How to tell if your crush is gay


8 Signs Your Crush Is Gay According to Clueless

1) He wears a fedora and pastel pink jacket on your first date. Any questions?

2) He doesn't hold you waiting by the phone. "Christian said he'd call the next day, but in lad time that meant Thursday, so you can imagine my astonishment to hear from him when I was packing daddy up," says Cher. Remember: Straight guys don't call, they text—and even those come with major delays.

3) He brings Some Like It Hot and Spartacus to your movie night. Classics, sure, but not exactly flicks to verb you in the mood. (Ditto for Billie Holiday, who Christian plays on the drive to a party.)

4) He's always down for a trip to the mall. If you learn yourself saying, "He's becoming one of my favorite shopping partners," you've hit the point of no return.

5) He only has eyes for the bartender—the male bartender. If he squirms at the touch of a teen while flirting with the endearing wait staff, it's probably not a sign that he's just a really respectful boyfriend who appreciates good service.

6) He turns down a night

DEAR DR. NERDLOVE: I’m not sure if I’ve just lost what seemed to be shaping up to be a really nice friend. I am 22yo, she is 24yo

She’s a woman I met in a class about a year or so ago when the both of us were in school, after our class finished we stayed friendly but we would only see each other once in a (long) while. Long story short, I move out of town, I move back, time passes and we are beginning to display out more often. I wouldn’t say we were “close” but recently we were getting closer as we were helping each other with things here and there and finding a lot of enjoyment spending time together as friends.

I had spoken to her just over a week ago and told her that I was attracted to her but she told me that she was currently in a “friends with benefits” kind of situation with another individual and there were perhaps thoughts to get more serious. That and another reason or two was why our relationship wouldn’t be going past friendship; not what I wanted but hey its not the end of the world either. So one evening a few days later we’re hanging out again, I’d accepted that I

Here's What To Do When Your Crush Isn't Out

Dating in the queer community can be complicated at any age, but it can be especially tricky in high school. Crush + sexual exploration + gender identity questions + parents and school and friends and LIFE = a slightly difficult thing to navigate. And that's not even taking into consideration how your crush might be feeling. Do you know how they identify? Where are they at with their sexual orientation? Or if they're out to their friends and family? These questions might be making you wonder: What undertake I do when I desire to ask someone out, but they haven't yet come out as queer?

Well, let's dive in.

First dates are hard, no matter how old you are or how many you've been on. And it can be especially hard when you’re just coming to terms with your sexuality, and your exposure to relationships and advice is dominated by heteronormative ways of expressing and being in love. When I was younger and coming to terms with my own sexuality, it seemed like my whole life was dominated by my queer crushes — on my friends, on celebrities, and even

I (male) have a crush on a lesbian and i don't know what to do with it

Unread postby Sam »

Hi, I'm Sam, still 14, haven't posted here in a while.


A few months ago I met a girl. After a few weeks I realised I had a crush on her. That very same day it came up in conversation that she's gay. This would've been fine, but then I was misinformed (unintentionally) that she was actually bi, which got my hopes up, so over the next few months I did my best to get her to like me and stuff, but I could tell she wasn't really interested, and recently I found out she was gay, not bi, the whole time. Because of this, I'd gradually convinced over the course of those few months that I had lost interest and now only liked her platonically. At least, that's my theory, that I've been lying to myself, because I realised today that I still very much have feelings for her, and it's pulling me apart from the inside. I really favor spending time with her, it releases the happy chemicals and all that stuff, but I simultaneously know that she's gay so my chances of progressing further than the