My hetero colleagues think I’m lusting after them in the men’s room. Should I tell them off?
Hi Jake,I work in tech and my office is mostly a bunch of straight bros. I’m used to being the lone gay guy on my team, but my problem is they tend to think I’m automatically into them. This has happened a few times now, and it’s always with guys I am definitely NOT attracted to.
They like to make comments as if I’m lusting after them and it’s starting to get exhausting.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.When I tried to strike up a conversation with one at our Friday Happy Hour, he actually had the nerve to tell me he was “only into chicks”, but that I was a “nice dude.” Another one constantly makes “jokes” about how I’m probably trying to check him out every time we’re in the men’s room together. He wishes!How do I let straight dudes know that just because I’m into guys, it doesn’t mean I’m into EVERY guy, and especially not them?
I don’t want to be rude, but I’m sick of it!Setting Them StraightDear Setting Them Straight, Methinks the straight dudes doth protest too much!
One would hope by the year 2024, people would understand sexuality a bit more, but alas, many people still hold outdated and stereotypical views about what it means to be gay.
