Contents:
- DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN
- GAYLE KABAKER
- THE GAY DOG A STORY
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN
Am I gay? So are gay dog lovers somehow different om straight on? A Gay Man’s Gui to Dogs (Bow Tie Prs).
“Dogs wele any chance to be outdoors wh a group of half-drsed homosexuals, whether ’s for a gay pri para, a Lady Gaga ncert, or a Log Cab nventn the Ozarks, ” says the charmg thor, who unts Joan Rivers and Carson Krsley among his book’s many fans. As turns out, there are a few key factors makg dogs grateful for Gay Pri Month, DePris explas. “Here are three reasons a dog prefers to be ‘owned’ by [gay people] stead of hets: 1) The gay ‘fay’ dog ually don’t have to play send oboe to two-legged children.
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Gay men are sentially jt as greedy, though we will share our toys wh men if they buy a meal first. 3) Dogs love to be the spoiled ‘kids’ of a gay uple — two and all the bbl and nylon bon that money n buy.
” What’s the, ahem, biggt difference between gay dog lovers and straight on? “There are wonrful gay and straight dog owners out there, and there are horrible gay and straight dog owners out there, too.
When a sensible, rponsible gay man — if such a creature exists — ms to a dog, the dog be his fay, his kid, and a tly important part of his world.
THE GAY DOG A STORY
” When breers, rcuers, or shelter-dog adoptn unselors see a potential dog owner/adopter who is gay, they tend to jump for joy, figurg that dog will enjoy a great, pampered life. “Y, gay men tend to spoil their dogs, treatg them like te fay and givg them high prry. For lots of gay men, dogs exist as substut for lovers, children, close fay, and maybe even good iends.
Secretly, most gay men want to be like dogs, even when they’re standg. ” Acceptance, tolerance, unndnal love … the are thgs dogs give everybody, but gay people haven’t always been the beneficiari of such gifts om their fellow humans.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Are gays pecially appreciative of that ne love — more, perhaps, than someone who’s never experienced tolerance or prejudice?
“Gay men have a lot to learn om dog love, ” DePris says. ” But serly, he adds, “Many gay men feel a disnnect wh their own fai. Dogs live to nnect, and the unndnal love a dog offers when he rais a paw or bs his nose his new owner’s crotch may be the first te moment of ‘fay’ a gay man experienc.