I owe my happs to the queer iends I ma. And to my younger self who hated beg gay: all is fiven, says i newspaper lumnist Eleanor Margolis
Contents:
- ‘HE BROKE MY HEART TO A BILLN PIEC’: WHEN A STRAIGHT WOMAN FALLS LOVE WH A GAY MAN
- ‘I FELL LOVE WH A GAY MAN AND NEARLY BROKE ME’
- I WAS SURE I WAS GAY – UNTIL I FELL LOVE WH MY BT FEMALE IEND
- I’M THE GIRL WHO FELL IN LOVE WH A GAY GUY
- IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BUT I’VE FALLY FALLEN LOVE WH BEG GAY
- I’M A STRAIGHT WOMAN WHO MARRIED A GAY MAN
‘HE BROKE MY HEART TO A BILLN PIEC’: WHEN A STRAIGHT WOMAN FALLS LOVE WH A GAY MAN
Sam Wilkson me out as gay at 18 years old, then realised he was pansexual after fallg love wh his female bt iend. * girl fall in love with a gay *
I uldn’t say was bee he was gay, ” said the Davidson, om Sydney, says she’s not the first straight woman to fall for a gay bloke. People ask, uldn’t we tell we were fallg lovg wh a gay man?
But both refer to the same thg — straight women who have strong, often highly tense and mutually supportive, relatnships wh gay men.
‘I FELL LOVE WH A GAY MAN AND NEARLY BROKE ME’
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The days, straight woman and gay men who get along would probably jt be lled mat, but “handbags” were often vol and visual supports of the homosexual muny when discrimatn — legal and otherwise — was still rampant. “So many women have acted as protectors, cheerlears and supporters of their gay iends, but always the background, ” Ms Davidson says.
“Straight alli, and particularly women, are a val part of the fight for gay rights. Her grandmother was a “beard”, or fake girliend, to gay men she was close to; while her mother helped when the muny was beg vastated by AIDS. “I’d been raised a fay wh lots of gay men so I should have known better than anyone (not to fall love wh one), ” Ms Davidson says.
I WAS SURE I WAS GAY – UNTIL I FELL LOVE WH MY BT FEMALE IEND
“A gay man wasn’t a shy unirn I’d never seen before.
“I know a woman who was a relatnship for 17 years before he me out as gay. ”Most of the time a gay bt iend might be obliv if his female iend has fallen for him.
I’M THE GIRL WHO FELL IN LOVE WH A GAY GUY
But some gay men actually enurage , she says.
“The wonrful thg about gay men is they talk to me like I’m a person bee they don’t want to get your knickers. “Wh a uple of months he was htg the gay bars.
IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BUT I’VE FALLY FALLEN LOVE WH BEG GAY
”Ms Davidson says straight men uld learn a thg or two om their gay brothers. “I kd of knew (he was gay) and I kd of didn’t.
I’M A STRAIGHT WOMAN WHO MARRIED A GAY MAN
“I’m gog to try not to fall love wh any more gay men. I uldn’t say was bee he was gay, ” said the 46-year-old.
Davidson, om Sydney, Atralia, says she’s not the first straight woman to fall for a gay man.