Is Your Man Gay, Straight, or Bisexual? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY
• IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
• IS YOUR HBAND GAY? 6 SIGNS THAT COULD BE A CSE FOR CONCERN
• QUIZ: IS MY HBAND GAY?
• IS MY HBAND GAY? 10 SIGNS THAT CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT
• IS YOUR BOYIEND ACTUALLY GAY?
• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY
• FDG OUT YOUR SPOE IS GAY
• STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS
• AM I GAY?
• AM I GAY? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY?

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY

If you're a woman, you may have noticed thgs about your boyiend that lead you to believe he's gay or terted men. There are many reasons why someone might act this way, so this by self is not a surefire sign that he’s gay.

IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

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. There are several inti which someone n be terted more than one genr, so don't thk he's "jt gay".

If you stumble upon evince of gay porn on his puter or phone, though, that may be a ltle different.

IS YOUR HBAND GAY? 6 SIGNS THAT COULD BE A CSE FOR CONCERN

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). Notice if he equently hangs out wh his gay iends, or jos them on nights out at LGBTQ+ bars and clubs.

QUIZ: IS MY HBAND GAY?

” Notice if he acts unfortable around gay men, regularly mak homophobic ments or jok, or liberately never talks about anythg remotely gay. If his relativ are highly anti-gay, he may not feel safe or wele to e out to them. He might also be wrtlg wh ternalized homophobia or self-loathg bee of the nflict between his inty and his upbrgg.

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. 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. There are many gay men that exhib none of the tras, as well as many straight men that do.

IS MY HBAND GAY? 10 SIGNS THAT CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT

In his Royal Oaks, Michigan, practice, Joe specializ Gay Affirmative Psychotherapy and IMAGO Relatnship Therapy, often treatg men who are qutng their sexual orientatn. This populatn is the foc of his new and much-need book: Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi? Number one is the high cince of male-female upl enterg my office bee the woman thks her man might be gay.

He’s actually straight, but for whatever reason, he’s been lookg at gay porn or he’s been havg sex wh men. A lot of the time the men e on their own and they’re holdg my book about g out as gay, and they want to know, “Is this me?

IS YOUR BOYIEND ACTUALLY GAY?

And I thk ’s very important to state right here that I’m a gay man, yet here I am sayg that most of the time the men who are beg sexual wh other men aren’t gay. That’s unual, bee most gay men, even most gay therapists, believe that if a guy is havg gay sex, he’s gay. ” I always joke wh clients that for me, as a gay man, when I’m walkg on the beach and checkg people out, the women are the way.

Wh gay clients, they say they feel the same way; wh bisexual clients, they say they’re lookg at both the men and the women; wh straight clients, they say they’re lookg only at the women. When a man is a long-term relatnship wh a woman but beg sexual wh men, eher lookg at porn or havg actual sex, he eher will or won’t be homophobic.

The straight men have no homophobia at all—to the pot where they’re willg to seek unselg om me, an openly gay therapist. A lot of tim the gay men never even make to me (whout promptg om their wife, anyway) bee they’re riddled wh homophobia and I’m too gay for them. So if a client is stgglg wh his sexual orientatn and he’s got a lot of homophobia, he’s probably gay.

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY

A gay guy wants to do all of that wh a man, a bisexual guy might want a man or a woman, and the straight guy wants to only be wh a woman that way. He’s been lookg at gay porn or he’s been hookg up wh guys he meets through Craigslist.

Even if he’s nfed and don’t want to e out as gay, this is who he is and over time that will e out. So this is a way of bondg wh men—ironilly, through sex—and happens not bee the man is gay but bee he don’t know any other way to get this need met. Then I tell them that a lot of gay men don’t do anal at all, eher givg or receivg.

The reason is that the guy really is gay and he wants to exprs that sexually and romantilly.

FDG OUT YOUR SPOE IS GAY

Eher they’re worried that their man will eventually ci he’s gay and end the relatnship, or they want monogamy, and his cheatg is a threat to the marriage regardls of who he’s dog wh. And I should pot out here that the men when they’re engagg this behavr (regardls of whether they’re gay, straight or bi) nearly always tell themselv that what they’re dog is not cheatg bee they’re dog wh a guy. If you have had any notn at all that this is a possibily, might help you to know the 6 signs that may suggt that your hband is gay.

Issu ncerng sexual sire alone are not a sure-fire sign your hband is gay, but women who report that their hbands turned out to be gay often say this was somethg they noticed first. But remember, there n be many reasons why sex a marriage is ls than satisfyg, other than the fact that your hband may be gay. His browsg history may give you a clear picture and n be one of the many signs your hband is gay.

STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

Pop-ups of gay pornography have appeared on the puter he , even though he claims he has nothg to do wh . His social media ntacts are unual and full of people, or new iends that you don’t know how he knows them and many of which are gay.

It’s highly unlikely that, if your partner is straight, he would want to put his picture and rmatn on a gay datg se.

There will also be signs your hband is gay such as his behavral patterns, pecially ncerng other gay men.

AM I GAY?

He viss gay bars equently even though he will claim that he’s jt there to socialize wh his gay iends. He might even appear to be homophobic and make a lot of ments about gay people a rogatory manner.

In most s, if your hband has been hidg gay tennci om you, ’s probably bee he is the closet and don’t know how to e out to you or anybody else his life. And, if you do fd out signs your hband is gay, then the first thg that you’ll need to do is to s down and talk to him.

It is entirely possible that he might ny that he’s gay om the offset, whout givg you any satisfactory answers to your qutns.

AM I GAY? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY?

If you n live a marriage where you are sure that your hband might be gay, some personal unselg might help you work through this so that you n fd the right way forward for you. If your hband do adm that he is gay, ’s important to remember that he didn’t choose this life to hurt you.

So, next time if you have siar doubts md, jt study your partner, check out his browsg histori and fd rmatn about his iends and you will e across signs your hband is gay. Sometim a woman may have been a heterosexual relatnship for years and yet feel somethg is somehow "off;" and she may fd herself askg, "Is my hband gay?" Many women fd this qutn unthkable but acrdg to Bonnie Kaye, M.ED., an expert women married to gay men, is timated that 4 ln women have been, or are, married to gay men.

If a hband is gay, n vastate not only the relatnship but the straight wife as well.