""Really, gay men like me go into that locker room and the clothes come off, and then all of a sudden we have to butch it up to attract other men," he said. "I think that's so interesting to watch these really queer, very effeminate men like get into their towels and be like, 'Yo, bro, what's good?' And it's like, whoa, what is that thing where we're not allowed to be overtly queer or overtly femme in those settings?""
""Even if you're in there to have sex with another man," he continued. "You still have to be masculine presented. You cannot be feminine in those settings. And so, I wanted to reclaim that space for the queer fem. To re-own [the term] 'power bottom'. It's like, we do most of t"
Frankie Grande released a steamy music video for the song "Boys" that features him in a skimpy gym outfit and thick, glittery eyeshadow dancing around buff, nearly naked men. He observed that typically femme gay men often present more masculinely in masculine spaces like gyms and described a pattern where clothes come off yet men feel pressure to "butch it up" to attract partners. He connected that behavior to shaming of feminine or submissive gay men within the community. He intends to subvert that narrative and reclaim gym and sexual spaces for queer femme men and re-own the term "power bottom". He also discussed sobriety and the role of family support in recovery.
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