Is Flirtg Between Gay and Straight Men Okay? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?
• 10 REASONS GAYS CHASE STRAIGHTS
• IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
• GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS

IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?

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The five guys who do the "make-overs" should prove to the rt of Ameri (the right-wgers, relig-right-ers, ex-gays', et al) that we're not perverts and bchy queens--well, maybe some of are queens, but we're not all 5 show great re and affectn for their "victims, " and I don't mean that they want to take them to bed. Overall, 9 percent of rponnts intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual or asexual; for Generatn Z, the figure doubl to 18 percent. Rponnts overall intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer, while 16 percent of those Generatn Z reported beg LGBTQ.

10 REASONS GAYS CHASE STRAIGHTS

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IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

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GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS

The origal st nsisted of Carson Krsley (the "fashn savant"), Jai Rodriguez (the "culture vulture"), Kyan Douglas (the "the groomg gu"), Ted Allen (the "food and we nnoissr"), and Thom Filicia (the "sign doctor") many ways, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was one of the first popular realy seri to troduce several different typ of gay men to mastream dienc.

For a untry that still wrtled wh acceptg LGBTQ+ people, the OG Queer Eye for the Straight Guy show proved that hetero guys had no reason to feel threatened if they hung out wh gay men — and they may even be able to learn a thg or two om 2018, Netflix rebooted the show wh a slightly tweaked tle, Queer Eye. Instead, they'd now help all kds of people: women, other gay men, upl, and more. The guys are different om men who intify as bisexual, gay, mostly gay, and mostly straight.

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). The differenc between gay and straight men are much harr to discern the days, cludg the ways that affectn is shown. It simply don’t matter so much who is gay and who isn’t ( most quarters), and hangg out wh gay men when you are straight is no big al.

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