Am I Gay Quiz - wikiHow

Contents:

• I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
• CAN PEOPLE STOP BEG GAY?
• AM I GAY?
• CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• HOW TO LEAD A HETEROSEXUAL LIFTYLE IF YOU ARE GAY

I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?

You don’t need to be certa you are gay before talkg to someone or attendg an LGBTQ+ meetg. I have been out nearly 7 years now (age 16, sophomore year of HS). It is very homogeneo/ hetero-normative and beg a tholic stutn is not the easit environment for queer stunts.

Homophobia is discrimatn, fear, or hatred of gay (and often bisexual) people. Both dividuals or groups n be homophobic and n create hostile environments.

If you are makg a nsc cisn to stop beg homophobic, then you may have already noticed some feelgs or actns that trouble you or others. Wre down your feelgs or what actns trigger certa feelgs of homophobia. Once you have wrten down the specific feelgs that make have homophobic feelgs, is time to analyze why you feel this way.

CAN PEOPLE STOP BEG GAY?

When you are reflectg on your feelgs, nsir where your homophobia origated.

”Do my parents feel homophobic and have their views fluenced me? Unfortunately, has been well rerd that homophobic slurs are monplace, pecially schools and on mp. When you hear a homophobic slur or statement, make sure you rpond to them a ratnal and rpectful manner.

AM I GAY?

When you hear somethg negative such as “gays go agast God’s plan” or “all gays are pedophil, ” adopt some of the followg techniqu to succsfully al wh this speech:.

76 untri the world currently have laws that persecute gay or lbian upl. For example, durg WWII, Nazi Germany placed gay people ncentratn mps.

CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?

To help broan your md, try gog to an advocy meetg, rally, semar, or lecture specifilly aimed at gay/lbian rights. Once you start to broan your md and exercise good habs, try makg new iends who intify as gay.

Article SummaryXIn today’s society, n be hard to filter out hateful ias about people who are different, but wh some practice, you’ll be able to change your habs and stop beg homophobic. It’s also important to speak up agast homophobia when you see .

” If you don’t have any gay iends, nsir talkg to a gay person. Keep md that gay people jt wanted to be treated like anyone else, so don’t jt foc on their sexualy. To learn how to figure out where your homophobia origated, read on.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

Relig fundamentalists who believe homosexualy is a matter of choice nsir obv that gay people n reverse their cisns.

The oppose mp argu that gays are "born that way, " and th that sexual reorientatn therapy is effective, as well as cel and the latter perspective hs closer to the mark, the science of sexualy supports a more measured stance. There are no verified s of formerly gay people pletely riddg themselv of same-sex attractn, but do appear possible for some people who are predisposed to same-sex attractn to expand their sexual repertoire — velop attractns for oppose-sex partners as well, and even opt for the oppose sex exclively. As Diamond noted January the Archiv of Sexual Behavr, femal' sexual fluidy may emerge om the fdg that, across the board, they are sexually aroed by imag of both men and women (whereas men are typilly aroed only by members of their preferred sex) erotic plasticy may expla why women wh same-sex predisposns report better succs adjtg to heterosexual liftyl than gay men do.

HOW TO LEAD A HETEROSEXUAL LIFTYLE IF YOU ARE GAY

"Lastly, gay people aren't really "born that way" the sense of havg same-sex attractns om the moment of birth.

Sexual orientatn cements around puberty, and acrdg to Gelf Rieger, a sexual orientatn rearcher at Cornell Universy, " is que possible that there are several fluenc on formg a homosexual orientatn.

But nsirg that very few scientists view homosexualy as a problem needg fixg, will the clil reorientatn therapi ever be veloped?