Something tells me you my friend, need a sense of humour!
YOu are taking the avatar thing way too seriously. they change often enough, and all of those for bigger post counts are rather ok, and I don't think there's anything ghey about them. Ok, the medic, navy dude, and the shore leave avatars are not your favourite, but take them as a joke. I'm sure you are secure enough about your own masculinity to live thorough something like a little avatar of a medic! :rotfl: :hmm: :rotfl:
Bar some photos, most avatars have the same style and give the forum a certain atmosphere.
However, I'm sure that Neal might appriciate you making may be 50 or so different avatars for the community that would all have similar style, etc, be it subamarine drawings or pizza topings. That's more productive than just complain, imo.