If you are an ally of the LGBT+ muny, you may be ncerned about behavg a way that supports that attu. If you stggle to accept gay people, you may not be sure how to talk to them whout brgg up your own beliefs....
Contents:
- HOW TO TALK WH A GAY OR LBIAN PERSON
- AUTHOR DANIEL HARDG ON HIS NEW BOOK, GAY MAN TALKG
- BOOK REVIEW: GAY MAN TALKG – ALL THE CONVERSATNS WE NEVER HAD BY DANIEL HARDG ★★★1/2
- THE GAY VOICE
- STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
- WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
- FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
- HOW TO GET A MAN (FOR GAY MEN)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
HOW TO TALK WH A GAY OR LBIAN PERSON
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If you stggle to accept gay people, you may not be sure how to talk to them whout brgg up your own beliefs. Beg gay or lbian is only one aspect of a person, and don't have to be at the foreont of every teractn. Gay men and lbians vary greatly their appearanc, the way they talk, and the way they behave jt the same as everyone else.
There are nice and mean gay people; jt as there are nice and mean straight people. Try to thk about the reasons why you or other people might object to beg gay or lbian and wre some of the reasons down. What might the person who is gay or lbian say to fend him or herself agast your list?
Beg a gay man or lbian do not mean that they are attracted to every sgle person they meet that is of the same sex, jt like you aren't attracted to every sgle person you meet that is of the oppose sex. A gay or bisexual person may wish to disclose their sexual preferenc wh you, or they may not.
AUTHOR DANIEL HARDG ON HIS NEW BOOK, GAY MAN TALKG
Daniel Hardg discs the power of nversatns his new book, Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had. * gay person talking *
If you are a person who stggl to accept LGBT+ people for whatever reason, and believe that is wrong then you may feel tempted to be mean to a gay or lbian person.
You will have to take all of the same steps to mata a iendship wh a gay or lbian person as you would wh a straight person. As wh all people, if you have a close gay or lbian iend who is stgglg their life, be supportive.
Lecturg a gay or lbian person about why their sexualy is, your opn, wrong will not make them sudnly say, “Oh, you know what, you're right. Would you change your md about beg heterosexual if a gay or lbian person me up to you and started talkg about why heterosexualy is wrong? If a gay person do ask you about your views, then feel ee to talk about them, but do wh kdns.
BOOK REVIEW: GAY MAN TALKG – ALL THE CONVERSATNS WE NEVER HAD BY DANIEL HARDG ★★★1/2
Learn how to approach and flirt wh gay guys at clubs, bars, or other venuMeetg gay guys is hard. First you have to terme if the guy you're terted is gay or straight. Then you have to approach him and strike up a... * gay person talking *
Jt bee someone is gay or lbian do not mean that they don't intify wh their own genr. You may not mean anythg by , but makg jok about gays and lbians n be hurtful.
For example, many people tend to assume that a gay man will be drsed brightly lored clothg, have perfectly styled hair, and speak a feme way.
THE GAY VOICE
What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice * gay person talking *
Article SummaryXTalkg wh someone who’s gay or lbian don’t need to be any different to talkg to straight people. For more tips, cludg how to build a iendship wh a gay or lbian person, read on! Daniel Hardg is right on the money that se wh his but book, Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had.
Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had by Daniel Hardg (Photo: Provid). Gay Man Talkg is all about revisg those nversatns, unpickg relatnships, and unrstandg if we’re still okay wh those relatnships, and if there need to be more nversatns.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
In Do I Sound Gay?, director David Thorpe search for the orig of the so-lled "gay voice" and documents his own attempts (wh speech pathologist San Sank) to sound "ls gay." * gay person talking *
Author Daniel Hardg at the lnch of Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had (Photo: Provid). There are so many labels on the LGBTQ muny, and one that weighed heavy on me was ‘the gay bt iend’.
I’d done an article wh Cosmopolan about beg ‘the gay bt iend’, that had got so much tractn bee I said that ‘gbf’ is a very negative term.
WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
That started nversatns about people assumg that jt bee you’ve e out, you’re ready to take on a role or stereotype that some people perceive a gay man to be.
And I wonred how my parents felt and I realised that I’d never spoken to them sce g out about beg gay. Daniel Hardg signs a py of Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had (Photo: Provid).
FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
A lot of my iends joked ‘you’re the guncle’, or you’re ‘the gay bt iend’, and all of that. Guts at the lnch of Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had (Photo: Provid).
HOW TO GET A MAN (FOR GAY MEN)
Frankie Bridge at the lnch of Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had (Photo: Provid). Ben Thompson at the lnch of Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had (Photo: Provid).
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
Do you thk gay men – and not everyone will do this – but I thk a lot of people do, do they do tentnally? Were you surprised by how people you spoke to generally viewed gay men and queer people?
Daniel Hardg at the lnch of Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had (Photo: Provid). And while Hardg’s story may be that of a specific Brish cis gay man, there is a universaly to many of his experienc, and the emotnal impact they have. There are some genue sights to how gay men view the world, and how the world views them.
Gay Man Talkg unpicks the labels and the clichés we e to fe ourselv as gay men, and that’s a worthwhile enavor. Gay Man Talkg: All the Conversatns We Never Had by Daniel Hardg is available now. After intifyg phoic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay, their bt hunch is that some gay men may subnscly adopt certa female speech patterns.