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A gay skinhead, also known as a gayskin or queerskin, is a gay person who identifies with the skinhead subculture. Some gay skinheads have a sexual fetish for skinhead clothing styles.

thumb|Swedish Queer skinheads in 2000

Gay skinheads figure in the work of gay artists such as Canadian painter Attila Richard Lukacs and filmmaker Bruce LaBruce. Gay skinheads have been featured on the catwalks of fashion designers Alexander McQueen and Jean-Paul Gaultier since the early 1990s.

Not all skinheads who are gay fetishize the skinhead image. These individuals may prefer not to be referred to as gayskins because of the sexual connotations—and they may not associate with self-identified gayskins for the same reason, but to traditional skinhead culture.

There exists a vibrant, gay skinhead social scene, both online and at events, particularly in parts of Europe and the United Kingdom.

See also

  • Nicky Crane
  • Queercore
  • SHARP

References

Bibliography

Further reading

  • ""Oi! Skins": Trans-Atlantic Gay Skinhead Discourse on the Internet " by James Haines, Intercultural Communication (1999)
  • "An Analysis of Skinhead Websites and Social Networks, A Decade Later" by Robin Maria Valeri, Nicole E. Sweazy and Kevin Borgeson, Michigan Sociological Review (2017)
  • "Nicky Crane: The secret double life of a gay neo-Nazi" by Jon Kelly, BBC News Magazine (Dec 6, 2013)
  • Non-Fetish Queer Skinheads - internets oldest place for gay skinheads (on various platforms since 1998)
  • "Queer Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice " Network of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Queer Skinheads and friends worldwide.
  • "Skins and Punks United We Stand " LGBTQIA Skinheads, Punks and friends association.