When he was 7 years old, future choreographer Tere O'Connor donned a white V-neck tennis sweater, a pair of very short shorts, and his father's trout fishing boots and sashayed down the street of his blue-collar neighborhood in Webster, New York. That inspired act of creativity was probably his first choreographed performance. I thought I was a real charmer. The stereotype of male dancers automatically being gay—not to mention the myth that dancing makes you queer—is a concept that Americans, in particular, love to embrace, as if to protect their own macho image. And yet, gay men do seem to be drawn to dance and to other creative and equally stereotyped occupations like interior design, hairdressing, couture, and musical theater for various reasons.

30 Gay Love Songs: Men Singing About Men (Updated 2019)



LIVE. DANCE. LOVE.
Celebrating your love with a first dance is a classic part of any wedding. The only thing missing from that daydream? The perfect first-dance song. You want the lyrics to make sense for who you are and how your relationship has played out.


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Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Even when visibility for LGBTQ artists is at an all-time high, it can still be hard to find love songs that are explicitly about the gay experience. Instead of waiting to hear that perfect track about man-to-man romance, we decided to offer a helping hand with this list of 30 gay love songs. Wanna let your lover know just how sexy you find them?



Is there one good way to find gay men that are interested in romance? Unfortunately, there is no holding tank for gay men waiting to be paired up nor is there a magic bullet to finding your personal homo hero. But never fret- there are many good places to find gay men willing to date. Here are the top four.