You heard it here first folks, traps arent gay 4yr CaptainPotato69YT. On August 10, 2015, he uploaded a video to YouTube entitled "Judge Milo Decides: Are Traps Gay?" The video receives more than 74,900 views. Traps arent gay, Theyre homosexuals - Probably Buddha 5yr Y0urAlly. Later that year, on July 31st, 2015 YouTuber king rad uploaded a video in which alt-right leader Milo Yiannopoulos" "Is it gay to like traps?" Yiannopoulos appears to be hearing the term for the first time. On February 21st, 2015, Redditor NyaaFlame posted a thread entitled "Why Liking Traps Isn't Gay" to the /r/anime subreddit. This debate is often discussed alongside the discussions of anime and futanari character design. "Are Traps Gay?" is a satirical debate within otaku and alt-right online communities, attempting to determine if being attracted to a crossdressing man is an indication of homosexuality. According to the subreddit, "/r/traps is for the posting of photos and video of young and beautiful trans girls and individuals who would love to trap!" "Are Traps Gay?" The subreddit /r/traps started on Februand has since accumulated more than 57,800 subscribers. Watch out for these types, they are usually afraid to get intimate because you might discover their little 'secret', but sooner or later you find out the truth! Could almost be mistaken for a woman until you are in the bedroom with one. On September 8th, 2007, Urban Dictionary user Michaels V posted a definition of "trap" (shown below).Ī man who dresses like a woman and is somewhat feminine in appearance. According to user coleopterist on the website Stack Exchange, the first trap character comes from Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga, Metropolis features the first male-to-female "trap" character. Beginning in 2004, the Admiral Ackbar quote spawned hundreds of parody sites featuring the soundbite of Admiral Ackbar’s quote on YTMND, with the most notable instance uploaded by user MultiKoopa on June 2nd, 2005, which has garnered more than 313,000 views (as of April 2016).Īround the same time, shortly after the launch of the imageboard community 4chan, the phrase became closely associated with traps, a slang term for a photograph of a model or illustration of an anime character wherein the gender of the subject seems to be ambiguous or androgynous in appearance.Ĥchan users, in addition to creating the internet theme day "Trap Thursday," described androgynous anime characters as "traps," a long tradition within anime and manga. Oxford dictionary's definition of trap. onlineslangdictionary's definition of trap.
However you cannot really argue either way based on full proper evidence due to the fact that all we have to deal with are definitions, unless you can conduct a study into this. Obviously this is mostly based upon the inference that a Trap gets its name due to the intention of attempting to get a male partner using the method of a trap.
The only explanation to a man trying to sexually be with another man is if they are indeed a homosexual. (I am not including lesbians due to them being a very small percentage of the population.) As a result of this, if these men are trying to lure men into their 'trap' is in order to make that 'sexual move' on them as discussed earlier. Because of this, we can assume that because these men dress as women in order to bait people, the main group of people who are going to be interested in a woman is a man. A bait is used in order to lure animals or people into to allow for the creature to take the bait therefore putting the 'creature' into the possession of the captor. Now, since traps are men who dress as women, and, as said before, they are waiting to make a surprise attack, then the bait is their look. If someone is being referred to as this, then it implies that there is an intention to 'attack' someone, or as we are discussing here, make a sexual move on someone who you find attractive. The definition of a regular trap is: 'a situation in which people lie in wait to make a surprise attack.'. However, the reason that I would say that yes, traps can be perceived to be gay is based upon inference. As a result of this, one shouldn't really argue for or against depending on the facts that we are given. As it stands as a definition on its own, it says nothing about exactly their sexual preference, therefore the default standpoint view should be, 'It depends on whether they like men or not, not what they like to dress'. A Trap: Noun, 'A male that dresses like a female' Ī Trap: Noun, 'a situation in which people lie in wait to make a surprise attack.' īy the definition of being a trap, It is a male who looks like a female, or a man who dresses as a woman.