Gay straight stories
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It’s said that the representation of lgbtq+ people on television has been revolutionised over the past ten or twenty years. But has it? While it’s true that there are more openly queer people on TV than ever before, how has their presence in otherwise straight storylines changed the way queer stories are told? Are we seeing more lgbtq+ experience on television — or are we just getting gay stories for straight allies?
Let’s state my teenage years were the twist of the century, for drama’s sake. I’m sure I’ve told this sob story before, but life was complicated for a teenage fag in the early noughties. I was the only gay kid in school, and my mum was very sick, and my memories are built around a scaffolding of emotions that overwhelm the knowledge, mainly revolving around
These X-rated confessions of ‘straight’ men might shock you
Something has become abundantly clear to me lately, as in it keeps slapping me in the face on a weekly basis. It’s that there are a LOT of men still hiding in the closet. Kinda, sorta.
And we women are matchmaking app them.
While the younger generation are now very comfortable with their bisexuality, millions of men around the globe are secretly hooking up with their mates and then going house to their partners.
How do I know? These men reveal me on a weekly basis!
Every Monday I throw out a question to my Instagram followers that simply states: “Tell me a saucy secret.” While shifting through the hundreds of cheating confessions – that I’ll be sincere, are getting a little boring (does nobody stay monogamous anymore?) – I find the similar confession coming up time and age again.
They always commence with the matching thing: “I’m not gay but” or “I’m straight but” … and then they proceed to go into details about the times they’ve hooked up with mates “just for a laugh” or “I was really drunk.”
Take these ones for example …
“I straight up f****d a guy and I am NOT gay. Apparently, I was horny … and tequila drunk.”
20.And this super sexy serenade that led to a series of hookups:
"Four years ago, my top friend and I were hanging in my house and playing Borderlands. I had recently examine online about the 'I hold a CRUSH on you' achievement, and thought it would be easy enough to do. When I asked him to aid me with it, he turned a vibrant shade of red. After teasing him a small, I asked him if something was wrong. He then not only came out to me, but confessed that he had a crush on me. I was a little shocked, but I told him, 'Wow. One: I should have known, considering you have the entire musical Wicked memorized. Two: You really have poor taste in men.'
"He playfully pushed me over and straddled me, saying 'While both are true, remember I'm the same guy; I can still kick your scrawny ass.' We laughed, until I realized we were making dick-to-dick contact through our athletic shorts. I got hard, he got rigid, we both got hella embarrassed. He took a deep breath, leaned in and started singing a song I now recognize as 'Dead Girl Walking.' When I tried to squirm away he leaned in and kissed me.
"After the kiss, and once he got to a particular line, 'I've decided I must ride you till I break yo
2."I knew I was lgbtq+, but where I grew up it was not OK to be male lover, so I hid in my imaginary closet too scared to come out for fear that I would be beaten up and rejected. So I got married, not once but twice. Both marriages lasted about four years. The first marriage was without children. I tried so hard not to be gay. I confessed to a pastor and was told I require to be accountable to him. I was seeing a guy after my first marriage ended and I was told I needed to break up with him. I needed to be in church every time the church was open. I needed to attend a daily prayer group. I met with this pastor every Tuesday after prayer organization for a two-hour bible study. And at least 2-4 times in a two-year period, I would fast for three days and then have Satan cast out of me by two pastors."
"Then I met my second wife at church one time. She was beautiful and definitely out of my league. We quickly got married and had our first child. I was trying so hard to be straight, but marriage is difficult especially when married to someone that you do not desire. In that marriage, my wife and I created two beautiful kids. We divorced when they were 3 and 1 years ancient. I finally came out when I was a