A Straight Person's Guide to Gay Etiquette

While this website is something like 15 years old, it includes some really solid advice for straight friends of gay people.  I’ll be an usher in a wedding in two weeks, so that section is particularly interesting to me.

Beyond Coming Out: Long-Term Strategies To Avoid Pissing Your Gay And Lesbian Friends Off

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“You’re worried. You know, from various statistics that have seeped into your brain via the media, that approximately one in ten Americans is either gay or lesbian. And yet, to your knowledge, no one you know is homosexual. Since you know more than ten people, you can only assume that this is because your gay and lesbian acquaintances are still in the closet, at least relative to you. Your fear is that one day, one of them is bound to come out to you — and you won’t know what to do.”

Includes advice for straight people that goes beyond the coming-out situation, such as “How Not To Flaunt Your Heterosexuality”.

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    something like 15 years old, it includes some really solid advice for straight friends of
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    This should be required reading for every breathing human being on this planet. And not only is it helpful and relevant,...
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    obviously also important for those who know BTQAetc, not just GL :>
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    these are a hoot: esp. how...heterosexuality,...other...
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    very valuable information. genderqueer:
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    “It is not necessary, for instance, for you to list the other gay people you...tell...
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