Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?"
Contents:
- IS IT POSSIBLE TO SYSTEMATILLY TURN GAY PEOPLE STRAIGHT?
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
- ARE YOU STRAIGHT, GAY, OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN?
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SYSTEMATILLY TURN GAY PEOPLE STRAIGHT?
Many young men intify as mostly straight — a sexual orientatn that is not que straight but also, they say, ls gay than bisexualy * straight gay orientation *
This means that beg transgenr (feelg like your assigned sex is very different om the genr you intify wh) isn’t the same thg as beg gay, lbian, or bisexual. Many asexual people feel romantilly attracted to people — so they may intify as asexual, and also as gay, lbian, bisexual, or straight. Recently, there has been creased attentn to health issu experienced by the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny.
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IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
* straight gay orientation *
If you’re a young man, you might assume that eher you’re straight or you’re not, meang you’re likely gay and maybe bisexual. Yet the evince suggts that more young men intify or scribe themselv as mostly straight than intify as eher bisexual or gay bed. Yet when the men were forced to choose between straight, bisexual or gay, about three-quarters marked straight bee for them bisexual, even if is unrstood as “bisexual-leang straight, ” is too gay to accurately scribe their inty.
Tradnally, our unrstandg has been that if you’re male and have even a slight attractn to the same sex, then you mt be gay.
He’s not a closeted gay man who fears beg gay yet wants to keep a slight, perhaps secretive, gay si by danglg his potential for guy sex. He may retreat om a full intifitn wh heterosexualy, but rarely do he gravate toward bisexualy, and almost never do he move toward homosexualy of any sort.
ARE YOU STRAIGHT, GAY, OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN?
Often ed to refer to asexual people a siar manner as “gay” or “straight” are ed to refer to homosexual or heterosexual people.