"How to Tell If a Man is Gay" — 5 Ways (Backed By Science)

Contents:

• I'M MARRIED BUT I KEEP HAVG GAY SEX WH MY BT MATE: WHAT SHOULD I DO?
• THE GAY ROOMMAT HAVE NO BOUNDARI AND NEVER LEAVE THE APARTMENT: WATCH
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
• GAY MALE LOOKG FOR ROOM TO RENT
• IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?
• BAREBACKG MY STRAIGHT ROOMMATE: A GAY COLLEGE BOY SEX STORY
• “HOW TO TELL IF A MAN IS GAY” — 5 WAYS (BACKED BY SCIENCE)
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
• GAY ON CAMP: THE STRAIGHT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY CHRISTOPHER ROSASEPTEMBER 11, 2013/2:08 PMBY CHRISTOPHER ROSASEPTEMBER 11, 2013 / 2:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY ON CAMP: THE STRAIGHT ROOMMATE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-11T18:08:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-11T18:08:07.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER ROSA","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*NAM HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF MY IENDS…AND ME. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE MOST IGHTENG PARTS OF LLEGE—FOR ANYONE—IS THE RANDOM ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE. AND FOR GAYS, THE ENTIRE ORAL N BE EVEN MORE AWKWARD SCE IF WE’RE ASSIGNED TO LIVE WH A CLOSE-MD, HOMOPHOBIC STRAIGHT BOY. IT HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE GENR-NTRAL HOG IS THE NEW ONTIER—SOME LLEG ALREADY HAVE RINCE HALLS WHERE BOTH A MALE AND FEMALE N OCCUPY ONE ROOM—MOST STUTNS ABI BY THE “SAME-SEX DORM ROOM” STAPLE. THIS LEAV NERVO GAY HMEN, WHO MAYBE JT PED A HIGH SCHOOL RIDN WH MISOGYNISTIC BULLI, QUE THE MENTAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAKE MY IEND JOHN.* JOHN ME TO THE UNIVERSY OF SOUTH CAROLA HLY OUT OF THE CLOSET AND READY TO EMBRACE HIS SEXUALY. HE OPTED TO NOT ROOM WH ME (STILL BTER ABOUT THAT, JOHN!) FAVOR OF THE “CLASSIC” RANDOM LLEGE ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE. THE RULT? JOHN WAS PLACED AN UPPERCLASSMEN APARTMENT-STYLE RINCE HALL WH TWO (SEEMGLY!) HOMOPHOBIC HMEN ATERNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN’T KNOW HIS ROOMMAT VERY WELL, BUT THEY FELY WEREN’T HELPG THE SUATN EHER. THE FEW TIM I HUNG OUT AT JOHN’S APARTMENT, HIS ROOMMAT WERE ROUTELY DROPPG THE F-(NOT F**K) BOMB, SAYG “THAT’S SO GAY,” AND BRO-G OUT TO THEIR HEART’S NTENT WHILE JOHN SAT AAID TO LET HIS EAK RABOW FLAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT BROKE MY HEART. IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIMSELF OM THE BULLYG HE’D EXPERIENCED HIGH SCHOOL AND “MAKE SURE HIS ROOMMAT DIDN’T FEEL UNFORTABLE” (HIS WORDS, NOT ME), JOHN MA HIS FIRST SEMTER OF LLEGE MISERABLE. HE DIDN’T DATE. HE DIDN’T JO THE BISEXUAL, GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT (BGLSA) ON MP. JOHN WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT GETTG JUDGED THAT HE PHED HIMSELF FURTHER TO THE CLOSET THAN HE ‘D EVER BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN’T UNTIL APRIL OF HMAN YEAR THAT JOHN, ANKLY, STOPPED GIVG A F**K. HE NEVER DISCLOSED HIS SEXUALY WH HIS ROOMMAT, BUT STARTED TO BREAK OUT OF HIS SHELL. HE WENT OUT. HE LISTENED TO BRNEY HIS APARTMENT. HE WAS MAKG PROGRS AND SLOWLY STOPPED RG WHAT HIS ROOMMAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE ROOMMAT WEREN’T SO BAD EHER. JOHN TOLD ME THAT THE SEND HE STARTED BREAKG OUT, HE VELOPED A BETTER RELATNSHIP WH HIS ROOMMAT. THEY EVEN WOULD GO TO HIM ROUTELY FOR EMOTNAL PROBLEMS AND FASHN ADVICE. GO FIGURE. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER AND TO HIS JUNR YEAR, JOHN STILL GRABS DNER WH ONE OF THOSE HMAN ROOMMAT. HE’S VERY OUT ON MP, BUT STILL N’T SEEM TO TELL THE GUYS HE IS GAY. THOUGH, I DID LEARN OM A MUTUAL IEND THAT THE ROOMMAT THOUGHT JOHN WAS ASEXUAL WHEN HE LIVED WH THEM—GUSED HE WAS THAT GOOD AT HIDG HIS SEXUALY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I’M CUR TO GET EVERYONE’S THOUGHTS ON THIS. WAS JOHN’S FEAR OF BEG JUDGED THAT ED HIM TO HI HIS PERSONALY OR HIS ROOMMAT’ HOMOPHOBIA? SCE JOHN SEEMS TO GET ALONG WELL WH THE GUYS NOW, I’M GOG WH THE FORMER. IF ONLY WE ULD TURN BACK TIME, RIGHT? I’D TELL JOHN TO JT BE HIMSELF OM THE SEND HE MOVED TO THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS? WHO HAS ALT WH A STRAIGHT ROOMMATE LLEGE? HOW DID END? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE GAY ON CAMP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• STEPHEN SANCHEZ RELATNSHIP: WHO IS HE DATG? GAY RUMORS VIRAL ON TIKTOK

I'M MARRIED BUT I KEEP HAVG GAY SEX WH MY BT MATE: WHAT SHOULD I DO?

• Could a straight guy get dnk enough to fool around wh another guy jt bee “felt good”, or is more likely that he has some gay/bi/cur feelgs that perhaps he’s been reprsg?

Even acuntg for the fact that he might remember some of what happened, don't mean he's bisexual, secretly gay, or that you're his magil "exceptn. I've seen other gay guys that fell for a straight guy (typilly a iend) and wanted to lu themselv to believg that a relatnship was possible.

THE GAY ROOMMAT HAVE NO BOUNDARI AND NEVER LEAVE THE APARTMENT: WATCH

I’ve told you that I don’t thk this mak you gay or even bi, but ’s not like you n jt prt off this post and show to your girliend as proof. So until they fd themselv a siar suatn, they don’t see how n be possible for a straight person to have a sexual experience wh a person of the same sex and not be gay or at least bisexual.

Wh theater doors bolted shut for the next…foreeable future, we’re thrilled to see some Broadway talent pop up the pilot episo of Boy•Friends, a new edy based off the My Gay Boyiend web-seri. The show centers around two llege roommat, one gay and one straight, and their “journey through llege and to adulthood to bee the homo-hetero power uple of the ag. As the only out young gay kid at my school, I took the advancement of my sexual experienc to my own hands and I did what we all do: I bought a fake ID and h the gay clubs.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

I realize I fell to that old gay adage of placg my feelgs on a person who, for whatever reason, was never gog to vt them back me. Worst of all, though, the shame attached to the memori of those first tim marred how I would approach sex for was listeng to Years & Years’ new song “Sanctify, ” and seeg the band’s out gay sger Olly Alexanr talk about how the song was spired his sexual trysts wh straight men, that I realized that the feelgs are way more mon than people let on. Sure, I know all about gay guys havg sex wh straight guys, but felt reassurg to see him scribe the “sat and sner role” he embodied durg those experienc, and to hear the uncertaty and melancholy weaved to the than anythg though, was the repeated lyril mantra of “I won’t be ashamed.

GAY MALE LOOKG FOR ROOM TO RENT

As homophobia creas, McCormack says, straight men are actg “much softer” than those om olr generatns -- somethg he and Eric Anrson, of the Universy of Wchter, set out to exame. We have a bromance where we are very fortable around each history of homosocial relatnships, or heterosexual male iendships, is eply plex and steeped social stigmas, myth, rejectn and aggrsn, the thors expla their rearch. Men wanted to avoid beg the target of homophobic abe, so they would be macho to distance themselv om any perceptn of homosexualy, ” McCormack told HuffPost.

“But there is a generatnal effect here: Olr men who grew up the 1980s may still feel the need to prent a very straight versn of themselv, but more posive attus toward homosexualy ntemporary culture mean that younger men are simply ls ncerned about how other people view their behavrs. McCormack acknowledg that anti-gay sentiment is still around but that many guys don't seem to md exprsg themselv however they want. “Homophobia hasn't disappeared, but straight men today are not expected to be homophobic like they were the 1980s and 1990s, " he said.

IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?

Perhaps experimentatn would be the right way to sort out your feelgs, and you should ci if you want to be gay, straight or bisexual even.

BAREBACKG MY STRAIGHT ROOMMATE: A GAY COLLEGE BOY SEX STORY

Incintally, if he rejects your advancement (and not particularly fond of homosexuals), uld make your time spent wh him progrsively more awkward and difficult. Maybe when you have spent more time together, you n have a beer and start a discsn on the typ of guys who people never spect are gay. Its te that people like to be around like md people and so socially may spend more time among their own however s not set stone and many lbgt people cludg myself have a mixture of gay/bi/straight iends.

The vast majory of gay men are distguishable om their straight unterparts, they do all the same sorts of thgs their daily liv, except perhaps bed. Dpe what the homophob say there is nothg herently wrong wh havg feelgs for other men or choosg to have sexual relatns wh those we love. The are the Indoor Boys, the subject of a new web seri about two gay iends navigatg a no-boundari iendship who never leave their apartment.

“HOW TO TELL IF A MAN IS GAY” — 5 WAYS (BACKED BY SCIENCE)

We currently have a survey vtigatn unrway that explor some of the posive out of “bromosexual” iendships, cludg our theory that gay men and straight men n be optimal wg men for one another.

Gay men – particularly those nservative and ral environments – rema wary about tryg to beiend straight men, fearg prejudice-fueled rejectn. At the same time, many straight men still doubt that they’ll be able to relate to gay men any meangful way and, for this reason, may not try to iate a iendship.

If they’re open-md about beiendg gay men and make the effort to try to fe iendships based upon mon terts, gay men should feel more fortable reciprotg.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

Gay men who disclose their sexual orientatn to their straight male iends earlier life may be able to build more open and hont iendships wh them to adulthood.

Send, recent rearch has argued that genr and sexual orientatn might not be as black and whe as prevly thought, which opens up new avenu for explorg how gay and straight men n relate to one another. If a straight guy and his gay male iend are ls rigid about their masculy and sexualy, they’ll probably be more likely to discs tails about their sexual and romantic liv openly wh one another. In short, women are able to tst the datg advice om gay male iends bee they know their gay iends don’t have any ulterr motiv: They’re not tryg to hook up wh them or pete wh them for guys.

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AND FOR GAYS, THE ENTIRE ORAL N BE EVEN MORE AWKWARD SCE IF WE’RE ASSIGNED TO LIVE WH A CLOSE-MD, HOMOPHOBIC STRAIGHT BOY. IT HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE GENR-NTRAL HOG IS THE NEW ONTIER—SOME LLEG ALREADY HAVE RINCE HALLS WHERE BOTH A MALE AND FEMALE N OCCUPY ONE ROOM—MOST STUTNS ABI BY THE “SAME-SEX DORM ROOM” STAPLE. THIS LEAV NERVO GAY HMEN, WHO MAYBE JT PED A HIGH SCHOOL RIDN WH MISOGYNISTIC BULLI, QUE THE MENTAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAKE MY IEND JOHN.* JOHN ME TO THE UNIVERSY OF SOUTH CAROLA HLY OUT OF THE CLOSET AND READY TO EMBRACE HIS SEXUALY. HE OPTED TO NOT ROOM WH ME (STILL BTER ABOUT THAT, JOHN!) FAVOR OF THE “CLASSIC” RANDOM LLEGE ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE. 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Jt as a gay man might be able to pass on advice about women to his straight iend, a straight man uld nnect his gay male iend wh another sirable gay man, sce neher the gay man nor his straight iend are petg for the same person.

STEPHEN SANCHEZ RELATNSHIP: WHO IS HE DATG? GAY RUMORS VIRAL ON TIKTOK

We believe that havg a tstworthy nfidant to help wh romantic pursus is one of the major reasons straight and gay men are leavg the fort of their same-sex, same-orientatn iend groups to form “bromosexual” iendships.

Sniffed my gay roommate’s unrwear llege, licked the csted nut sniffed my straight iend’s unrwear grad school when I ed his bathroom. Of urse, some intify as straight but are realy closeted bisexuals or gays by sexual orientatn—perhaps likely to e out at a later age (if ever).