Heterosexual and gay men n heal and grow as a rult of their iendships.
Contents:
- HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
- CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
- HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
- GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
- WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS
- HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS
- HOW TO MAKE IENDS AS A GAY MAN
HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
New rearch explor the benefs of iendship between gay and straight men. * friend with gay *
" If you want to talk about your iend to a parent or guardian, try askg "Would you be okay wh me mentng that you're gay to my parents if me up, or would you prefer that I keep quiet?
CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
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If you then don't have the nvictn that beg gay is natural and good, you may want to rensir the iendship.
HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
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GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
There are lots of reasons why you might want to know if your iend is gay. There are some important thgs that you have to unrstand about this suatn before gog forward, however. Someone's sexualy is highly plex and highly... * friend with gay *
Article SummaryXIt might e as a b of a shock to fd out your bt iend is gay, but by supportg them and givg yourself time to get ed to , your iendship n be jt like was. It probably took a lot of urage for your iend to e out as gay, so tell them that you accept them for who they are to be a good iend. McKellan is a gay man who me out 1988, and although 33 years have passed sce he me out, n still be shockg to the world to see such a close same-sex iendship that cross sexual inti.
Along wh his supervisor, Robb Travers, he lnched a study that surveyed 350 straight men and 275 gay or bisexual men om across North Ameri. Siar to qutns that loom about whether straight men and women n ever tly be platonic iends, the same qutn lgers over the iendships between gay and straight men. A bromosexual iendship is a nonsexual iendship between two men, where typilly one iend is gay (or bisexual), and the other is straight.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
In days past, this may have seemed as unlikely as a iendship between a ln and a moe, given the tradnally high levels of homophobia among straight men. McKie’s rearch reported that straight participants felt that a gay iend ma for the ultimate wgman bee the gay iend uld help to attract prospective partners for the straight iend.
WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS
Other rearch has shown that women prefer iendships wh gay vers straight men, partly bee the threat or loomg qutn of sexual attractn is renred moot. However, straight men bromosexual iendships have perhaps learned how to harns this ease of iendship between straight women and gay men for their own advantage.
HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS
McKie noted that the straight men felt their gay iend was able to make succsful troductns to straight women bee the women tsted their gay male iends to troduce them to a good person. Gay men McKie’s rearch reported that their straight male iends often play the role of ‘matchmaker’ and troduce them to another of their gay iends. The lack of petn for the same prospective partners allows the iendship to flourish a way that may be hred to some gree for gay or straight men iendships wh men who share the same sexual orientatn.
HOW TO MAKE IENDS AS A GAY MAN
For gay men, iendship qualy wh a straight male iend was particularly high when the iendship pre-dated the gay man g out. Straight men also reported havg more emotnally vulnerable nversatns wh their gay iends bee they felt safer to do so, relative to attemptg to discs siar topics wh other straight men.