gay chicken
Intimacy standoff game
Gay chicken is a game of nerve, typically played by two men who move toward kissing or other intimate contact, with the loser being whoever pulls away first.
The game tests comfort with same-sex physical closeness, using homophobic anxiety as the mechanism: We played gay chicken and he actually kissed me.
Sometimes the "chicken" is whoever refuses to escalate further.
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