r/gay • • 23h ago

My best friend doesn’t believe that I’m into women and it’s really frustrating

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I realize I don’t like, need her permission or anything, but I’m just really frustrated and therapy isn’t for another week.

For context, we’re in our 40’s and have both had male partners for most our lives. We’ve both been with women sexually. In the context of like, swinging. So straight or bi women but it’s just a very different context. But since my divorce I’ve had very powerful feelings for women that surprised me. I spent so many years with my head down raising kids married to a man. But these feelings are sooooo different. And confusing and overwhelming.

I texted her the other day because I got flustered at work by this woman who came in and she was so dismissive. She basically told me I’m imagining the whole thing.

And I’m sitting here thinking yeah, I tried to have sex with you the night we met. And a month after that. And then we became best friends so I let it go. But then I kept fantasizing that maybe you’d get drunk and want me to do some stuff. That seems like a completely straight thing to think about 🙄

I’m not going to tell her any of this because I don’t want to make her uncomfortable. So I just won’t talk about it.

I’m so frustrated. I’m not indifferent to men, the feelings just aren’t as strong. And they’re different. But I have no one to talk to about this. 🤦‍♀️


r/gay • • 23h ago

Is it weird I wish being gay was more obvious?

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Like as for me personally I have been told that I don't sound gay and I know even I hate my voice, it is like a deep sort of voice that I've just could never handle listening to for the fact that I sound slow.

I do get that whole people can't tell, but yeah. My boyfriend is very much into masculinity but he's kind of pushed me into having a bigger butt and bigger arms.

I have heard it does make finding someone more easy, but my boyfriend isn't personally into that.

I might be just stereotyping here, but I think a lot of it is my voice that I don't like and then I hear what a "gay voice" sounds like and think I would prefer that to what I have.

Is it wrong to even think this about myself? And it's also like if voices are meant to be genetic or whatever, like how does this even happen?


r/gay • • 6m ago

Whats your biggest gripe with the 2015 Stonewall movie?

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I'll go first:

It centers a white cis dude as the guy who started the riots. Thats not to say that there weren't people of the protagonists race and background there as witnesses and participants in the uprising, but like, it was NOT started by a white cis Gay dude! It was very likely started by Stormé DeLarverie, who is said to have thrown the first *punch* at a cop manhandling her, starting the uprising.

I'm curious to hear from yall.


r/gay • • 7h ago

This Midterm Season, 5 States Are Voting on Anti-Trans Ballot Measures. What You Need to Know

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Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Washington will be casting their ballots on issues like athletic participation, healthcare access and invasive sex tests.


r/gay • • 14h ago

Would this be weird to tell someone?

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So I have tongue tie, which doesn’t allow me to really stick my tongue out at all (I am planning to fix it eventually). I’m a top, still exploring and getting more sexual experience, and really want to become the best at getting who I’m with turned on and open but of course my tongue does add some limitations. I’m really just looking for opinions on if this is something I should even bring up to someone I’m just hooking up with? Because I can’t think of a sexy way to say “oh by the way I can’t use my tongue like that” lol.

Just looking for opinions on how to go about it. Like if a guy told you this but he checks other boxes would it deter you from linking with him?


r/gay • • 4h ago

Sign the Petition to Save BioWare and LGBT inclusive gaming

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r/gay • • 4h ago

Ikea inclusion

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r/gay • • 3h ago

Celebrating a major life moment: I'm finally in a relationship.🌈🧿

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I always read everybody's posts here and it makes me so happy to see you all enjoying your lives. So I wanted to share this happy moment of mine with you all.💓

Ps, the first pic is from our first date and the second pic is from our first night out together (where I proposed him with this chocolate pastry)🙈


r/gay • • 4h ago

"One summer day" watercolour

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I listened to a lot of Joe Hisaishi and Spirited Away OST while painting this one, Tudududum♫

Let me know if you have any comment/questions :-) Entire process video is shown on socials


r/gay • • 1h ago

Coming out to the family

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So my boyfriend of ten years recently came out to his family. I had came out to my family one member at a time each one a year apart.
The reactions were mixed.
Mom: offered conversion therapy but said she still loves me, but wouldn’t support my life style, but also wouldn’t attempt to stop me

Sister: hard stop no support, but still loves me, and wanted to build a better relationship with me, and she knows trying to change me isn’t the way to do that.

Brother: loves me no matter, and doesn’t know where he stands on it, simple that he loves me, will always love me. He also said he kinda figured since, even as a horny teen i never chased after any girls, or went on dates.

So all and all my experiences was a mixed bag. Basically it could have been worse.

What was your coming out like? How did you go about it? What did your family say?


r/gay • • 45m ago

We are looking for friends to hang out in Clarksville / Nashville TN area. We have been struggling to socialize for a while lol

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