Dear ATRL dairy,

I just discovered this term. One of my gay friends asked me if I knew it. I said no. He explained too me but I was still lost. So I just assumed he was describing DL men but he said no. So I looked it up and basically means too me those men are "Gay for pay". But left for work so I couldn't clarify with him. Anyways I think he is seeing a man who he is labeling as trade.

Before you ask yes I live in a bubble and I'm 34 years old. So I don't know slang.

Explain too me like I'm five atrl.

I don't know what it means either, gays always make things up

I'm trade.

I'm not completely sure either. But it sends me how a lot of gays get offended when someone calls another guy trade and they start giving you a lecture about the meaning of the word. Like is it that serious ma?

Just now, Toxic Love said:

I'm not completely sure either. But it sends me how a lot of gays get offended when someone calls another guy trade and they start giving you a lecture about the meaning of the word. Like is it that serious ma?

At some point you have to laugh. Like straight people calling every gay person a twink.

when a guy is "trade" initially it meant men that trade their sexuality for sex but lately its just meant attractive gay men.

3 minutes ago, Ryuuchan_X said:

I'm trade.

Dos that mean you are gay 4 pay?

7 minutes ago, Tropez said:

At some point you have to laugh. Like straight people calling every gay person a twink.

I mean, that's just homophobia and it should be called out. Trade is never used in a derogatory way

Most men are willing to be trade or rough trade because $20 is is $20 and a hole is a hole in the dark.

Trade is just DL lol

7 minutes ago, Tropez said:

straight people calling every gay person a twink.

this absolutely kills me because straight people will start arguing about it too. like why do you think you know better

It originated in black ballroom culture, it used to mean a DL, usually closeted straight-passing guy who would trade sex for money or gifts, but since its proliferation in use on social media it's basically a synonym for DL

no one in this thread actually correctly knowing what it means

No don't do it

Nnn I am not sure what it means either, but it's funny because it's actually a very old term. I was watching that old John Waters movie from the 90s, Pecker, and Martha Plimpton's character called Baltimore "the trade capital of the world."

It means trading pokemon like your blastoise for my squirtle

it used to mean straight guy who ****** gays for money. now it just means masculine man

I'll never understand this word, I swear

Somebody needs to explain in pop terms

I'm old now. I was lewd back in the past. I don't want to be passed around like a toy anymore. So, bye bye. I'm a Buddhist 🙏🧘

Like Madonna once said,

Mmm, ooh, mmm

No famous faces, far off places

Trinkets I can buy

No handsome stranger, heady danger

Drug that I can try

No Ferris wheel, no heart to steal

No laughter in the dark

No one-night stand, no far-off land

No fire that I can spark

Mmm, mmm

Edited May 20May 20 by David_Greengrass97

36 minutes ago, Breathe On Moi said:

no one in this thread actually correctly knowing what it means

Then why don't you tell us

The context I see it used it on social media is just to describe a gay man that is straight-passing or masc.

masc, doesn't necessarily identify as gay but has sex w men

I thought trade man was just a word for tradies.

Like men work with building, warehouse stuff well works with them wearing safety jackets

it means, the hottest guy in a particular season of Drag Race