Gay London Life | Dec '25 Edition - Magazine - Page 46
Your Agony Adam!
Photos by by Jennifer Smith
He was the cherubic straight-shooter who won the nation’s hearts in this year’s series of I Kissed A Boy,
now he’s answering your burning queer quandaries on our back page — take it away, Adam!
The Flatmate’s New Boyfriend
if people want to make something
The Pronoun Pin Panic
Problem
happen, it will! Good luck, it’s rough
I met someone cute at a queer
My flatmate’s new boyfriend
out there.
meetup, but I’m terrified of messing
keeps wandering around our
up their pronouns. How do I ask
place shirtless and calling me
Queer Club Night Conundrum
without feeling like an idiot or
‘bro’. I can’t tell if he’s flirting or just
I always go out with my friends,
coming across as overly earnest?
straight with confidence issues.
but the second we hit the dance
Slip it in early, like you’re asking their
How do I get some clarity without
floor, they vanish into the smoking
name again to double-check. Also,
causing a domestic?
area for hours. How do I stop
don’t be worried about messing it up
Oh girl, he is off limits. Let’s not play a
spending every night out dancing
at first, that’s how we learn!
game that you aren’t going to win.
solo like a lost NPC?
If you’re constantly feeling left
The Ex-Fling Friendship Request
The Hinge Identity Crisis
behind, it might be time to mix in
A guy I casually hooked up with
I’ve matched with the same guy
people who actually like the same
over the summer wants to ‘just
on Hinge three separate times
part of the night out as you. Your
be friends’ now. Is this a trap, a
because he keeps deleting and
crew doesn’t have to change, but
tease, or a genuine offer? And is
reappearing. Is this a red flag, or is
you can expand your circle. You
it ever a good idea?
he just chronically indecisive like
don’t need to start a fight or become
‘Let’s just be friends’ can mean wildly
Got a bit of a pickle on your
the rest of us gays?
the nightclub’s saddest side-quest
different things. My advice would be
hands? Send your questions
It’s not a red flag, it’s a pink
character. Good communication
to make sure there are boundaries
for Adam to answer over to
caution ribbon. Proceed, but with
will get you further than passive
that work for both of you, otherwise
editorial@gaylondonlife.com
awareness. From my experience,
frustration every time.
it’s going to get messy.
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