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Contents:
- GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
- HOW TO KNOW IF A GAY FRIEND LIK YOU (FOR MEN)
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
- HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
- IS MY FRIEND GAY? QUIZ
GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
Heterosexual and gay men n heal and grow as a rult of their iendships. * you are my straight gay friend *
This all got me thkg about my own iendships and those of my gay male clients. The bonds between gay men and straight women have been wrten about and featured popular media (i.
Sex the Cy, Will and Grace), though a lot ls has been said about how gay and straight men regnize and negotiate the distct challeng, plitns, and rewards of their iendships. Acrdg to Garfield, among the many obstacl to male-male platonic timacy, fear of homosexualy looms large.
HOW TO KNOW IF A GAY FRIEND LIK YOU (FOR MEN)
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... * you are my straight gay friend *
Straight men et that if they get too close, others will see them as gay; which their mds means feme (horrors!
S., before there was such a thg as a gay inty, some straight men would, wh ltle shame, engage sexual ntact wh other men (ually allowg themselv to be fellated) when female partners were otherwise unavailable (see Gee Chncey’s semal book, Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of the Gay Male World 1890-1940) and there is good reason to believe this still occurs other untri and cultur.
The mid 20th century this behavr beme associated wh gay inty, new at the time and seen as crimal and then sick. As a rult of this behavr-inty lk, sexual ngrs between gay and straight men creased nsirably, or at least went unrground.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
Gay men have suffered physil, social, and psychologil abe at the hands of heterosexually intified mal who, thanks to homophobia and heterosexism, felt fully jtified flictg the terrors. So 's no wonr hetero men would fear homosexualy and gay men particular. This legacy of vlence, both physil and psychologil, flicted by straight men toward those of who are gay naturally fuels our utn and distst at the thought of beiendg them.
In his book, Garfield scrib the stiff hugs he would receive om a gay iend. As turns out, the gay iend worried that if he hugged too closely his iend would thk he was g on to him. Few thgs n be a more soothg balm for gay guys than a close iendship wh a heterosexual man.
For the straight guy, iendship wh a gay man offers the opportuny to learn important lsons about masculy, male inty, sexual orientatn, and diversy. As the quote go: You n never have too many iends—and iendships between gay and straight guys n be healg and uniquely satisfyg for all volved.
HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
So you're the same crappy boat as all people (gay, straight, or bi) who love someone that don't love them back.
I always thought that was my flt that I was gay and that I was gog to my iendship wh her nstantly.
IS MY FRIEND GAY? QUIZ
Durg that time I jt felt like everythg was wrong wh me, if only I was a boy or if only she was gay or if only I didn't love her etc.. And if you keep the feelgs to yourself out of shame — maybe you're not out yet or you hate feelg like a gay trope — 's even harr. • I don’t have any reason to spect that he is gay or even bi.
• Could a straight guy get dnk enough to fool around wh another guy jt bee “felt good”, or is more likely that he has some gay/bi/cur feelgs that perhaps he’s been reprsg? Even acuntg for the fact that he might remember some of what happened, don't mean he's bisexual, secretly gay, or that you're his magil "exceptn. First, he has to e out to you as eher gay or bisexual.