How to get gay friends?

[Mike]

Hey everybody, so, I'm not in college anymore and I'm starting to come out and I need to meet gay friends.

How does one do this? I was thinking that my options are places like PFLAG or a community center, which are not too common and I don't know what really goes on there. Or gay bars, which are for finding hookups or are places where groups of friends go.

There is a friend of a friend who is gay, when I come out to them I imagine that we might hang out.

What have you done?

First - hi! I'm Mike and I'm also new around here...

I think the Internet is a great place to start. If you could find a forum that has gay people from around you, that would be awesome. I met lots of people off the net. I got to know some of my friends from other friends I had... For you the Internet would be great...

I went to a couple of community center meetings back then, but I didn't really feel connected and nothing came out of it. It doesn't mean you won't like it.

You should try everything - (1) if there is a place around you with a big concentration of gay people, go there and just hang around. Start making conversations with people and see where it gets you.
(2) As I've mentioned - the Internet is a great way to start: There are many gay groups on Facebook - try to find people from your vicinity.
(3) Go to PLAG / community centers around you and see if you like it.