Gay Men and Straight Men as Friends | Psychology Today

Contents:

• MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY
• CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
• GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS

MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND

It's no secret that growg up gay n be a lonely experience. At tim, many gay men feel as though they're the only on experiencg certa thoughts and feelgs, on that society still often ems abnormal.

So when a gay man first bonds wh someone else who intifi as gay or queer, 's evably a total lightng bolt moment.

I'm no longer close wh my first gay iend, Jam, bee we're very different people now. But I still remember clumsily g out to him after a Le Tigre ncert and him sayg, "I thk I'm gay, too. " He was hot—I thk everyone thought so—but I didn't thk he was gay.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY

Then we started chattg and he said "I'm gay" the most offhand way.

CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?

He didn't still a sense of ternalized homophobia me, which was important bee I was a mpy gay guy who'd always been teased for beg mpy.

" He gave me the permissn to be myself when I didn't even know who that, on DeanI grew up a small nservative town and didn't know anyone gay at school, so I met my first gay iends through social media.

GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS

If you're a woman, you may have noticed thgs about your boyiend that lead you to believe he's gay or terted men. Keep readg for a thorough list of potential signs that your boyiend might be gay. There are many reasons why someone might act this way, so this by self is not a surefire sign that he’s gay.

If you believe your boyiend lov and r for you but he "seems to be gay, " keep md that he uld be bisexual, pansexual, or terted men.