Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?"
Contents:
- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
- HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
- "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
- THAT'S SO GAY
- KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
- 9 SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR IF YOU THK YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY
- CAROLYN HAX: FRIEND WHO TELLS HOMOPHOBIC JOK HAS A SON WHO MIGHT BE GAY
- HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.
- IS HE GAY?
- WHY ARE THERE GAY MEN?
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
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... * he is so gay *
The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters. In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet. Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory.
In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends. Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck.
As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on. Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
Someone's sexualy is personal, so 's important to rpect their privacy. However, you might want to know if a person is gay bee you're terted datg them or want to support them as a iend. Beg open wh them n be... * he is so gay *
While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg! If you believe your boyiend lov and r for you but he "seems to be gay," keep md that he uld be bisexual, pansexual, or terted men. If he’s gay, he might thrive on other men’s attentn, equently touch or hug them, or exchange flirty ments wh them (pecially about their physil appearance).[6].
They thk, “If I act like I don’t like gay men, no one will thk I am one.” Notice if he acts unfortable around gay men, regularly mak homophobic ments or jok, or liberately never talks about anythg remotely gay.[10]. An enunter his teen or llege years is more likely to mean he’s gay or queer than an experience later life, which uld have more plex explanatns.[16].
HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
Kev Spacey said he was 'prsured' to e out as gay after beg acced of sexual misnduct. * he is so gay *
Don’t rely on gay stereotyp like an effemate voice or walk, flashy or tight clothg, his TV and mic preferenc, or beg a neat eak to terme your boyiend’s sexualy. Kennedy has claimed that fluoridated water is “dggg” children, HIV do not e Aids and chemils the water are makg people gay or transgenr as well as phg nonsensil nspiracy theori about wifi and 5G cellular the son of former attorney general Robert Kennedy, and nephew of former print John F Kennedy, Kennedy has ed anguish to one of Ameri’s most storied polil dynasti wh his toxic 2019 three relativ wrote an opn lumn for the Poli webse nmng his anti-vacce advocy, which they held partially rponsible for a measl Congrsnal Integry Project ntends that Kennedy is a “Republin stooge” who is beg embraced by the far right an attempt to damage Bin. For example, his fay may be vlently homophobic and by cidg that he's gay, you may out him by accint by treatg him different or implyg somethg whout meang to.
"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
Fdg out Oliver is gay was big — and no big al. And he ma me face my own straight privilege. * he is so gay *
If you're tryg to figure out if your iend is gay bee you want to date him (as a woman), 's important to remember that jt bee he might be terted men don't mean he's not terted women.
Although some people the gay culture may put on a certa voice or a way of speakg, your iend talkg a siar or "effemate" way is still not a very good way to judge. Everyone n enjoy different thgs; jt like a woman might enjoy watchg football, guys n also enjoy thgs that are more monly associated wh women or the gay muny. The movi he watch and the mic he listens to are also not fair methods to gge if he is straight or gayer than Elton John and Gee Takei put together.
THAT'S SO GAY
Have you noticed somethg unexpected wh your boyiend that seems gay? Read on to know 'how to tell if your boyiend is gay?' and what n be done. * he is so gay *
Sometim you might assume that jt bee a guy only hangs out wh girls or jt bee his bt iend also seems gay, then he might also be gay. Subtly brg up subjects that show him that you're okay wh your iends beg gay and that he don't need to hi his nature around you. Say somethg like, "You know you're stuck wh me as a iend no matter what, but I jt have to ask bee I don't want to make assumptns and e to the wrong nclns: are you gay?
Article SummaryXTo tell if your guy iend is gay, notice whether he refers to other guys as attractive, which uld be a sign that he’s gay.
KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
He wonrs if he should speak up to his iend and bs partner about the homophobic jok he mak ont of his son, who might be gay. * he is so gay *
If you ask them about , as some rearchers have, they often will sist that is not tend as homophobic language, jt a harmls phrase to exprs tratn or somethg siar. ” Later when the parents learned their children were gay, they apologized to them for sayg the thgs, but the damage was already done. Hearg kids sayg, “that’s so gay” every day mak the people and everythg else around them qutnable: Are thgs safe or dangero?
9 SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR IF YOU THK YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY
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But parents who are enough aware of language’s substrata n help by helpg their kids’ schools unrstand the value of practicg the same kd of zero tolerance for homophobic language that they do for racist or anti-Semic or bullyg language.
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CAROLYN HAX: FRIEND WHO TELLS HOMOPHOBIC JOK HAS A SON WHO MIGHT BE GAY
New rearch shows the gen that make men gay appear to make their mothers and nts more reproductively succsful. * he is so gay *
Durg season 8 of Amerin Idol 2009, the "Whataya Want om Me" performer was outed and faced homophobic ments om viewers across the untry. Kev Spacey is on trial at Southwark Crown Court (Picture: PA)Kev Spacey said he was ‘prsured’ to e out as gay after beg acced of sexual misnduct. He told jurors he had been ‘prsured’ to e out as gay (Picture: EPA)At the time of the allegatns, Spacey had issued a statement g out as gaywhich he said ‘upset’ the LGBTQ+ muny.
He claimed he had wanted to e out as gay for around two years at that stage and thought that ‘ the face of this terrible accatn maybe I n do somethg at least posive.
HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.
He says he’s bisexual, but I’m worried he’s actually gay. * he is so gay *
He has nied the allegatns agast him (Picture: EPA)The gay muny had ‘been prsurg me for a very long time about g out, ’ he add.
But even if we didn’t, there would be no pot tryg to keep Oliver and I speak a lot about g out and what means for him to be gay, thanks large part to everyone who has e out before him. I reassured myself that even if he did wre a qutn about beg gay, he was already out to all of his iends, and only 20 children a middle school of hundreds would get a chance to actually ask their qutn.
The odds he would be picked seemed, but not that’s how Oliver, age 13, stood up ont of his whole middle school and said, “I’m gay. I also hear about gay slurs and jok on his school grounds and elsewhere (“that’s so gay” as a put-down is a mon one), primarily om boys and ually when they are groups of two or more. There are the sophomoric jok about gay sex by edians (Jimmy Kimmel, who recently lled Sean Hanny “a bottom” on Twter, and Chelsea Handler, who said the same of Jeff Ssns; Mr.
IS HE GAY?
Children, but they also face social excln, stigmatizatn and bullyg, bee early adolcence is also a time of greater prejudice and homophobic behavr. What happens at this velopmental time is more likely to have a lastg effect, and not jt for the gay kids, but also for their bulli. Middle school adolcents who engage homophobic name-llg, some rearch dit, are more likely to engage sexual harassment high school.
While Oliver and his peers work to make their school a more welg place for gay youth, some Tmp admistratn polici, like the ban on transgenr dividuals the ary, have nfirmed fears that Oliver shared wh Ms. But there might be some probable and apparent signs that n make you you’ve got vib om your boyiend that has ma you doubt his sexualy, there uld be a slight possibily that he uld be a closeted gay (i.
E., he has not disclosed his sexual orientatn or genr inty), or he’s still not aware of his post entails some signs that uld be helpful for you to figure out and advis on what to do To Watch Out For If You Thk Your Boyiend Is GayWhat Should You Do If You Spect Your Boyiend Is Gay? Frequently Asked QutnsInfographic: Signs Your Boyiend May Be Gay And How To Deal Wh ItKey PotersIt uld be possible that your boyiend has a different sexual orientatn or has veloped over time. His iends are gay Image: IStockAs the quote go, “Show me who your iends are, and I’ll tell you who you are, ” people around give a lot of imprsns about our likg, personaly, and character.
WHY ARE THERE GAY MEN?
While straight men ually have guy iends as some feel unfortable around gay people, if your man has lots of LGBTQ+ and gay iends, this uld be a sign to watch out. He seems emotnally and physilly tached om youThis is one of the most important and noticeable signs that uld suggt your boyiend is gay.
But is also possible that he shows affectn to men if his doubts about your relatnship are upled wh other signs of beg gay. So, if he tells you about his tert watchg gay pornography and bisexual porn, or you tch him watchg one, you n gus the reason. He be unfortable around gay topicsIf your boyiend be homophobic around gay men or gets unfortable if there is a nversatn about gay men and bisexual relatnships, uld be bee of his reprsed feelgs.
He is bisexualThere uld be tim when you thk his feelgs for you, whether romantilly, physilly, or emotnally, are perfect, but other tim, his behavr is spic and seems gay. So, he uld be love wh you and have an attractn for you, but at the same time, he wants to or might be a relatnship wh a Should You Do If You Spect Your Boyiend Is Gay?
IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
Make a choice whether you want to be this relatnship or not bee gay or bisexual dividuals often want to ntue to be a normal relatnship wh the oppose sex due to societal or fay prsure.
If you ever feel that your boyiend’s actns appear to be gay but don’t know ‘how to tell if your boyiend is gay, ’ all of the above factors uld help. Infographic: Signs Your Boyiend May Be Gay And How To Deal Wh It“Comg out” is a tough cisn for most people due to societal prsure and judgments.