PHOTOS: Happy Gay People on Beaches

Stock art is a funny thing: almost every iteration of life is depicted by photographers in an attempt to illustrate news stories, and the results are often unintentionally hilarious. LGBT people, surprisingly, figure prominently in stock art collections, and you might be especially shocked at how many different same-sex couples were captured having a gay old time on the beach (we were). Is this what it really looks like when you're on the sand with your loved one? Judge for yourself on the following pages.