French Hetero-Masculine Protest Against Gay Marriage

Shirtless, Masked and Gagged Straight Men Protest Gay Marriage in France

After learning that my home state, Minnesota, has recently become the 12th state to legalize gay marriage (hell yeah!) I decided to search the opposing parties reactions. However, I found something better. The html included above will bring you to Queerty, where a report on France's anti-gay marriage protest has left people with mixed feelings about the way in which these men display themselves. These half-dressed straight men have caused members of the gay community to question the intent of these men, based on their "sexy" attire, or lack of. I thought it was interesting to compare France's anti-gay culture, or more specifically this event to our country's more conservative approach. I also wanted to highlight some of the reactions from readers:

@Dakotahgeo:

"Want to make a bet that at least some of these tools are having issues coming to terms that they are themselves homosexual?"

  
Cam: 

"This “Protest” reminds me of those interviews with the anti-gay “Ex Gay” groups that claimed that close holding and touching between men was a good way to stop being gay because they claimed the men were just gay to try to replace affection they should have gotten from their father. In other words, they weren’t “GAY” they just had an excuse in their group to cuddle up with a bunch of men. These French guys aren’t “GAY” they are just so anti-gay that they want to run around shirtless with a bunch of other shirtless men dancing to ABBA. Funny how being topless is legal in France but none of these “HETROS” saw fit to invite a woman."

These men not only embrace their masculinity by exposing themselves (and muscles) but also gain empowerment from one another as a collective group, who describe themselves as "peaceful" and "determined". Another question that has been raised by the public is whether or not these men are responding to a pro-gay marriage event where feminists appeared shirtless as well. Overall, France has received a lot of heat by anti-gay marriage advocates since February, after the gay marriage bill passed. This article just goes to shows how far things have gone!

For more information I would recommend this website:

http://www.thelocal.fr/page/view/hommen-gay-marriage-femen#.UZF4IVfj51M