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Contents:
- HOW TO TELL A FRIEND YOU'RE GAY AND YOU LOVE THEM
- HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIEND YOU ARE GAY OR LBIAN AND LIKE THEM WHOUT THEM FREAKG OUT
- HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
- HOW DO I HELP MY GAY FRIEND?
- 9 WAYS TO REACH OUT TO A GAY-INTIFIED FRIEND
- HOW N I SUPPORT MY IEND WHO IS GAY?
- HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
- HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
HOW TO TELL A FRIEND YOU'RE GAY AND YOU LOVE THEM
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Perhaps you have realized you are gay and that you have fallen love wh your iend.
Before you share the romantic feelgs you have toward your iend, you want your iend to know that you are gay. It is bt to jt e right out and say : “Matt, I’m gay” or “Hey, I jt wanted to let you know that I’m gay.
If you haven’t already, is a good ia to tell others that you are gay, too, bis jt your iend. How do you know if you’re gay?
HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIEND YOU ARE GAY OR LBIAN AND LIKE THEM WHOUT THEM FREAKG OUT
* how to tell your gay friend you support them *
You uld ask, “What would you do if you were gay and had a csh on your iend? After you tell your iend you’re gay, pay close attentn to their behavr when they’re around you for a while. Conversely, if you fd them movg away om you or not makg eye ntact, they still may be adjtg to you tellg them you’re gay.
For example, “I have wanted to tell you for a long time, even before you knew I was gay, but I waed bee I didn’t want to drop all the bombshells on you at once. How do you tell someone you are gay? The Way Out: The Gay Man’s Gui to Freedom Chris Nutter.
HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
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Crisis: 40 Stori Revealg the Personal, Social, and Relig Pa and Trma of Growg Up Gay Ameri Mchell Gold and Mdy Dcker Greenleaf Book Group, LLC, 2008. The Velvet Rage: Overg the Pa of Growg Up Gay a Straight Man’s World Alan Downs Da Capo Prs, 2006. Article SummaryXTellg a iend that you’re gay and you love them is somethg that you’ll want to do stag so you don’t overwhelm your iend.
Lexie Danvers* realized she was gay late life. It was only then that I nsired the possibily that perhaps I was gay. Shortly after g out, a gay iend acpanied me to an LGBTQ+ party.
I was 24 then and only realized I might be gay at 30. I told her, I didn’t know I was gay back then, but she only untered wh, “hmmm, alam mo na yun.
HOW DO I HELP MY GAY FRIEND?
“You don’t look gay” and “Hdi halata” are not pliments. That’s jt a “straight speak” way of sayg “You don’t look butch” or “You’re not flamboyant gay. ” In the same ve, ’s also not nice to say “You’re too pretty to be gay” or worse, “Sayang ka.
I remember a gay iend shared wh me that he me out as gay to his iend. His iend rrected him “Pare, you’re bisexual, not gay. ” My iend replied, “No, I am gay, bee while I loved all of my ex girliends, I’m no longer attracted to women.
9 WAYS TO REACH OUT TO A GAY-INTIFIED FRIEND
If another person asks you “Do you thk Lexie is gay? When you tell a iend you're gay, don't mean they have to be upset or spise you. What if I thk my iend is agast gay/lbian/bi people?
Before you tell her, s down and ask him how she feels about homosexualy. So how do you make gay iends? In some of my most sperate hours for gay bondg, I’ve attend LGBTQ+-themed therapy groups my area.
HOW N I SUPPORT MY IEND WHO IS GAY?
Outsi of LGBTQ+-specific meetups, a great way to fd LGBT iendships is actually by attendg meetups that gay people typilly like. LGBTQIA: Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, tersex and asexual or allied.
You n also celebrate pri by givg your LGBTQIA buddi some amazg gay pri swag that celebrat clivens and acceptance. Be Inclive—Speakg of clivens, remember to do your bt to clu your genrqueer, trans, gay and bi alli jt like you do your straight on.
HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
Don’t keep them away om certa iends or fay members or have segregated straight and gay groups of iends.
Go to the Gay/Lbian/Trans Bar—Don’t roll your ey when your iend or fay member wants to go to the gay bar. Stand Up Agast Discrimatn—Gog to pri, sportg the rabow flag, htg up the gay bar—the acts of support are easy. Ban obvly homophobic, biphobic and transphobic words om your vobulary—no homo, tranny, that’s so gay, and so on.
HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
Don’t Suggt That ‘The Fight Is Over’—Many people falsely assume that the fight for equaly end when DOMA was stck down, when the first gay prime mister was elected or when some other big advancement was ma. The most important thg you n do as an ally of any person who belongs to a vulnerable group—whether an immigrant, a gay person, a person of lor or someone wh a disabily—is to let them gui you. “How do I help my gay iend?
Today almost everyone knows of someone who intifi as gay or als wh a measure of same genr attractns.
So how do one help a gay-intified iend or SGA iend? We mt speak the gospel to our gay-intified iend wh tth and grace so that she, like all of , might know she is a sner sperate need of a Savr. Invariably the procs of walkg wh a gay-intified iend, he will ask for the Christian’s views on homosexualy.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
A recent Barna poll showed that 91% of those who intified as non-Christian viewed Christians as anti-gay. So the majory of the time, a lost gay person will have strong assumptns about a Christian’s attu toward him.
The bt thg a Christian n do for his gay iend is to speak and monstrate tth and love to him. It do our gay iends no favor to teach a false gospel, that God’s word is not te or is unclear about his s, as we would likely never do this to our lost iends who are mired the ss of alholism, heterosexual promiscuy, self-righteons, adultery, thievery, or godls relign. Is taboo Ameri today to e to agreement wh the Word of God that homosexual practice is sful?
We mt seek our opportuni to speak as the Holy Spir brgs them to , simultaneoly seekg to honor, rpect, love, enurage, and show kdns to our gay iend. After signifint healg through J, the next helpful element to a person’s journey fdg eedom om homosexualy is havg healthy same-sex peers and mentors.