I'm gay and don't want to patronize bigots. Thanks, Supreme Court - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
• SAD GAY QUOT & SAYGS
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• AM I GAY OR NOT QUIZ?
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY

I am gay but have never admted this to anyone. My iends probably spect I am gay, but we have never discsed .

Your iends, who might already spect that you’re gay, will get to know you on a eper level and likely feel much closer to you.

Part of realizg you're gay, or bi, or trans, or non-bary, or anythg other than cisgenr and heterosexual is acceptg you’re different—and somewhat separated—om the majory. Here he shar his journey to overe the sense of isolatn he felt growg up gay a small U.

SAD GAY QUOT & SAYGS

At the time, there were no real gay role mols except for Graham Norton and Jack om Dawson's Creek—and I certaly didn't intify wh him bee I wasn't a football player. I felt like I was pletely on my rried on until I was 16, when I started gog out to gay bars my hometown. I ma one gay iend, who I'm actually close to now.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

For the first time I've been able to form a good group of gay iends and create my own support work. I'd go on gay chatrooms but that was jt a facels nversatn wh someone who uld have been anyone.

I thk if I'd had iends who were gay when I was growg up, my life would have been so different. I now know there were other kids at my school who were gay, but they didn't e out till much later. Go to askgaybros.

I’m a full on gay guy always been proud and out. They wouldn’t even bat an eye except the real full gay men to not be biased guys long story short of urse we have bad gay men who are closeted and homophobic.

AM I GAY OR NOT QUIZ?

But the level of homophobia isn’t that strong to make you feel humanized. Look I met a man a hot one he kept sayg he’s queer as I said once you know gays like to go on cised or vatns by the beach etc for pri pecially.. I said I’m gay aren’t you?

He said “ I like you sexually, but look my fiancé don’t like when I say I’m gay “ I said you have a fiancé?!!!! “ I said so you’re bi not gay he said y that’s why I say queer I said why didn’t you say on the first date?

He lled me the F word and said I wasn’t gog to stay wh your gay ass anyway ltle twk.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

At a gay bar.