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No doubt you’ve heard about terms like jock, otter, bear, cub, and so on and so forth. But what about gay wolves, guys? And exactly how popular are they within the gay community?
When I first heard about gay wolves, I actually thought they were talking about a gay werewolf movie so I was floored when I realized that it’s another label used to identify other men within the gay community. Specifically, the term is used to identify one’s body type as a gay man.
So, what does it mean to be a gay wolf?
Pride.com said: “Similar to an otter, a wolf has some hair and is in between a twink and a bear. However, there are some key differences between wolves and otters. Wolves typically have a lean, muscular build and are sexually aggressive.” Meanwhile, Attitude defined wolves as “typically older and masculine” with a “muscular/athletic build.” Lastly, according to Queerty, gay wolves are “defined by their chiseled bodies, unyielding masculinity, and ravenous sexuality.”
And if someone is referred to as silver or grey wolf, then they are “an older wolf.”
Supposedly, gay wolves are sexually aggressive. Moreover, Men’s Variety cited, and we quote, “slim waistline, flat abdominals (sometimes with a noticeable six-pack), well-sculpted biceps, triceps, and chest, noticeable back muscles, slender behind (sometimes with bubble butt features), and athletic legs” as their body traits apart from their body hair (be it facial hair, or hair on chest and torso). Speaking of body hair, gay wolves may also be smooth but “often by choice because of manscaping.” Read more about gay wolves here.
We scoured the internet for celebrity wolves and the following were named as an example: Joe Manganiello, Tyler Hoechlin, Chris Evans, Chris Pine, and Cheyenne Jackson.
Having said all that, are you a gay wolf lover? Share with us your celebrity (gay) wolf crushes in the comments section below!
Oh, geez! Just what we needed. ANOTHER label.
I know, right!
I’ve always said that labels are for soup cans, not people!
What about the classic analogy of “Gay Men as “Pigs”?
Wouldn’t’ve the comparison of pig more meaningful and well known than wolf?
Infinitely, more Gay Males are pigs than wolves; although wolves can be pigs too.
Because they use these terms to divide and group gays and men on how they appear, and through visual stereotypes, not by their behavior, which is backwards.
I agree which is why I commented. It is all about categorizing humans so they can be
catalogued and kept in place.
By naming, you assign value and objectivity.
When I was much younger, I was called a “Fox”!
I took it as a compliment.
I’d much rather be called a “Fox” than a “Wolf”!
Most wolves are pigs, I’d say. So infinitely in love with, guess who?, themselves.
Wolves howl!
Pigs oink!
Humans can do both!
Yes, ALL men are pigs! So it is a good thing that I love pork. A piggy wolf is how I would describe the type of man I am most attracted to. Prior to this article I had not heard the term “wolf.” Yeah, yeah, another label but it fits.
Stop labeling men, stop referring to men as animals. What comes next? Especially when addressing people of certain race/ethnicities? Who is behind these agendas??
People who do marketing, who expoit us for profit. That’s where “hot” started.
As well as people wish to manage or influence others politically by labeling some people into groups they claim to want to help and labeling other people into groups the wish to vilify. The labels put people in boxes so they can more easily influenced and manipulated with broad stokes of ideology, dogma, and agenda. In the end, not many of the first people get true help and the second group ends up marginalized and disdainful of the treatment.
I DON’T CARE what you call the man in the photo used…I’d take him again and again
and again….
If someone told me they were going to see the bears, otters, pigs, cubs, now wolves, I’d ask if they were going to a gay bar or the Bronx Zoo.
Wolves: Guys who are blessed by genetics to have “chiseled bodies, unyielding masculinity, and ravenous sexuality.” Guys who are them can aspire to become involved with each other (socially, sexually, romantically, whatever). Guys who are not quite like them aspire to become involved with them (socially, sexually, romantically, whatever). In the end, the wolves and guys above can bask at being able to say, “we’re prettier than you; we’re more masculine than you; we’re more sexual than you; we’re better than you; we’re more superior to you; we’re a cut above you. Everybody wants us, but we’ll decide who gets… Read more »
The reality is these guys get whiplash every time they pass a mirror. I think ShowPony is a better word and ore aptly describes the narcissism. Nayyyyyhayyy.
In other words, they are vain, conceited, self-serving piglets, who like to spoil everything for everyone else.
Guys who can read and comprehend are sooooo hot!
And,
take a shower; pull back their foreskin; separate their anus and scrubbed it with warm
water, a bar of hard-milled soap and a rough, wash cloth! Clean the potatoes from their
ears; blow their noses, use deodorant and last but not least…change their underwear!
All those beautiful, faltering, endearing adjectives to describe fantasy wolves; im not surprised that all the models/ stock pics are lite skin/white guys. I guess men of color can’t be wolves. Its amazing that people who generate bull like this, don’t do it intentionally. Unfortunately it’s just the way they’re programmed.
This is such divisive, objectifying garbage. It’s really damaging, and it has to stop. We’re not animals, we’re not symbols, we are ourselves. Stop it.
Stop with labels. The only label I need to know is your name.
All the cool, trendy Gays will swear up and down that wolves are as cool and trendy as Starbucks, Crispy Cream Donuts and creme brulee. When those are really not much more than over-roasted, inexpensive coffee beans iced with tons of cream and sugar, high-sugar yellow donuts you can buy at the gas station/convenience store, or ready-made pie crust baked in a small bowl and filled with a cup of vanilla pudding, which gets hit with a small kitchen blow torch.
I’m just here for sex, not a zoo membership.
Ah, but the Zoo has varieties and such varieties are to be sampled and enjoyed!
so,
enjoy the animal kingdom in all of its manifestations and mutations!
Fatdaddy:
A true Pig as posted!
Bravo!
What is the descriptor for the older masculine guy who is overweight, gray haired and balding, has a barely functional penis, and well past his prime in terms of muscle mass? Asking for a friend who is curious about gay nomenclature…
Well…what’s the male equivalent of the female “cougar”?
“Daddy” just says to me, older, (maybe even father-figure), horny guy. A “Cougar” is like a rich, perhaps-widowed female that’s going take care of…or nurture me.
For a moment, I thought you were using the 80-90yo description… a guy who *hounds* the person he’s interested in, and flirts aggressively. (I can’t imagine many people using catcalls or howling in the LGBT+ community, but why not? Let’s throw that in too.)
Looking at the responses to this article:
“Are A4A members wolf (a “label used to identify other men within the gay community”) lovers? ”
Absolutely not. They’re not fooled by a pretty face, nice body, and charms.
Perhaps they haven’t been sucked into the idea that there’s a “community” their sexual orientation requires them to be part of and requires them to think according to its odd agenda.
(Eye role) as a 100% man loving man, this is for the average gay man, I’m not average, this is childish, beneath me, sophomoric bullshit. It sounds like something possibly derived of the leather guys, to me. I’m athletically built, plain and simple, no body hair, small stache, no labels, please, YIKES!!!
“Eye role”? Congratulations on your new part in the role of Mike Wazowski! A new release 2001’s “Monsters Inc.” with Billy Crystal? I must have missed the announcement that the writer’s strike had reached a resolution. Great news for all the celebrities in Hollywood we Gay guys all worship endlessly!!
Why is it that in 2023 gay websites/publications when asking questions regarding sexuality only include Caucasian men in the majority of the surveys. Maybe it’s time we started using terms that are not solely used to describe Caucasian men there are beautiful sexy men all around the world all that is needed to do is to open eyes and to look at the individuals. Why not start using terms that describe all men like sexy men shorter than 6ft or left handed men then everyone can be included.