Chubby Boy wants to be Gay – Gay Community says No
NASHVILLE — When twenty-six year old Brandon Baye turned 18, he realized that he didn’t want to become a conformist. Brandon was a straight-A student in high school, played sports, and wore Polo and Tommy Hilfiger. But there was always something about Brandon that seemed different.
“I always knew what it was, deep down,” Brandon told us. “I knew that I was gay, and I wanted to be gay. Gay was never a scary thing for me like it was for many kids. But I never came out because, well, I’m a big guy. A chubby fellow. I knew I’d never be accepted.”
Brandon was right. At 18, he told his parents he was interested in the pole, not the hole. They took it quite well, and accepted Brandon for his sexuality. He felt liberated. Nonetheless, there was the constant fear in the back of Brandon’s mind that the gay community wouldn’t be so inviting.
“I wish I could say it turned out better than I thought it would,” he told us while ironing his shorts. “But it turned out exactly like I thought it would. I went to a club in New York City while we were visiting. A gay club. It was amazing in there – there were cute boys, flashing lights, loud music – but then they all started staring at me. They were all skinny and had feathered hair, and they were all wearing mascara. And body glitter. And looked unimpressed. They looked at me, shamefully, until I left.”
Brandon Baye, 26
Brandon was clearly emotional over the incident, and tried dieting immediately after the visit to New York.
“I ran, ate healthier, and it…it was terrible,” said Brandon in tears.
“We tried to deny it at first,” said Brandon’s mom, Peggy. “But the signs were everywhere – running shorts, muscle milk, even a scale! We couldn’t just sit back and let Brandon diet in secret. He was living a lie. So we took him to a specialist. And thank God – within weeks Brandon was back to his chubby self again.”
“It was hard,” explained Brandon. “They basically taught me, you know, a new way to look at things. The gay community isn’t chubby. I am chubby. So I have to make a choice. Be gay, or be fat. It’s not easy, but I’m…I’m chubby. That’s my choice. Sometimes in my own head, when I daydream…I get to be both.”
Brandon lives in Nashville and works at a customer service call center. He is engaged to his chubby fiancé Lana and has a dog named Leonard, even though he really wanted a cat.
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