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ByRickClemons for YourTango.com
I'll be the first to admit, when I was coming out at age 38, after being married to a lady for 13 years and having two children, I was a little unsophisticated about how much baggage that really looked like to the gay guys I wanted to date. Overshadowed by my own passionate train wreck, I couldn't think clearly and stood firmly in the assumption that dating was "all about me."
It wasn't until I was referred to as a "breeder" by a guy I thought was really hot that I realized I was putting off a scent that wasn't sitting right with many queer men, and it had nothing to do with the designer fragrance I was wearing. That was the afternoon I woke up and started to look deeper at the question: "Why would any homosexual guy want to date me?"
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At first, the answer to that left me rather depressed. Who would want to date (let alone be in a relationship with) a guy who first, couldn't figure out who he was for 38 years, second, was plowing through the heartfelt landmines of divorce, and third, was only available every couple of days and every other weekend (my custody schedule was insane at fir
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What Do You Do When the Person You’re Online dating Isn’t ‘Out’ as LGBTQ+?
When you care about someone, it’s natural to need them to soft (or hard!) launch your connection on TikTok, write cheeky Instagram captions about you, and shout your identify from the proverbial rooftop.
But these public gestures can feel impossible, and even downright harmful, for someone who has not yet shared their sexual orientation or gender self with others.
That doesn’t express that your S.O. doesn’t love you or that they’re not proud of you. It simply means that we live in a cis-hetero patriarchal community.
Still, it is wholly up to you whether you choose to travel forward in this partnership with patience and treasure or leave it to preserve your mental well-being.
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