Have you ever been to a BB show? I've never seen an audience of predominantly gay men. I understand that you are looking at it much differently than a straight person would though.
Yes.
To answer your question in a broad sense, I've competed in 3 NPC Metropolitan NYC shows during the early 1990's.
I trained with Victor Martinez for over 4 years during the 2001-2005 era along with Dean and Hector (Both training partners of his) and his former Cuban trainer Victor, and during that time I was there for his GNC show of strength win, all of his Arnold shows and even went to a few NY pro shows held at BMCC here in the city.
I was actually even backstage at the show where Bob Chick got his first IFBB professional win. I was there side-by-side with Bob Chick and Rusty Jeffers as they posed for pictures in the back portion of the building. I remember it very clearly even to the point that once Chick won, his wife was standing right next to him in the back of the building where he posed for pictures and she kept asking him, "Hey, are you going to call Tom to let him know?"
I also trained a little with Rob Lopez and Kamali, back when they used to go to an old NYC gym called Johnny Lats and while they were there, I attended many NPC and IFBB shows. To this day, I've attended 3 Mr. Olympia shows, 2 Arnold classics, Most NYC IFBB shows and a crapload of NPC events as well.
MORAL OF ALL THIS NONSENSE: The vast majority of the audience consisted of openly GAY men.
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