I'm a 23 yo middle Eastern , I cannot make friends with gay people IRL because if something goes wrong for any reason then my social life would be 100% over.
So I actually made a few online gay friends from Reddit and other apps over the past 2 years and that's my way of keeping myself sane.
I have this friend who's older than me, from a Muslim background ,and is married to a guy which was so awesome to me, we went from the app to Facebook (which means a lot because I'm opening up about my life) and no ,I'm not his type at all and he's monogamous but he was there for me when I was at my worst and we'd chat every now and then (once every month or 3 weeks because I don't want to be a burden