easyboy82
So...i did a search and I saw we had a number of threads in the forum along the years about "masculine decks" or about "gay themed decks". My thread is a bit different and heads in a different direction.
I'm not talking here about decks with a specific gay theme or with cards showing same sex lovers etc... but in general about decks which,be it for their artistic style (OR underlying , not-in-your-face, theme) are particularly appealing to gay males. I'm talking about that general , hard to define, taste that make possible that some cultural products ( singers, songs, films etc...) are particularly popular among gay men throughout the western world (camp? yes, but not only)
I'll make some examples:
* Though it's probably the only mass market/ mainstream "all gay" deck, I don't like the Gay Tarot (LS)
because:
- I find it too mundane
- it's too U.S-centric both in the situations depicted both in the way of showing a certain politicized/right activist side of the gay experience
- I find its aim for inclusiveness (age, skin colours, professions etc...) quite heavy handed and forced
_ I don't like the art...too soft (big mistake to assign a gay male deck to a female artist, in my humble opinion...)
So the Gay Tarot doesn't make the list for me
*Though not a tarot deck but an oracle, I find we now have the first *really* gay deck , i.e the Gods and Titans Oracle... omg, that deck is the cards equivalent of Spartacus (the tv series) or Vikings (again, the tv series) , of that kind of aesthetics I mean
Bulging muscles + male empowering + strong, colourful art... now, that's gay!
*coming back to tarot I'd dare to say : the Morgan Greer... there is something very masculine about it, but all those bold colours (...and may I add the 70's male pornstar look of some of the men in it ? ) make it look very gay friendly too to me ...a *top* deck LOL
So I'd like to hear which are the decks you think they have a "gay feel" , both from the other gay guys of the forum both from everyone else since I assume many of you read for gay friends or clients who may have expressed a particular liking for a deck
PS: I posted this in the tarot forum but I'd like to include oracle decks too
I'm not talking here about decks with a specific gay theme or with cards showing same sex lovers etc... but in general about decks which,be it for their artistic style (OR underlying , not-in-your-face, theme) are particularly appealing to gay males. I'm talking about that general , hard to define, taste that make possible that some cultural products ( singers, songs, films etc...) are particularly popular among gay men throughout the western world (camp? yes, but not only)
I'll make some examples:
* Though it's probably the only mass market/ mainstream "all gay" deck, I don't like the Gay Tarot (LS)
because:
- I find it too mundane
- it's too U.S-centric both in the situations depicted both in the way of showing a certain politicized/right activist side of the gay experience
- I find its aim for inclusiveness (age, skin colours, professions etc...) quite heavy handed and forced
_ I don't like the art...too soft (big mistake to assign a gay male deck to a female artist, in my humble opinion...)
So the Gay Tarot doesn't make the list for me
*Though not a tarot deck but an oracle, I find we now have the first *really* gay deck , i.e the Gods and Titans Oracle... omg, that deck is the cards equivalent of Spartacus (the tv series) or Vikings (again, the tv series) , of that kind of aesthetics I mean
Bulging muscles + male empowering + strong, colourful art... now, that's gay!
*coming back to tarot I'd dare to say : the Morgan Greer... there is something very masculine about it, but all those bold colours (...and may I add the 70's male pornstar look of some of the men in it ?
) make it look very gay friendly too to me ...a *top* deck LOLSo I'd like to hear which are the decks you think they have a "gay feel" , both from the other gay guys of the forum both from everyone else since I assume many of you read for gay friends or clients who may have expressed a particular liking for a deck
PS: I posted this in the tarot forum but I'd like to include oracle decks too
