Gay men and the coming out of Colton Haynes

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Notes

1. On M6, one user compiles a list of homophobic comments posted to news reports of Haynes’ statement, among these descriptors of him as ‘abnormal’, living ‘a perverted life style’, and as ‘AIDS bait’ (R152).

2. Irreverent criticism – also known as ‘throwing shade’ – is a vital part of the comment culture of DataLounge. Yet such discourses are far from ‘pointless’.

3. M9 was continued on June 12, not analysed here. See https://www.datalounge.com/thread/17067423-colton-haynes-is-out…and-ready-for-a-husband!-part-deux (accessed 29 June 2016).

4. As inclusive of congratulatory words – ‘Welcome abroad, Colty!’ (M6: R2; also R15; R59; R104; R220; R307) – praise for bravery (M6: R211, R231, R260; M9: R60), and calls to ‘rally around Colton’ (M6: R396).

5. For more on this case in the discourse, see M6: R4, R29, R230, R274; M9: R116.

6. Also see M9: R68; R204; and R205–206, R208–209.

7. Also see M6: R76, R111; M9: R392.

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Joseph Brennan

Joseph Brennan is Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded his Ph.D. He works across the fields of porn, fan, and celebrity studies and is primarily interested in intersections and conflicts within male sexuality. He is on the editorial board of Psychology & Sexuality.