@gtwilson Hadn't thought of that, but I do know that anyone male that I was close to from, say, the age of 12 to 25 is no longer in my life at all. There are many reasons for that, none of which have anything to do with "no homo" and everything to do with "I'm in a different place in my life now and you don't fit." It was never stated by either of us, we just sort of stopped communicating with each other.
The strangest one was my best friend from grade school, whom I was still friends with up until the point I got married. I even invited him to be the best man in my wedding. I knew that was a bit of a financial burden and even offered to pay for the airline tickets. He stopped talking to me, and, to this day, I still don't know why.
Finding new people to be close with in person is not easy.