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Colleague has a problem with my being gay
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So there's this one man that I've to work together, we're colleagues. We're working together for about 3 years. I'm only out to my family, but it happened that he found out I'm gay. We had just signed a contract and he appeared to be so unsatisfied with my orientation, that I even offered him to break the contract so he wouldn't have to endure the torture of working together with a gay person. He didn't want it and seemed to calm down.

Later that day he approached me and started to make various statements and questions like "but you don't look like a queer", "how can you want man instead of women", "you are definitely mistaking about being gay, you just need to meet a good woman" and so on. I didn't really want to prove him anything, as I can't stand it when some hetero who thinks he's smarter than anyone, starts teaching me. Our relationships has became quite cold since that day, although we were friends before.

Few weeks ago I was sitting in the cafe and he came up to me and asked if he could join me in coffee drinking. I agreed, we started to talk about job stuff and suddenly out of nowhere he brought gay theme into our conversation. He asked if I have cut it with the gay stuff and that being with woman would be a lot better. He commented how cute the waitresse's butt looked like and that man must be crazy to not like tits. He waslike "how can you be gay with all these sexy women around?"

He brings up gay theme every day and tries to convince me to date woman. He says he dislikes gay men, but why is he talking about it then? Now when I'm out to him, I'm.also out to everyone in my job and he was like "aren't you ashamed to tell people you're gay?" For me it's impossible to have a normal conversation with him, he always says something abou being gay, about anal sex, how gross it is to stuck your penis in other man's butt, and so on.

What is wrong with him? If you dislike something, why so much attention to it then? Also, our boss wants us both to go on a job trip together. I won't stand it with him
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#2
Have you tried to reason with him? I have never actually been in your position, so I can't say anything from experience.
But what if you just explained to him, that the way he feels when he sees a hot waitress is the way you feel when you see a hot waiter and it has just always been that way. That you're not ashamed of who you are, as it is not something that you can change, even if you wanted to. That you valued his friendship and didn't intend for something as insignificant as your sexual orientation to ruin it.

Oh and be sure to throw in there that queers don't look a certain way.. We're just ordinary people ^_^

I've explained gayness to a few friends.. and in my experience it solves the puzzle in their head sufficiently for them to shut up about it and treat me like everybody else.
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#3
The sexual repressed find any interaction related to the subject titillating even if from a place of disdain. It's called perversion. Wavey
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#4
CCRox Wrote:The sexual repressed find any interaction related to the subject titillating even if from a place of disdain. It's called perversion. Wavey
Very well said sir!
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#5
Oh SHIT I wish I was there with you!!!!!

I've got comebacks and verbal bitch slaps for DAYS for this dumbassed muthafukkah!!!!!
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#6
It sounds like it's time for you to take a trip to HR at your job and let them know what is going on.
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CellarDweller Wrote:It sounds like it's time for you to take a trip to HR at your job and let them know what is going on.
I agree.
But I think you should do that after the trip, cause maybe in that occasion you should talk more frankly with him.

It seems this man wouldn't stop with his 'curiosity' but maybe this thing is going to affect the way you work, and also there are no reason for you to tolerate his behavior.
Probably he's sexually repressed.
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#8
I agree that he is sexually repressed. The thing that MIGHT be coming though is worse than anything so far which will be the day he suggests that he might like to "try it" and then you are screwed because he will project his own self hatred on you if you agree or disagree.

You need to either report him to HR or tell him that the comments are not welcome and make your boundaries clear.

Good Luck!
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#9
Can you tell us what country you are in, as that will have an impact on what workplace rights you have regarding your sexual orientation.

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#10
I'm in UK.

It's not that he would bother me very much, it's just that I cannot understand the reasons behind his behavior. If you don't like someone, you try it stay way from it, no?

Yes, I've got this trip with him, we will go to Sweden together and I don't know will it be with him.
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