When You Meet Gay and Lesbian People....
(Hints for the Heterosexual)

1. Do not run screaming from the room. This is considered rude.

2. If you must back away, do so slowly and with discretion.

3. Do not assume they are attracted to you.

4. Do not assume they are not attracted to you.

5. Do not expect them to be as excited about meeting a heterosexual as you may be about meeting a gay person (they were probably raised with straights).

6. Do not immediately start talking about your boy/girlfriend or husband/wife in order to make it clear that you are straight--they probably already know.

7. Do not ask them how they got that way. Instead ask yourself how you got the way you are.

8. Do not assume they are dying to talk about being gay.

9. Do not expect them to refrain from talking about being gay.

10. Do not trivialize their experience by assuming it is a bedroom issue only. They are gay 24 hours a day.

11. Do not assume they want to be treated like the opposite sex.

12. If you are tempted to tell them they are taking the easy way out, don't.

Author Unknown.
Special thanks to Philip for contributing this piece.