‘Red Flags’ in Queer Dating Aren’t the Problem

What we compromise on lies beyond the red flag

Tucker Lieberman
Prism & Pen
Published in
11 min readOct 30, 2023

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woman and man, both looking suspicious, on a red flag background
woman by Free Fun Art, man by Amy, flag by kirill makes pics, all from Pixabay

The summer I graduated college, over 20 years ago, I went to an event at the office of a local therapist. The therapist had recently come out as gay himself and was reaching out to gay men early in their own self-discovery or coming-out process. I’d been out for years, but as a single person, I thought this…

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Tucker Lieberman
Prism & Pen

Editor for Prism & Pen. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." https://tuckerlieberman.com/