A Contract for the Gay Guy/Straight Girl Friendship

I think this is rather insightful!

"Thanks to make-over shows and reality television, every girl in America thinks that they need "a gay." Sorry, ladies, but gay men have no interest in being your pink, glittery accessory. In fact, there are some rules for these relationships.

The latest instance of this behavior to piss us off is Wendy Atterberry pleading for some gay attention on The Frisky. She needs a gay cause she's married now and needs someone who can fix her bad-hair-day hair, make snarky comments about the Oscars, and enjoy long brunches with plenty of gossip! She wants a little, lisping lad to run around screaming bon mots and tossing out fairy dust like Carson Kressley on a meth binge. Sorry, but we are sick of this."


The rest at this link

Well, geez Robbie, if you didn't to come over and paint my nails tomorrow night, you could have just said no. Sheesh.

LOL, blue!

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And why...? I dont "take" my friends shopping for clothes, I go with them and give them advice cause I enjoy fashion. OMG IM SO SORRY...I have to remember that in order to be gay on BWW you have to be as macho as you can so you don't fit in to the stereotypes.

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I'm willing to sign that contract.

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"And why...?"

Because I don't exist to make women feel good about themselves. Or, as I like to say, 'I'm not gay for you.'

And I would like you to point me in the direction of a SINGLE macho man on BWW. I've been in the same room with many of them. It's like a bus and truck of THE WOMEN.

I don't really like shopping myself all that much. I used to when I was skinny.

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Yeah. It was an article full of broad generalizations, so there are a few offenses and many things that won't apply to all people. But it might have been worth saying, regardless.

It kind of makes me feel better about the stereotypical fat girl + gay guy friendship I have going with a coworker. Because not one of those things applied to our relationship. We basically only go to movies (not just romantic comedies, thanks) or gather at his place for board games with his friends. Every time we've gone shopping or to a gay club it was at his behest. (I've also listened to plenty of his relationship drama, but haven't really discussed mine with him.)

I think this list goes completely out the window if the gay man and straight girl in question are legitimately best friends. You shouldn't expect your casual gay friend to hear all your boyfriend drama just because he's got inside knowledge of how a man's mind works, but if my gay friend were my best friend you'd be damn sure that he's gonna be listening to my dramas and vice versa.

Personally, I would rather help someone else shop for clothes, and give my opinion, then shop for myself. I can not dress my body to save my life

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"You Are Not a Gay Man Trapped in a Woman's Body"

oh, but i am lol

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I feel like while those sorts of girls looking for a Gay Friend do exist, but I thought most sensible people would have weeded them out their lives by the time they were 21 or so. I remember when I came out I often felt like I was a party trick for well-meaning straight folks, but once I figured out my own complicity in that I could move right past it. Plus a girl looking for a gay friend who'd enjoy going shopping and going to clubs needs to look in the opposite direction of me. I like straight girls who like to smoke weed and watch movies.

This does remind of me of my most recent birthday. I had a low-key meeting of people at a gay sports bar for karaoke. This girl from work came and acted absolutely batsh*t insane. She kept trying to throw me at every guy who walked by and kept talking about how strange it was to know that no men there were looking at her and how she guessed she'd be buying her own drinks all night. And on and on and on. It was truly bizarre. She was all wide-eyed and awed, liked she was visiting some lost tribe in the bush or something. I figured she must have never been to a gay bar before, but no she had, and her BROTHER was gay. She wanted to fix me up with him, natch, because we both gay.

Oh, and I'm not vaginaphobic like the Gawker guy, so I'll talk to any woman about their lady parts. Hell, I'm often the one initiating those discussions.

I feel like this article shines a light on a really insignificant issue, and manages to reinforce all sorts of stereotypes about gay male misogyny in the process.

...it occurs to me that there's a certain irony to this proposal, because the gay man laid out in this article might not be the kind of person that mature and reasonable women want to spend their time with. I can't help but feel like the gay man in this article is attracting that kind of ditzy, objectifying, appropriating female for a reason.

My boyfriend told me about a girl who he used to go to school with who apparently "collected" gays. I understand having a best friend who happens to be gay is cool and everything, but collecting people is ridiculous. Gay people aren't like beanie babies or baseball cards, for Pete's sake!

That being said, I read the article over a few times. I happen to have some friends who are gay. Never would I expect them to go shopping with me (not unless they wanted to!)

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Updated On: 1/27/10 at 08:32 PM