Gay Datg Tactics: Your First Date Do's & Don'ts | Brian Rzepczynski | YourTango

Contents:

• GAY DATG ETIQUETTE 101
• GAY DATG TACTICS: YOUR FIRST DATE DO'S & DON'TS
• 5 TIPS AND LSONS GAY MEN NEED TODAY TO HELP THRIVE ON DATG APPS
• GAY DATG ETIQUETTE 101

GAY DATG ETIQUETTE 101

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GAY DATG TACTICS: YOUR FIRST DATE DO'S & DON'TS

He wr the natnally syndited advice lumn Queeri, and his latt book is lled "Steven Petrow's Complete Gay and Lbian Manners.

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5 TIPS AND LSONS GAY MEN NEED TODAY TO HELP THRIVE ON DATG APPS

LYDEN: Steven, you wrote a siar book lled "The Essential Book of Gay Manners and Etiquette" 1995. PETROW: You know, actually shocked me when I started to thk back that, really, 16 years here is like 1, 600 gay years or somethg like that, bee thk back, 1995, 1996, that was before onle datg. But also, to pay attentn for, you know, some antigay slurs and language that happens.

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GAY DATG ETIQUETTE 101

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