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Contents:
- GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
- MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND
- HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
- GAY IEND
- HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
- CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
GAY MEN AND STRAIGHT MEN AS FRIENDS
I have a gay iend (lets ll him Friend 1) and h always tegorizg our iend group by the energy we all seem to give off. For example, I have a guy iend who giv off gay energy and Friend 1 is always sistg that h gay (teasgly) bee thats the energy he giv off by his persona... * gay friend energy *
For a long time, iendships between gay men and straight men – what some now ll “bromosexual” iendships – were unmon.
Homophobia was likely one reason; another was that straight men probably assumed they didn’t have much mon wh gay men. Specifilly, we’re terted lookg at the reasons gay men and straight men bee iends (or rema iends after the gay iend out). We currently have a survey vtigatn unrway that explor some of the posive out of “bromosexual” iendships, cludg our theory that gay men and straight men n be optimal wg men for one another.
MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND
Could gay guys be the ultimate wg men for their straight, male iends? * gay friend energy *
Many straight men hated to beiend gay men, fearg harassment, rejectn om their straight iends or beg lled gay.
HOW TO MAKE GAY FRIENDS: AN LBGT FRIENDSHIP GUI
Heterosexual and gay men n heal and grow as a rult of their iendships. * gay friend energy *
The growg acceptance of homosexualy, however, has allayed some of the fears. Gay men – particularly those nservative and ral environments – rema wary about tryg to beiend straight men, fearg prejudice-fueled rejectn.
At the same time, many straight men still doubt that they’ll be able to relate to gay men any meangful way and, for this reason, may not try to iate a iendship.
GAY IEND
* gay friend energy *
Of urse, the tradnal notn that gay men and straight men nnot be close iends is herently homophobic and unte.
We propose gay-straight male iendships are not only possible, but that they n grow to be extremely rewardg. If they’re open-md about beiendg gay men and make the effort to try to fe iendships based upon mon terts, gay men should feel more fortable reciprotg.
So which straight men are the most likely to beiend gay men, and vice versa?
HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
New rearch explor the benefs of iendship between gay and straight men. * gay friend energy *
Gay men who disclose their sexual orientatn to their straight male iends earlier life may be able to build more open and hont iendships wh them to adulthood.
Send, recent rearch has argued that genr and sexual orientatn might not be as black and whe as prevly thought, which opens up new avenu for explorg how gay and straight men n relate to one another.
CAN GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BE FRIENDS?
If a straight guy and his gay male iend are ls rigid about their masculy and sexualy, they’ll probably be more likely to discs tails about their sexual and romantic liv openly wh one another.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
Recent rearch has suggted that advice sharg uld be a ccial reason that straight women seek out gay men as iends. In short, women are able to tst the datg advice om gay male iends bee they know their gay iends don’t have any ulterr motiv: They’re not tryg to hook up wh them or pete wh them for guys. We believe that this same sort of unbiased advice sharg might also foster iendships between gay and straight men.