not a monolith

11 things you’ll find in (almost) every gay millennial man’s home

Gay men are not a monolith. Neither are millennials. To that end, we made sure this article is based entirely off empirical data and extensive, peer-reviewed research. And by that, we mean stereotypes. So take everything you read from here on out with a big grain of gay salt (which you’ll find in the kitchen next to a bougie French press that costs more than some homes).

Here are eleven things you’ll absolutely see in every gay millennial man’s home…

1. Something Keith Haring.

Photo: Mozoltov

A framed print, coffee mug, magnet for the fridge…make no mistake, Keith will make an appearance, and we’re here for it.

2. A house plant we’ve projected an entire personality onto instead of going to therapy to address the trauma we endured in the ’90s.

Photo: Nien Nann/Shutterstock

“He’s gay, but he has a special connection to classical musical,” we tell guests about the snake plant we’ll forget about and kill by next month. “There are many things that are interesting about him.”

3. This Tom Ford coffee table book.

Photo: Pottery Barn

Do gay people know other coffee table books exist? Are you sure?

4. Several framed photos of the niece we see one weekend a year.

Photo: Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock

Her face is blurry in one and she’s blinking in another, but Guncle Matt’s biceps were popping, so…¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯

6. …right next to a bidet.

Photo: Stanislav Varivoda/Shutterstock

Butts: we treat them right.

7. The basic, white subway tile in the kitchen.

Photo: Joseph Hendrickson/Shutterstock

What? It’s clean, timeless, and elegant! Plus, Chip and Joanna Gaines could never. (Actually they do… probably way too much.)

8. A cultural moment too niche for houseguests to understand, typically referenced on a throw pillow.

Photo: Redbubble

No straight people will know that’s Margo Leadbetter from The Good Life on that pillow, and most gays won’t either.

9. A French bulldog named after a liberal Supreme Court justice.

Photo: Tatiana Buzmakova/Shutterstock

And, yes, Ruth Barker Ginsburg gets treated better than every human in our life, naturally.

10. Lamps. Many of them. Carefully placed. Everywhere.

Photo: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock

Bad lighting is homophobic.

11. One of those framed maps of our city that we’ve slowly moved farther away from the prime wall real estate.

Photo: ZEARPT

Our maps of Boston and Seattle had been prominently displayed in the living room back in 2012 but have since been demoted to the bedroom hallway, now that everyone and their mom had the same idea.

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2 Comments*

  • D P

    Okay, so what’s nine out of eleven?

  • barryaksarben

    Not one. I do have tons of pics of nieces and nephews but i see them almost every weekend. Insulting list

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