And at the end of the day, this outdated belief is rooted in homophobic notions of how men should act with one another. And this idea that queer men are somehow weak or more effeminate than those identifying as straight ― and that this makes them mockable ― is something that LGBTQ people have always fought throughout history. Sean Gallup via Getty ImagesThe questions we should be asking ourselves are: Why do we keep seeing different variations of this Trump/Putin image? Why is the idea that failing masculinity through male-on-male affection one that our culture reproduces over and over again? Tenderness between two men shouldn’t be alarming, even it it’s Trump and Putin.

Source: Huffington Post February 17, 2017 18:50 UTC