Sunday, January 9, 2011

Homothug



Ahhhh yes, the homothug.

 I have no doubt that there is actually a formal, generally accepted urban definition for a homothug. But since I don't know it and since I'm on the outside looking in, I'm gonna pull this straight outta my ass. To be honest, I'm just as scared of homothugs as I am of werewolves, Bigfoot, El Chupacabra, little green men from Mars and Reaganomics.  The absolute worse thing that can happen to a straight man is to have a homothug roll up on you and kick your ass.

When I think of homothugs, I think of the character of Omar Little from The Wire. He was the quintessential homothug.  He was certainly the first one I remember seeing on TV.  He was a hardcore brother that was roguish as hell, who just happened to be gay. Omar was my favorite character on The Wire, his character was a definitive anti-hero. Although Omar had no problem robbing or even shooting drug dealers, he had a certain amount of "street honor" and dignity.
Of course, a few years back I used to work with this guy named Alfredo, who referred to himself as a homothug. Alfredo, who actually looked like John Leguizamo, was very open about his sexuality.  He was also the first person that I ever even heard use the term "homothug". So my perception of what a true homothug is, is primarily based on that brother.  Although he's the only homothug I've ever actually known, I must admit he was a lot like Omar, just a tad bit more sophisticated. Alfredo was also funny as hell.  He's one of the funniest people I've ever met and he was very proud to be a homothug.
Trust me, no one wants to run into one of these hardcore dudes in a dark alley.

36 comments:

  1. LMAO. Homothug, sounds like a superhero.

    Peace, Love and Chocolate
    Tiffany

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  2. Haaahhaaahhaaaa aaaha aahaa ha!!!!

    That's not like any superhero I've ever seen Redbonegirl97.

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  3. I loved Omar in The Wire. I was MAD when that lil boy took him out in the candy store.

    I learned about homothugs from a gay friend..he gave me a book about it called B-Boy Blues. It was fiction but still..Opened my eyes.. And of course, he had first hand experience.

    And nope you don't want one running up on you. lol

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  4. yes Omar was also one of my favorite characters on "The Wire". My first seeing or even hearing about a "homothug", now i see them everyday. But frankly for me, he doesn't scare me a bit, it's the "Snoops" of the world that have me running.

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  5. There has got to be a way for me to work that into conversation at school pick up one day. Because that phrase is awesome.

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  6. P.S. I love this... I've made an effort to reach out to all kinds of people, including homosexuals; because I'd like anyone to everyone to come and comment on these stupid blog entries I spend so much time writing.

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  7. You and me both Citizen Ojo, you and me both.

    Remember that old Richard Pryor routine....

    First time I met God,was 1929.

    I was walking down the street.
    I was walking down the street.
    I wasn't running, I walking down the street.

    I was walkin down the road eatin a tunafish sammich.
    When out of this deep dark alleyway came the voice of God.
    I knew it was the voice of God
    because it came as only the voice of God can come.
    It said,"gimme some of that sammich!
    But, my brothers and sisters
    I did not venture down that deep dark alleyway.
    For it might not have been the voice of God,
    But two or three ni**gers with a baseball bat.
    God only knows,and he wasnt talkin and I wasn't walkin.

    Richard Pryor

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  8. Yeah, you're a cutie Mizrepresent; I'd be surprised if the "Snoops" of the world weren't creeping on you.............

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  9. What a joke factory classic love it too funny LMAO haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Reggie seriously are you a stand up comic? Cause you should consider it damn I'd come watch you :)

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  10. Nah comedy isn't my forte. I want to grab people attention with these blog entries I write and I try and do that as best as I can.

    I use a little humor to get my point across, hopefully never hurting anyone's feelings though.

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  11. One night walking past 'Hula's' (A Gay club in Waikiki) - cat calls were heard, "Oooh... Look at Hiiim. Just Like Tarzan.".
    I turned to talk a lot of ish to those big gay brotha's.
    As we turned the corner, "RUN!!!", I said to the guys I was waliking with.
    "Why?", they asked.
    "How are we going to go back to school after those big gay dudes kick our asses?", I said.
    I'm scared of Homothugs too.

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  12. Just because they're a little light in the loafers doesn't mean they don't hit like Tyson John.

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  13. Your point has been current and very relevant to say the least....thanks for keeping us abreast of these otherwise touchy subject areas....

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  14. ChilledLeo to be honest, I pulled this right outta my ass. Sometimes when I'm talking outta my ass I sound a lot more confident than I really am.

    If you can't dazzle them with brillance, you can always baffle them with bullshit.

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  15. I luh Omar, no homo. deep character and really made the series. don't think I've seen any brother on the homothug thing till I accidentally ended up in a black gay club. observation time and these dudes were thugged out as hell and could step right out onto the street and won't be figured as homo-anything

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  16. I'd never heard of the term homothug before. Now, you're gonna have me all up and down Bourbon Street looking for 'em! LOL

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  17. "homothugs" are still thugs (the real ones anyway) it seems like a walking talking contradiction but nope, they are real.

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  18. Chrome I thought that Omar was the shit. My wife and I used to tune into The Wire and when Omar wasn't featured, we were disappointed.

    The gay thing surprised me, but whoever was writing The Wire wrote a very interesting story. I was disappointed when they'd up and kill a character I liked off the show, but no one seemed to be off limits.

    The wife and I went to a club in Philadelphia once that was supposed to be the shit. But when we got there all the guys (and there were very few women there and the ones that were looked hard as bricks) were sweeter than a 20 pound bag of Domino's sugar. My wife thought it was a straight club, but it wasn't. We beat a hasty retreat out of there and ended up at another place.....same type of place. Apparently we were on the "sweet" side of town.

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  19. BayouCreole in the 9 years I lived in the 'Nawlins area I don't remember seeing a homothug there. But there has to be hundreds there. There's just so many gays in New Orleans that there'd have to be.

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  20. Liam there are all types of different dynamics going on.....it is what it is.

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  21. The term "homothug" is such an oxymoron! How can you be both? I haven't seen any personally but there are a ton of homosexual guys at my hair salon. There's this one guy there who is moe feminine than like 40% of women I encounter but they are all cool though,

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  22. LOL @ Homothug super hero. Why am I picturing one of the men shown above wearing tights and a cape with the letter "H" on the back? Haha!

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  23. lol all those characters are my fave and ving rhames had a hard time pulling Holiday heart off but he did and all of em will prolly serve anyone an ass whooping they wont forget

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  24. lol reggie... i have never even thought of such things in my life... you crack me up... serious.

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  25. Trish I always see the effeminate types, I think we all do. I'm sure we've all seen "homothugs" and didn't know they were gay.

    I have never held with that foolishness some love to go into about a large percentage of men being gay. That just sounds like some hopeful gay dudes fantasy.

    But I do know that there would have to be some.....ya know....

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  26. Alee you can bet that those tights would be two or three sizes too small too.

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  27. True Budda.

    Although I really didn't speak on him, I've always thought that Lafayette's character on True Blood is easily the most interesting character in that show. He's hysterical too, ya gotta love the guy.

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  28. Citizen Ojo I used to break my father's albums out back in the day and listen to Richard Pryor and Rudy Ray Moore almost everyday before my parents came home from work.

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  29. Michelle there are times when things go through my mind that scare the hell outta me.

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  30. No doubt author James Earl Hardy feels about the phrase "homothug" much like Bill Bellamy does about the phrase 'booty call.' Both are now a part of the lexicon, yet they ain't getting paid for their inventiveness!

    You wrote: "I'm sure we've all seen "homothugs" and didn't know they were gay."

    Absolutely correct. There's no one uniform way to be gay, just like there's no monolithic way to be black, white, brown or Jewish.

    And yes, Omar was duh ish!


    One.

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  31. One things for sure Moanerplicity, when a man's got the "gay uniform" on we all know he's gay.

    That's with two snaps, a twist and a kiss.

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  32. brother reggie, what can I say, I have never ran into a homothug

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