The origins of the down-low identity are just as farcical, although it’s hard to be amused by the way an African-American colloquialism morphed into a pejorative against Black gay and bisexual men. His shorts started to rise when he talked about missing sex, and since I didn’t have any money for a tip, I gave him this instead!
One of the more comical realms of social media is the DL mystique - whether it’s guys trying to enhance their desirability to other men by insisting how non-gay they are, or ridiculous captions on freak videos that read like millennial updates of ‘70s porn scripts: My Uber driver was on his way to play basketball and his wife is eight months pregnant with their third child.
