My Son’s Boyfriend Is Not His ‘friend’

Maureen Salamon, The Atlantic
Sun, 06/28/2015 - 5:00am

Lucy Nicholson / Reuters If gaydar is the ability to intuit someone’s sexual orientation merely by looking at them, what’s the flip side? It’s the ability to tell, with one word, whether someone might be homophobic. And that word, I’ve found, is “friend.” “Where does your son’s friend live?” “What’s his friend’s name?” “Where does his friend go to school?” These questions have repeatedly been asked by people—neighbors, actual friends, relatives I essentially like—who already know that my 23-year-old son Sean is gay and that Henry is not his “friend.” Henry is Sean’s boyfriend—I’ve made this point clear.

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