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By Ramon Johnson, About.com Guide to Gay Life since 2002

Are Two Guys Hanging Out Gay or Homosocial?

Wednesday May 7, 2008
Homosocial
  • –adjective
  1. of, pertaining to, or exhibiting non romantic and non sexual bonding between two men or two women. Homosocial relationships are often expressed in the form of non-sexual heterosexual friendships or friendships between gay and straight men.
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