30 Things That Were Very, Very Much Gay Awakenings For Millennials In The Late '90s And Early '00s
1.Ryan Phillippe as the horny and evil Sebastian Valmont in Cruel Intentions.
2.Every beach scene in Baywatch.
3.Tyson Beckford in the Polo Sport ads.
4.Chris O'Donnell in his nipple suit in Batman & Robin.
5.Aladdin and his revealing vest.
6.And Aladdin's silver fox dad, Cassim, who was introduced in the second Aladdin sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
7.Lenny Kravitz, but specifically in his music video for "Again," where he shows side butt cheek.
8.And Josh Hartnett in The Faculty, The Virgin Suicides, but specifically in Pearl Harbor.
9.Any Usher music video.
10.Danny from The Real World: New Orleans.
11.Every issue of Men's Health.
12.New and old back issues of the International Male catalog.
13.David LaChapelle editorial photo shoots for magazines like Rolling Stone or Details.
14.Vintage Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
15.The scene of Ricky Martin getting candle wax poured on him in the "Livin' la Vida Loca" music video.
16.The shirtless "greeter" in front of Abercrombie & Fitch...
17....the bags from Abercrombie...
18....and, of course, the window displays and billboards, which you tried not to stare at.
19.Rider Strong during the college years of Boy Meets World.
20.Any time Enrique Iglesias lifted up his T-shirts to show his abs.
21.Any Real World/Road Rules challenge because it was always in a tropical place, which meant no shirts.
22.And ditto for Survivor.
23.The music video for Backstreet Boys' "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)."
24.The music video for D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)."
25.And Jeff Timmons in the white tank in 98 Degrees' music video for "Because of You."
26.Trent from Daria.
27.Freddie Prinze Jr. in all his movies, but particularly in Summer Catch...
28....and Chris Evans in Not Another Teen Movie.
29.Bisexual icon Li Shang in Mulan.
30.And last and most importantly: the underwear aisle.
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