Queer as he wants to be - Out & About Newspaper
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20 • NEWS • OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • APRIL, 2006<br />
<strong>Out</strong> in America reveals <strong>to</strong>p five<br />
online dating tips on ‘O&A Today’<br />
Staff Reports<br />
<strong>Out</strong> in America Cities Network sales<br />
and marketing <strong>as</strong>sociate Michael Dutc<strong>he</strong>r<br />
revealed five tips for online dating in an<br />
interview with Tennessee’s “<strong>Out</strong> & <strong>About</strong><br />
<strong>Newspaper</strong>” and CBS NewsChannel 5’s<br />
GLBT news program, “<strong>Out</strong> & <strong>About</strong><br />
Today.”<br />
Dutc<strong>he</strong>r’s interview may also <strong>be</strong> seen<br />
online at <strong>Out</strong> & <strong>About</strong> Today’s Web site,<br />
www.outandabout<strong>to</strong>day.com.<br />
<strong>Out</strong> in America Cities Network is t<strong>he</strong><br />
largest city-b<strong>as</strong>ed GLBT online network in<br />
t<strong>he</strong> United States aimed at informing,<br />
entertaining and uniting t<strong>he</strong> global GLBT<br />
community. For anyone interested in<br />
online dating Dutc<strong>he</strong>r recommended:<br />
1. Know what Internet dating is. Online<br />
personals and Internet dating are nothing<br />
more than a different type of introduction.<br />
It should <strong>be</strong> just a piece of your overall<br />
social plan. Be good <strong>to</strong> yourself and love<br />
will follow. Make it fun or don’t do it.<br />
2. Know what you want. Have a good<br />
idea what you like in a partner in terms of<br />
character, <strong>he</strong>art, compatibility and personality.<br />
Don’t <strong>be</strong> entirely focused on what<br />
you don’t want; <strong>to</strong>o much negativity can<br />
make dating feel like a job.<br />
3. Know what you don’t want. Weed<br />
out t<strong>he</strong> losers or potentially dangerous<br />
people. Trust your intuition. Some clues of<br />
strange <strong>be</strong>havior may include <strong>to</strong>o many e-<br />
mails <strong>to</strong>o soon, sexually explicit language<br />
or <strong>to</strong>o many hidden secrets or contradictions<br />
(what a married person might do <strong>to</strong><br />
cover up t<strong>he</strong>ir home life, for example).<br />
4. Don’t scare t<strong>he</strong>m away. A lot of freaks<br />
are out t<strong>he</strong>re. Don’t appear desperate or<br />
needy by <strong>as</strong>king <strong>to</strong>o many questions or<br />
<strong>be</strong>ing <strong>to</strong>o much of a burden <strong>to</strong>o soon.<br />
5. Be Safe. Don’t give out your personal<br />
information. Meet in a public place first<br />
and tell a friend w<strong>he</strong>re you will <strong>be</strong>. Bring a<br />
cell phone with you. Nothing is risk free.<br />
Stay alert, make good choices and always<br />
know that things aren’t always what t<strong>he</strong>y<br />
seem.<br />
“No matter w<strong>he</strong>re you meet a person<br />
you’re taking a chance,” Dutc<strong>he</strong>r said. “If<br />
you have a hard time meeting people, this<br />
is t<strong>he</strong> perfect <strong>to</strong>ol <strong>to</strong> do that. It allows you<br />
t<strong>he</strong> opportunity <strong>to</strong> learn a lot about a person<br />
<strong>be</strong>fore you actually make that first<br />
meeting with t<strong>he</strong>m.” �<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.outinamerica.com/safety or<br />
www.outandabout<strong>to</strong>day.com
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