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DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN

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So are gay dog lovers somehow different om straight on? A Gay Man’s Gui to Dogs (Bow Tie Prs). “Dogs wele any chance to be outdoors wh a group of half-drsed homosexuals, whether ’s for a gay pri para, a Lady Gaga ncert, or a Log Cab nventn the Ozarks, ” says the charmg thor, who unts Joan Rivers and Carson Krsley among his book’s many fans.

As turns out, there are a few key factors makg dogs grateful for Gay Pri Month, DePris explas.

“Here are three reasons a dog prefers to be ‘owned’ by [gay people] stead of hets: 1) The gay ‘fay’ dog ually don’t have to play send oboe to two-legged children. Gay men are sentially jt as greedy, though we will share our toys wh men if they buy a meal first. 3) Dogs love to be the spoiled ‘kids’ of a gay uple — two and all the bbl and nylon bon that money n buy.

DOGS LOVE GAYS AND YOU SHOULD TOO

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” What’s the, ahem, biggt difference between gay dog lovers and straight on? “There are wonrful gay and straight dog owners out there, and there are horrible gay and straight dog owners out there, too.

FIFI OR FIDO? NEW YORK’S GAY MEN DEFY WORN-OUT CANE STEREOTYP

When a sensible, rponsible gay man — if such a creature exists — ms to a dog, the dog be his fay, his kid, and a tly important part of his world.

WHAT IS WH GAY MEN AND SMALL DOGS?

” When breers, rcuers, or shelter-dog adoptn unselors see a potential dog owner/adopter who is gay, they tend to jump for joy, figurg that dog will enjoy a great, pampered life. “Y, gay men tend to spoil their dogs, treatg them like te fay and givg them high prry.

For lots of gay men, dogs exist as substut for lovers, children, close fay, and maybe even good iends. Secretly, most gay men want to be like dogs, even when they’re standg. ” Acceptance, tolerance, unndnal love … the are thgs dogs give everybody, but gay people haven’t always been the beneficiari of such gifts om their fellow humans.

Are gays pecially appreciative of that ne love — more, perhaps, than someone who’s never experienced tolerance or prejudice? “Gay men have a lot to learn om dog love, ” DePris says.

NO, WHEN MALE DOGS MOUNT OTHER MAL, IT DON'T MEAN THEY'RE GAY

” But serly, he adds, “Many gay men feel a disnnect wh their own fai. Dogs live to nnect, and the unndnal love a dog offers when he rais a paw or bs his nose his new owner’s crotch may be the first te moment of ‘fay’ a gay man experienc.

Might gay people be more likely to overlook “what everybody else thks” by boldly selectg a maligned breed as a ne pann?

“Who’s more keenly aware of stupidy this world than gay people? If dogs let some gay people experience fay at s nonjudgmental bt for the first time, do dogs livg wh gay folks feel the difference, not beg objectified as “pets”?

CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…

Unlike gay men, dogs are fairly discrimate about the tails of their liftyle. Is a gay man quicker to give his whole heart to a dog? “I don’t see gayns havg much to do wh how open you are to givg of your heart or yourself, ” the thor says.

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