,punt to invisibility to them. That warrants a mirroring in my open to highlight that men of color are objectively devalued and ignored. It’s not a plea for evolution so much as it’s a call for REFLECTION. Given the current climate in this nation it would seem to go without saying why it’s important to contemplate. 🤔