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Heterosexual and gay men n heal and grow as a rult of their iendships.

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GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS

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The guys are different om men who intify as bisexual, gay, mostly gay, and mostly straight.

IS FLIRTG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN OKAY?

(CNN) — Somehow, the origal “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” premiered on Bravo two s ago this month, prentg five gay men – each specializg a specific liftyle area – as they scend upon a (ually) heterosexual male subject need of some support, whether was wh clothg choic, groomg, anizatn or perhaps an unrlyg issue around self nfince. * gay straight guy *

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). This all got me thkg about my own iendships and those of my gay male clients.

The bonds between gay men and straight women have been wrten about and featured popular media (i.

IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

Sex the Cy, Will and Grace), though a lot ls has been said about how gay and straight men regnize and negotiate the distct challeng, plitns, and rewards of their iendships.

Acrdg to Garfield, among the many obstacl to male-male platonic timacy, fear of homosexualy looms large. Straight men et that if they get too close, others will see them as gay; which their mds means feme (horrors!

S., before there was such a thg as a gay inty, some straight men would, wh ltle shame, engage sexual ntact wh other men (ually allowg themselv to be fellated) when female partners were otherwise unavailable (see Gee Chncey’s semal book, Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of the Gay Male World 1890-1940) and there is good reason to believe this still occurs other untri and cultur. The mid 20th century this behavr beme associated wh gay inty, new at the time and seen as crimal and then sick.

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