Heterosexual and gay men n heal and grow as a rult of their iendships.
Contents:
- HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
- MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND
- GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
- HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
You may already know that your iend is gay, however, 's important to let them actually say to you. " 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? How do you know if you’re gay?
Remember, beg gay don't change your iend's personaly. Do beg gay nflict wh your relig beliefs? If you then don't have the nvictn that beg gay is natural and good, you may want to rensir the iendship.
MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND
Maybe you're over the moon and you'll not only march gay pri paras, but you want to anise some right now! Acceptance n make a huge different the liv of LGBTQIA (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual) people. Your gay iend will need all the support he or she n get.
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.
You should also avoid tellg anyone else that your iend is gay, sce should be their cisn who knows. Have you ever heard the words g om a ar, heterosexual-by-flt iend: “You nnot tell a livg soul, but I am gay. Well, scramble no more bee this proud gay man has you vered.
GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
Assumg that you haven’t been dwellg unr a homophobic rock for the past 20 years, you’ll know thatgay, bisexual, transgenr and other non- heterosexual people are beg creasgly fortable about owng their inti and “g out” legimacy of sexual orientatns (note: not “preferenc”) is a sealed chapter. 1 “When did you ‘ci’ to be gay? Therefore, a person don’t jt ci to be is important that you not e the word “ci”, as impli that you are accg your iend of optg to be gay, makg them feel like they are at flt for the societal opprsn they enunter.
”Self-acceptance n be pecially hard for LGBTQ+ teens, but there is support out there2 “But my relign is agast gays – people like you. ”Pop star Calum Stt talked to about beg an advote for LGBTQ youth, and how he unwds4 “How do you know you’re gay if you’ve never kissed a (member of the oppose genr)? Homosexual people are attracted to the same genr.
HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
It's no secret that growg up gay n be a lonely experience. At tim, many gay men feel as though they're the only on experiencg certa thoughts and feelgs, on that society still often ems abnormal. So when a gay man first bonds wh someone else who intifi as gay or queer, 's evably a total lightng bolt moment.
I'm no longer close wh my first gay iend, Jam, bee we're very different people now. But I still remember clumsily g out to him after a Le Tigre ncert and him sayg, "I thk I'm gay, too. " He was hot—I thk everyone thought so—but I didn't thk he was gay.