I am gay and I'm love wh a straight, what n I do? (LGBTQ+ Issu) | 7 Cups

Contents:

• ‘I FELL LOVE WH A GAY MAN AND NEARLY BROKE ME’
• ‘HE BROKE MY HEART TO A BILLN PIEC’: WHEN A STRAIGHT WOMAN FALLS LOVE WH A GAY MAN
• I AM GAY AND I'M LOVE WH A STRAIGHT, WHAT N I DO?
• IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BUT I’VE FALLY FALLEN LOVE WH BEG GAY
• I’M THE GIRL WHO FELL IN LOVE WH A GAY GUY
• I WAS SURE I WAS GAY – UNTIL I FELL LOVE WH MY BT FEMALE IEND
• IN LOVE WH MY BT IEND, BUT HE'S GAY
• HOW TO TELL A FRIEND YOU'RE GAY AND YOU LOVE THEM
• WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF AFTER YEARS OF FALLG FOR GAY MEN
• I FELL LOVE WH MY GAY BT IEND.
• I INTIFIED AS A GAY MAN, THEN I FELL IN LOVE WH MY FEMALE HOEMATE IN LOCKDOWN

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

I uldn’t say was bee he was gay, ” said the 46-year-old. Davidson, om Sydney, Atralia, says she’s not the first straight woman to fall for a gay man. People ask, uldn’t we tell we were fallg love 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.

The days, straight women and gay men who get along would probably jt be lled iends, but “handbags” were often vol and visual supporters of the LGBTQ muny when discrimatn — legal and otherwise — was still rampant. “So many women have acted as protectors, cheerlears, and supporters of their gay iends, but always the background, ” Davidson says. “Straight alli, and particularly women, are a val part of the fight for gay rights.

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

” 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), ” 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.

I AM GAY AND I'M LOVE WH A STRAIGHT, WHAT N I DO?

“The wonrful thg about gay men is they talk to me like I’m a person bee they don’t want to get your pants.

“Wh a uple of months he was htg the gay bars.

IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BUT I’VE FALLY FALLEN LOVE WH BEG GAY

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 Davidson, om Sydney, says she’s not the first straight woman to fall for a gay bloke. 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.

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. “So many women have acted as protectors, cheerlears and supporters of their gay iends, but always the background, ” Ms Davidson says. 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’M THE GIRL WHO FELL IN LOVE WH A GAY GUY

“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.

”Most of the time a gay bt iend might be obliv if his female iend has fallen for him. “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.

”Ms Davidson says straight men uld learn a thg or two om their gay brothers. So you're the same crappy boat as all people (gay, straight, or bi) who love someone that don't love them back. I always thought that was my flt that I was gay and that I was gog to my iendship wh her nstantly.

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

Durg that time I jt felt like everythg was wrong wh me, if only I was a boy or if only she was gay or if only I didn't love her etc.. ”, and another girl answered “a gay uple”, and he jt giggled and kept eatg om the bowl.

IN LOVE WH MY BT IEND, BUT HE'S GAY

After an hour of so my iend and the mean girl started to kiss and went to a room to get laid but at the end they did NOTHING (beg my iend a virg, same as I) the other hand, class, we ere sharg a puter and dog the thgs we ually do (tease each other, lghg) and someone said we looked gay. Some days ago we were together the school break (as always) and he admted that he doubted beg straight or gay as a kid, and he said he accintally watched a bizarre ***** movie wh a rather gay endg his father was hidg. I am gay and I'm love wh a straight, what n I do?

If you are gay and you are love wh a straight person, there is nothg you n really do.

The club of gay people who have been love wh a straight. But do really make a difference if they are straight or gay, if at the end of the day they are someone who is not attracted to you? Those lov are like fallg love wh a teacher, or a straight fallg love wh a gay, or fallg love wh a married person, or fallg love wh a sger or an actor.

HOW TO TELL A FRIEND YOU'RE GAY AND YOU LOVE THEM

But you need to know that if the person dont want to do somethg wh you, you need to pass no matter have to rpect that the person you like is straight jt like how he rpect and accept you beg Gay.

I don’t thk I uld hack , and they have my utmost ’s not jt the romantic si of thgs, though – over the years, beg gay has shifted my entire worldview. And I’m not sayg that all straight people lack the imagatn to challenge the thgs too, but beg gay really helps. Ultimately, what I realised as I lay bed is that I’ve fallen love wh beg gay.

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF AFTER YEARS OF FALLG FOR GAY MEN

But I’ve always found that the tast you have to acquire are the on you bee the most obssed wh, and protective I was 21, 13 years ago, I hated beg gay. Mentally, I was no place to wre about beg gay.

She told me that, for her, beg gay was still a stggle. But to hate ourselv, rather than those who hate for no good reason, is a senr asked me how I’d managed to make beg gay work for me, and – my reply – I told her was the people.

I ma a tonne of new, queer iends, and to every sgle one of them, I owe my happs as a gay woman. To every woman I dated (even the on who dumped me), to every genr benr I danced badly wh, and to every geo butch elr who nsoled me a toilet que when I was sad about a woman who dumped me, I thank you om the bottom of my gay ltle heart.

I FELL LOVE WH MY GAY BT IEND.

You feel really stupid “what kd of girl am I to fall love wh a guy I should have known was gay?

Girls, never feel stupid for fallg for a gay guy, happens way more than you n image! And guys, if you’re gay and feel like a girl starts fallg for you, tell her as soon as possible and keep her close, she will be an amazg iend to you!

But to actually be lockg ey wh Ellen and hold her, shakg hands as she said, "I'm gay, " on natnal televisn and for the first time, as she has shared outloud that way publicly, was such a profoundly extraordary and timate gift to that moment that I will forever be grateful for. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

I INTIFIED AS A GAY MAN, THEN I FELL IN LOVE WH MY FEMALE HOEMATE IN LOCKDOWN

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Perhaps you have realized you are gay and that you have fallen love wh your iend.