The issu that once kept straight men and gay men apart are dissolvg, real life and popular culture.
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CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
Could gay guys be the ultimate wg men for their straight, male iends? * straight friends experiment gay *
For a long time, iendships between gay men and straight men – what some now ll “bromosexual” iendships – were unmon.
GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
New rearch explor the benefs of iendship between gay and straight men. * straight friends experiment gay *
Homophobia was likely one reason; another was that straight men probably assumed they didn’t have much mon wh gay men.
Specifilly, we’re terted lookg at the reasons gay men and straight men bee iends (or rema iends after the gay iend out).
We currently have a survey vtigatn unrway that explor some of the posive out of “bromosexual” iendships, cludg our theory that gay men and straight men n be optimal wg men for one another. Many straight men hated to beiend gay men, fearg harassment, rejectn om their straight iends or beg lled gay.
Heterosexual and gay men n heal and grow as a rult of their iendships. * straight friends experiment gay *
Gay men – particularly those nservative and ral environments – rema wary about tryg to beiend straight men, fearg prejudice-fueled rejectn.
So, me and my iend have been good iends sce high school but have known each other sce the 3rd gra. We are both 20 now. Btw I'm bi cur, not gay. * straight friends experiment gay *
At the same time, many straight men still doubt that they’ll be able to relate to gay men any meangful way and, for this reason, may not try to iate a iendship.