gay guys, how did you make and maintain queer male friendships in real life? did this help you find your community?
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luke_vieira
Honestly I find it very fucking hard to make genuine gay friends. it’s almost always about wanting more than friendship, so 90% of my friends are female ✨
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csg101
I found my best friends whom I have been platonic with since day 1 from the following 2 on Grindr and 1 couple from TikTok. They introduced me to their friends and my queer circle got bigger. I barely have any cis-het friends that I hang with on the regular.
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First step is to become friends with people you don’t find sexually attractive and vice versa. I never had an issue of wanting to fuck my friends or them wanting to be sexual or romantic with me. Of course, there were instances where I became friends with people that I tried to date or hooked up with because we BOTH realised it’s not a match but we were great as friends. If the idea of sleeping with your friend makes you puke, that’s your bff ;)
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fawn
@artfromla what if that wasn’t a problem in the first place… 😵‍💫
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fawn
@thisisluis best of luck… you gotta start somewhere and it will be worth it in the long run 🫶
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jbroadwood
I’ve only got a couple gay friends and I’ve met them through uni. It’s nice to know people who get what it’s like but also there’s no romantic or sexually chemistry there
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silveraccordlx
Idk once I become friends with somebody I don’t really see them like that even if they are my type. But also I’ve been in a relationship for 8 years now so making new friends is easy because that boundary is set from the beginning
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vincentthefox
Try to fit into a group of queer friends that play board games, do book clubs, play sports. Some sort of passion or hobby. There’s already community there and the goal is to keep the community alive.
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b.mitc01
I don’t really know because I don’t really have any queer friends
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gavinakagriffin.
I haven’t made gay friends, because a lot of them. Don’t seem to understand, I’m looking for husband material. A lot of them I try to make friends with, normally don’t listen to my communication and turn into hookup culture then it gets awkward. I would like gay friends, just ones that listen when I’m forward.
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I have a really cool gbf and we both came out late in life. I feel like we are journeying this new life together. But finding more than one is hard so I cherish the friendship that I have.
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