Turning your appearance into a calculatedly self-aware physical performance of straight masculinity...gave gay men some autonomy and subverted straight culture by reinventing it as something gay, a look one could wear as a costume...
Harris points to the rise of Burt Reynolds and his brand of rugged masculinity as a turning point, indicating how the culture dictated the standard straight look, leading to a shift in gay men's self-image and representation.
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