How to Pick Up Gay Men: Buildg Confince & Makg a Move

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• HOW TO BE A ROCKSTAR ROLE MOL GAY MAN AT WORK
• WHAT IT’S LIKE BEG THE ONLY GAY MAN THE OFFICE
• STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
• HOW TO LOOK GREAT AS A GAY MAN

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

(CNN) — Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. ) And Kate McKnon, playg a so-lled Weird Barbie who experienced an extreme haircut and makeover at the hands of an experimental child, never actually answers the qutn anybody would have upon seeg her gay-ass haircut and knowg the actor’s sexualy. Yet even if no one says , Weird Barbie is clearly Gay Barbie.

HOW TO BE A ROCKSTAR ROLE MOL GAY MAN AT WORK

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WHAT IT’S LIKE BEG THE ONLY GAY MAN THE OFFICE

Learship ach Gabe Deremiens is helpg gay men overe fear at work. Many gay men the workplace feel ashamed or awkward of their sexual orientatn and believe, sometim whout mer, that their lleagu will treat them differently bee of . Gabe Deremiens, a Toronto based IT Project Manager and gay man himself, om his own experience, regnized the issu gay men have the workplace and now ach them to improve their learship skills and build their nfince the workplace to overe the fears many harbor.

“The profsnal gay muny is a very unr-served, misunrstood dience who have a unique and specific set of challeng. Discrimatn, homophobia, and self-hatred n lead to a higher risk of suici and/or addictn. And even whout any negativy beg prent, suici and addictn n often rult merely due to their own fear of how others may perceive them if they fd out they are gay, and the need to feel acceptance the workplace; somethg most of take for granted, ” shar Gabe.

46% of LGBTQ workers say they are closeted at work, pared to 50% HRCF’s ground-breakg 2008 Degre of Equaly report31% of LGBTQ workers say they have felt unhappy or prsed at work34% of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people choose not to disclose their sexualy at workMany work hard to eva qutns about fay life for fear that revealg their sexualy will make work relatns difficult. Gabe is keen to help gay profsnals avoid this fear and overe the barriers to beg a gay lear and thrivg, to ensure they bee strong lears and avoid mental and physil health issu that stem om the fears. We recently had a chat wh Gabe to discs his work and why is important for him to help gay men overe fear the workplace.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS

Kyle Jackson: What were some of the biggt challeng you faced as a profsnal gay man at work? Gabe Deremiens: The biggt challeng that I’ve faced as a profsnal gay man at work fall to one of three tegori – discrimatn, fear, and/or harassment. Th, I was lled gay and anti-social, leadg to an early release om a well-payg ntract job.

GD: Here’s an example of discrimatn I faced at work where I was the only gay guy (that I was aware of at the time) workg a huge IT anizatn and the number of gay, bisexual, lbian so-lled “jok” seemed endls. The sourc of this fear at work ranged om isolatn or beg ostracized (sometim I’d be centered out as the partment’s gay guy), to fear of not beg accepted (beg different than everyone else), beg bullied, beg lled nam to a fear of not beg promoted or even hired the first place.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?

As someone who was beaten up jt for beg gay albe outsi work, I was sred this might happen at work too. KJ: Do you thk that many gay men who are harborg the fears discrimatn, alienatn and aquacy may not even be aware that this is happeng? For example, if we are beg physilly attacked jt for beg gay, we are so sred that moment that likely all we’re thkg about are ways to pe.

For s of discrimatn, such as appropriate jok based on sexual orientatn, however, gay men experiencg this may be aware this is happeng, but the associated feelgs of alienatn, aquacy, those feelgs will likely surface after-the-fact as well. KJ: What do you thk pani and profsnal anizatns n do to better support gay men and other LGBTQ people the workplace?

” In my opn, there is much more work that needs to be done by pani and profsnal anizatns to better support gay men and other LGBTQ people the workplace. Are gay men allowed to bee rockstar role mols your workplace? GD: The ma foc of my learship achg is to help profsnal gay men bee better lears.

HOW TO LOOK GREAT AS A GAY MAN

GD: I have a book planned to lnch March of 2023 tentatively tled How to be a Rockstar Role Mol: A Learship Mol for Profsnal Gay Men. Also, if you’re a profsnal gay man who wants to improve his learship skills, please feel ee to jo our Facebook group lled “The 10% Circle.