What to do when you know your friend is gay

If your friend comes out to you, you may be surprised by the news. But it's important to react in a way that's gentle, understanding, and kind. To learn everything you need to know about how to properly respond when you're friend comes out. Here are some common signs that might indicate your friend is gay and how to navigate the situation without making assumptions or making them uncomfortable.

I think my friend is gay. So what do I do now? How to deal with your friend when they come out to you as a member of the LGBTQ community?. Here's how you can help support a friend who's just come out. What To Say When Someone Comes Out You’ll want to read the room when someone comes out to you. Someone who is coming out feels close enough to you and trusts you sufficiently to be honest and risk losing you as a friend.

It can be difficult to know what to say and what to do to be a supportive. When I went to see him that night, I knew the issue would affect me from then on. Although they are as guilty as gays of threatening the family lifestyle, we do not persecute them. There are two problems with this argument. Whether you are expecting rejection or acceptance, telling your family and friends about your sexual identity is an important step.

The issue of birth control is instructive here. Salvation is in Christ alone. If a person decides to live her life as a heterosexual, but she does not know Jesus, then what has been gained? One can clearly communicate the grace of the gospel that all people, regardless of their manifestation of sin, have fallen short of the glory of God and need a way to be reconciled to God, and Jesus is THE way.

But most simply try to crowd any thought of homosexuality out of their heads. Long-term you will be better off without that negative energy in your life.

Without the names and pronouns, a description of a gay affair is literally indistinguishable from that of a straight one. We all regarded Anita as somewhat off the wall, but not out of any deeply felt views on homosexuality. That creates another source of hostility to gays: ignorance. Had I been gay, such hard thinking would only have helped me understand myself.

Sex in general is a taboo topic and sexual orientation falls under the umbrella of sex. Know that this is a deep-seated identity issue that will require great sensitivity and care. There is a capacity to love in all people, and a standard limiting sexual contact to opposite sexes is at best artificial, at worst very cruel to those who are not part of the norm that created it.

From then on, the issue was absent from conversation at home, except when something about Anita Bryant came on the news. Be ready to have your commitment tested by even the struggler herself, but seek to remain faithful and steady in the midst of what can at times be a particularly stressful relationship. I am lucky that I did. We needed to be shown the way, and we needed someone to graciously lead us.

The situation at Harvard is no better.

What to do if your friend is gay and likes you

The early life of every gay is filled with taunts of "fag" and "queer. Among the thousands of rules and laws in the Old Testament is found, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Today almost everyone knows of someone who identifies as gay or deals with a measure of same gender attractions. If your friend knows you have accepted someone else, they will feel more comfortable that you will accept them.

I could see him quiver as he braced for me to react.