Just be a regular friend/sex partner. This is only something I've really experienced with heterosexual relationships. Most of my romantic relationships outside of my husband(before him) had been with women. I can't speak for all LGBT but the ones I know, men and women. We all fuck each other. We can have a lesbian bestie and have an intimate relationship and it's not weird. Same with the gay men I know.

This isn't shaming men. I have had plenty of positive male experiences and have current male sex partners. There is just this weird possessiveness that tends to happen. The whole "men and women can never be friends" debate is something only straight people put themselves through. Lesbians have tons of lesbian friends while being solely into women and gay men have tons of gay friends while being solely attracted to men

Just talk to women the same way you'd talk to anyone else. Being overly respectful is putting on a front(not saying you aren't a nice guy). People wonder why the jerk gets the girl and it's because the jerk is himself.

Just talk to someone as if they are a male friend or your sister. No assumption of anything happening. Nothing is more gross as a woman than a man talking to you with secret motives. Even if they are kind and sweet intentions. Just get to know the person.

I've made numerous posts about sleeping with women

It's not that I wouldn't be open to a very intimate friendship. I have male and female friends I call baby or darling and we talk a lot. We have a sexual relationship. Or maybe it isn't even sexual but it boarders on romantic. I have explained how I view friendship in detail in the past so I won't type it out again. But I am also a happily married woman. Men seem to become very possessive even knowing this.