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I came here from homomasculinity, hoping to find a better treatment of this subject. What a disappointment! This article needs a lot of work.

First, I deleted wholesale this statement:

As the term "straight acting" is used to refer to gay men who do not fit the stereotype that gay men are effeminate or otherwise non-masculine, it is seen to perpetuate that stereotype.

1. Beland changed Ec5618's blatantly POV "it perpetuates that stereotype" with the weasel words "it is seen to perpetuate that stereotype". (Seen by whom?)

2. How does the contradiction of a stereotype perpetuate the stereotype? Wouldn't it do the opposite?

I also added a Criticisms section and moved some of the criticisms into it. However, the principal criticism of "straight acting" does NOT appear in this article, and it should. It is easy to find, as it principally comes from loud gay activists who made no secret of their contempt for men who "pass for straight". For instance: [1] Someone here who has that animus toward "straight acting" can do a better job of writing it up than I can.