Types of gay men saturate the gay media and magazines, and if the name of a club night doesn't tell you what to expect, the promo pics will.
Therefore, you should be sensitive if applying a type to someone, bearing in mind some gay men reject them altogether as narrow, superficial, and demeaning. Who hasn't heard someone say “he’s my type" or been asked if a guy is ours? There is always some disagreement around the terms we use and whether we should use them at all. Some gay men use types to describe, identify and communicate themselves.