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IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?" * does straight mean gay *
Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns. As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer.
A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
* does straight mean gay *
Recently, there has been creased attentn to health issu experienced by the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny. It may seem obv that if you want to know someone's sexual orientatn you uld simply ask them, "are you gay? Acrdg to the report, "Instead, the rponnts (who for all tents and purpos would be tegorized as beg heterosexual), often dis-intify om a gay inty, posssg what is referred to as a 'not-me' inty (McCall, 2003).
" In other words, they are more likely to intify as "not gay" than as "heterosexual.
" Perhaps reflectg limed nsiratn of sexual orientatn among those the majory, prev gnive terviewg studi found that rponnts n nfe the words "homosexual" and "heterosexual, " believg that "heterosexual" means beg gay and that "homosexual" means beg straight. "gay" rather than "homosexual"), avoidg labels that people do not unrstand (i.