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Contents:

• LOOK FOR A TERNATNAL SPOE. GETTG A GAY FOREIGN HBAND!
• THE LONELS OF BEG GAY A STRAIGHT MARRIAGE
• OLD CTOM, NEW UPL: GAY INDIANS ARE HAVG ARRANGED MARRIAG
• A GUI FOR GAY MEN ON BOTH OPEN AND MONOGAMO MARRIAGE
• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
• "WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD SEX LIFE": GAY MEN WH STRAIGHT WIV ARE G OUT -- AS HAPPILY MARRIED
• GAY MARRIAGE
• I AM A GAY INDIAN-AMERIN MAN AND I WANT AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE

LOOK FOR A TERNATNAL SPOE. GETTG A GAY FOREIGN HBAND!

Gettg a Gay Foreign Hband! To be a gay man a straight marriage is to be disnnected om self.

THE LONELS OF BEG GAY A STRAIGHT MARRIAGE

Very few gay men seek out and then read articl about lonels unls they’ve e to the realisatn that they’re lonely. ~ Phil* * * * *How do I expla the lonels as a man, a gay man, a hetero relatnship – not even a relatnship, a marriage. Well, I, like any other gay guy knew I was gay om a young age, and like many other gay guys, felt pletely unable to e out and be hont wh myself and those around me.

I didn’t want to have any attentn on me and have someone disver that I was gay. In my md, I felt that I would be ‘outed’, and I always felt that people assumed that I was gay.

The thought of havg someone ‘out’ me was terrifyg… all I uld do was remove any potential of this happeng, so I beme to now when I am 43, and I have been an open and hont gay man for nearly two years.

OLD CTOM, NEW UPL: GAY INDIANS ARE HAVG ARRANGED MARRIAG

Of urse, no one knew (which still surpris me to this day) that I was hidg myself as a gay man, but they knew that I was unhappy. Now I know my logil md that I’m not the first married gay man to e out, and I certaly won’t be the last – but my irratnal md, I felt like I was the only one. As we sat and chatted, my mum ma ments about homosexualy and asked (I’ll never fet the words) “have you been dabblg the gay scene?

This mak me lgh still, but she ntued; “you know, if you are gay, I want you to know that I love you and always will”…This was credible. I was a gay man that jt me out and had no support work my small regnal muny.

A GUI FOR GAY MEN ON BOTH OPEN AND MONOGAMO MARRIAGE

After que a while (and due to me not beg publicly out) I cid to jo the gay app ‘Scff’.

TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

I n hontly say that I didn’t (and don’t) tly know what the gay scene n be like, but I joed this app the hope to make some lol iends.

"WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD SEX LIFE": GAY MEN WH STRAIGHT WIV ARE G OUT -- AS HAPPILY MARRIED

Also, for a small monthly fee, you n jo the growg muny of other gay men who are all prrisg their nnectn acrdg to the three pillars of nnectn. Jo me and Andrew for a ffee and a chat the upg episo of my podst for gay men ‘Connectn over Coffee wh The Lonels Guy’ om Thursday 16 September 2021. Subscribe to my webse through eher a basic subscriptn (ee) or premium subscriptn (monthly charge) and let’s stay nnected as we work to -stigmatise lonels and promote thentic nnectn for gay men.

Sharg my work really helps reach more gay men and helps all to -stigmatise lonels and promote thentic nnectn for gay men may not feel lonely and have jt the right amount of thentic nnectn your life, but sharg this article uld really help a iend or relative who may be quietly stgglg wh the thoughts and feelgs of lonels and disnnectn.

~ Thank you ~Important notice: All views exprsed above are my own and are tend to support, challenge and spire gay men to nsir the issue of lonels and crease awarens of the need for thentic nnectn wh themselv, wh others and their muni as an antidote to chronic lonels.

GAY MARRIAGE

“Matrimonial” ads — personal ads seekg bris and grooms — have been mon Indian newspapers for s, and the Inter age apps and webs have proliferated around the, an Indian-Amerin is brgg the nvenient matchmakg tools to gay men and women around the world — even if India won’t regnize their marriag yet. “The big step for was when the Uned Stat ma gay marriage legal, ” said Joshua Samson, the CEO of Arranged Gay Marriage.

“We knew there is a huge unrground gay and lbian muny India, and we thought why not spread some light out there, help people who feel like they n never be helped?

I AM A GAY INDIAN-AMERIN MAN AND I WANT AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE

”Samson origally meant for the service, which is registered the US, to help gay Indian-Amerins fd Indian spo.