It seems as though many gay men like to go by three names, why is that? Neil Patrick Harris, of course, James Duke Mason, Belinda Carlisle’s son, and there are more who aren’t well known. If gays have two names, many seem to have a first name for a last name, such as Adam Keith, or Paul John.

by Anonymous

reply 45

May 23, 2020 5:43 PM

why? because we are f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s

by Anonymous

reply 1

May 22, 2020 6:32 PM

Assassins and other notorious killers often go my three names (e.g., John Wayne Gacy, Lee Harvey Oswald). I think it is to be very specific. Also, sometimes politicians (e.g., MLK, JFK, LBJ, FDR).

As for the Gays, I hadn’t noticed.

I go by a single name.

by Anonymous

reply 3

May 22, 2020 6:52 PM

Actors do it for the gravitas, I think. It makes them sound more important. Serial killers get referred to by their full names to distinguish them from other people with the same first and last name (Henry Lee Lucas for instance.)

by Anonymous

reply 4

May 22, 2020 7:04 PM

It’s very common. Gays want to be special and different.

by Anonymous

reply 5

May 22, 2020 7:19 PM

I use an initial before my two names. Does that make me a three name gay.

by Anonymous

reply 7

May 22, 2020 7:46 PM

I have three names for OP:

Mary

Nellie

Prisspot

by Anonymous

reply 8

May 22, 2020 7:47 PM

I think OP was hit over the head with a pole while coming up with his poll.

by Anonymous

reply 9

May 22, 2020 7:54 PM

Actors with three names often do it because there’s already an actor with the same two names so they add a third (often their middle name) to delineate.

by Anonymous

reply 10

May 22, 2020 8:15 PM

Hmm...I have three last names. It's a Southern thing.

by Anonymous

reply 11

May 22, 2020 8:25 PM

OK for those of you that are in complete denial that this exists are living under a rock.

by Anonymous

reply 14

May 22, 2020 8:30 PM

Didn’t we previously observe that gay men don’t use nicknames? Robert not Bob, Richard not Dick, etc.?

by Anonymous

reply 15

May 22, 2020 8:31 PM

R15 Your comment reminds me: I always wondered about WALTER Payton. Was he gay? There were little tiny quivers under the radar but nobody wanted to say anything.

Sorry, I know it's not three names but R15's comment triggered me.

by Anonymous

reply 18

May 22, 2020 8:37 PM

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

by Anonymous

reply 19

May 22, 2020 8:39 PM

[quote]James Edward Olmos?

Edward James, you fat stupid whore!

by Anonymous

reply 23

May 22, 2020 9:35 PM

What the three names of the guy on "Modern Family?"

by Anonymous

reply 28

May 22, 2020 10:16 PM

[R15] it’s both, gay men love full names and three or more. Those with three names also like to wear snappy bow ties.

by Anonymous

reply 30

May 22, 2020 10:58 PM

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the only gay in the cast, the only one with three names. Proves my point.

by Anonymous

reply 32

May 22, 2020 11:12 PM

The reason a lot of actors go by three names is because some other actor before them registered their name with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).

If a Joseph Levitt or Neil Harris got a few parts back in the day and then left acting to sell used cars, SAG won't let another actor use the same name. So they have go bill themselves as Joseph Gordon Levitt or Neil Patrick Harris.

by Anonymous

reply 33

May 22, 2020 11:55 PM

[R33] I’m a SAG member, and entertainment exec, and that’s completely false. May have been true in 1983, but isn’t now.

by Anonymous

reply 34

May 23, 2020 12:19 AM

[quote]Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Bitch.

by Anonymous

reply 36

May 23, 2020 1:38 AM

R29, that’s my name, too.

by Anonymous

reply 37

May 23, 2020 8:34 AM

R33, even in that case they could still use two names with a middle initial. Singer, actress and former Miss America, Vanessa Williams, goes by Vanessa L. Williams at times because there was already another actress named Vanessa Williams.

No reason why some of these pretentious types can't use a middle initial if they need to use the middle name solely to abide by SAG rules. Their equivalents in Britain, especially England, are the pretentious cunts who use double-barrelled surnames because they think it is more posh and aristocratic-sounding.

by Anonymous

reply 40

May 23, 2020 11:01 AM

Three last names is good.

Two first and two last is a good Spanish name.

A first and two last is okay.

Two first and one last is trashy.

Three first names is ridiculous.

by Anonymous

reply 41

May 23, 2020 11:14 AM

Here’s someone with three first names, I wonder what his real name is? Note that he uses the word “haus”, a sign that he’s trying to be a trendy gay.

Offsite Link

by Anonymous

reply 42

May 23, 2020 2:59 PM

OP .. This is a site full of old AF gay men. This goes right over their heads.

by Anonymous

reply 43

May 23, 2020 4:57 PM

I use two names but people seem to prefer to just call me by one name, I get "Hey ASSHOLE" an awful lot.

by Anonymous

reply 45

May 23, 2020 5:43 PM