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See your friend as a person - don't focus on sexuality
First and foremost, your friend is a person, a human being with feelings, intelligence, hopes and fears, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. Don't let what you now know about his or her sexuality crowd out all the other things you know about your friend. You still have all the good (and bad) things that your relationship had before you found out about this. Now you know something else, something more personal and perhaps more difficult to share. This is often a sign that you are trusted as a friend, and you need to honour that trust by respecting this confidence.
Don't let what you know about an acquaintance's sexual attractions prevent you from getting to know him or her as a real person. There is much more to other people than the fact that they are attracted to the same sex. Find out who they really are, what they like, what they want out of life....
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