That happened to me. When I met my best friend in the first day of university I thought “gay”, but he had a girlfriend for 4 years and they almost got married. Sometime after they split, I was at his house and he told me: -I’ve kissed a guy -ok, fine

• no, no, I liked it

• ok, that’s fine, whatever makes you happy man. -really? I was so scared of what’s you would think

It’s been 10 years, we’re still best friends, he is married to a lovely guy who also became my friend and I’m so happy for them

Damn so you just multiplied your best friend times two lol

Pro tip, get a gay best friend so you can have a second gay best friend down the line.

Ultimate protip: poly gay best friend. Then you have unlimited best friends.

I have a good friend who is a woman. She got married to another woman. Now I have two very good friends. Then they got “married” to a transexual. Now I have three very good friends. I love them to death.

Can you still make gay jokes with your friend? Or that’s is not how you get along?

I do gay jokes with one of my gay friends. I learned to NEVER do gay jokes with my other gay friend. Individuals have different tastes.

The friend that I mentioned in another comment we would make gay jokes with, and he would make straight jokes with (harmless stuff “you’re only gay because you couldn’t pick up chicks” to which he would respond “you fellas couldn’t be gay – you’re too ugly to ever pick up a dude; shit like that)

One night some other asshole made some homophobic slur/joke against our mate – without a word between us we were on our feet ready to kill the guy.

Heard through the grapevine years later it was apparently one of the most supportive things any group of straight friends have done for him and he was quite touched by it.

I dunno, I think its not necessarily a straight guy thing. More a bro thing.

I’d like to imagine my gay bros would come to my defense.

A bro is a bro, doesn’t matter their preference.

This is what all the answers should be. Then being gay isn’t going to change the way I view them. It’s not like they will change as a person after coming out. They are the same person as they were before.

As a gay guy, one of the best things about coming out is having friends appreciate and notice you developing self confidence and finding who you really are after being fake and hiding your entire life.

If you notice it, tell them. It will be really meaningful.