‘Handbag’ documentary: When a straight woman fell love wh a gay man | — Atralia’s leadg news se

Contents:

• I WAS SURE I WAS GAY – UNTIL I FELL LOVE WH MY BT FEMALE IEND
• ‘HE BROKE MY HEART TO A BILLN PIEC’: WHEN A STRAIGHT WOMAN FALLS LOVE WH A GAY MAN
• ‘I FELL LOVE WH A GAY MAN AND NEARLY BROKE ME’
• REAR QUTN… SOLVED! THE BOOK ABOUT THE GAY MALE CLUB OWNER THAT FALLS LOVE WH HIS BT FEMALE IEND.
• STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS
• CAN A GAY MAN BE ATTRACTED TO A SPECIFIC GIRL, BUT NOT WOMEN GENERAL, AND STI

I WAS SURE I WAS GAY – UNTIL I FELL LOVE WH MY BT FEMALE IEND

I uldn’t say was bee he was gay, ” said the Davidson, om Sydney, says she’s not the first straight woman to fall for a gay bloke.

‘HE BROKE MY HEART TO A BILLN PIEC’: WHEN A STRAIGHT WOMAN FALLS LOVE WH A GAY MAN

People ask, uldn’t we tell we were fallg lovg wh a gay man? But both refer to the same thg — straight women who have strong, often highly tense and mutually supportive, relatnships wh gay men.

‘I FELL LOVE WH A GAY MAN AND NEARLY BROKE ME’

The days, straight woman and gay men who get along would probably jt be lled mat, but “handbags” were often vol and visual supports of the homosexual muny when discrimatn — legal and otherwise — was still rampant.

REAR QUTN… SOLVED! THE BOOK ABOUT THE GAY MALE CLUB OWNER THAT FALLS LOVE WH HIS BT FEMALE IEND.

“So many women have acted as protectors, cheerlears and supporters of their gay iends, but always the background, ” Ms Davidson says.

STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

“Straight alli, and particularly women, are a val part of the fight for gay rights. Her grandmother was a “beard”, or fake girliend, to gay men she was close to; while her mother helped when the muny was beg vastated by AIDS. “I’d been raised a fay wh lots of gay men so I should have known better than anyone (not to fall love wh one), ” Ms Davidson says.

“A gay man wasn’t a shy unirn I’d never seen before. “I know a woman who was a relatnship for 17 years before he me out as gay. ”Most of the time a gay bt iend might be obliv if his female iend has fallen for him.

But some gay men actually enurage , she says. “The wonrful thg about gay men is they talk to me like I’m a person bee they don’t want to get your knickers.

CAN A GAY MAN BE ATTRACTED TO A SPECIFIC GIRL, BUT NOT WOMEN GENERAL, AND STI

“Wh a uple of months he was htg the gay bars. ”Ms Davidson says straight men uld learn a thg or two om their gay brothers.

“I kd of knew (he was gay) and I kd of didn’t. “I’m gog to try not to fall love wh any more gay men.

I uldn’t say was bee he was gay, ” said the 46-year-old.