'I go to club nights where everyone is shirtless and it’s intimidating.
'It’s not just Instagram, the apps, etc., but it’s real life too,' says Matt, 28. Gay and bisexual men are reportedly significantly more likely than heterosexual men to develop an eating disorder, with an 'inability to meet body image ideals within some LGBTQ+ cultural contexts' cited as a key factor in research by NEDA. It was my first relationship with a guy where I looked at myself and I was like, 'Oh my biceps aren’t as big as his, I wish my legs were longer, I wish my torso was longer.' I got really self-conscious and it was the comparison.'Īntoni's remarks struck a chord with me when I read the interview, and it turns out, I wasn't alone. 'There wasn’t a sense of comparison because we were different. 'I was most comfortable with my body when I was in a relationship with women,' he told Glamour. But in a recent interview, he opened up about how he has struggled with his body image, especially in relation to other gay men.
Antoni Porowski, Queer Eye's food expert, is no stranger to a thirst trap on Instagram, regularly posting shirtless photos and even scoring an underwear ad campaign.
