Oh shut the fuck up.
I had my Dad & 4 brothers & countless male friends growing up.
In my teens & 20’s once again, male friends.
And what’d ya know? The same in my 30’s, 40’s & 50’s
Never once have I felt alienated.
Gay guys grow up not knowing how to be friends with men due to being picked on and seen as an outcast by men through their formative years and not knowing many other young gay boys, to the point that they have trouble even being friends with other gay men once they are old enough to be around other successful gay men, and honestly? It shows.