Remember the rise of the metrosexual, circa 2003? It coincided with the popularity of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy – and hetero males all across this great nation started “manscaping,” “zhooshing,” and throwing off everyone’s gaydar.

But by the end of 2006, the straight, rugged man began to rise again as Queer Eye neared cancellation and the Miller Lite Man-Laws started to hit the screen. Waxed eyebrows and hair product were set aside and chest hair and pudgy bellies were once again acceptable…except for here in New Jersey.

There may be no explanation as to why the guidos – a group not known for being gay-friendly – still insist on presenting themselves as if they enjoy spending their nights at Feathers, but if you’d just like to ponder the eternal question while trying to decide if these metrofied men are gay or Jersey, Click This!

— by Ali Hanford
Ali is managing editor and a co-founder of GoOutJersey and lives in Essex County. She has lived in NJ her whole life.

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