Once Gay, Always Gay?

Contents:

• ONCE GAY, ALWAYS GAY?
• LONGEST GAY TEST!
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• AM I GAY?
• AM I GAY, STRAIGHT, LBIAN, BISEXUAL OR LGBTQ+?
• ONCE GAY, ALWAYS GAY?
• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY

ONCE GAY, ALWAYS GAY?

This impli that adolcents wh same-sex attractn (SSA) or homoerotic dreams are maniftg symptoms of an unrlyg realy: They are homosexual. He not that although a small percentage of heterosexual adolcents veloped homosexualy, the vast majory transned the oppose directn.

Based on the data, 16 year-olds wh SSA are “25 tim more likely to change towards heterosexualy at the age of 17 than those wh a heterosexual orientatn are likely to change towards bi-sexualy or homosexualy. That means there are more people who have changed to exclively heterosexual attractn than there are currently homosexuals and bisexuals bed.

” Not only do I scribe the of same-sex attractn the piece, but I highlight some of the evince that change is possible among adult homosexuals. I also ver qutns about terpretg biblil passag on homosexualy, whether one n be a “gay” Christian, and expla how Christians are actually very tolerant. In addn, I vote a chapter to practil prcipl to improve your teractn wh homosexuals as well as specific guil to answer difficult dilemmas you might face wh homosexuals the church, your fay, and your iends.

LONGEST GAY TEST!

Keep md that even if you have a sexual experience wh someone of the same genr or another genr, that don’t necsarily mean that you’re gay. That means, for example, that you n be transgenr but also straight (for stance, you might intify as a woman and feel attracted to men) or gay (e.

If you have had romantic experienc or fantasi volvg people who are the same genr as you, then there is a good chance you are gay or bisexual, but 's okay if you're a ltle nfed. Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr. Perhaps sexual preference n be changed – and people have the right to engage gay sex and have homosexual relatnships if they choose to do so.

A gay man is more likely than a straight man to have a (blogil) gay brother; lbians are more likely than straight women to have gay sisters.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

In 1993, a study published the journal Science showed that fai wh two homosexual brothers were very likely to have certa geic markers on a regn of the X chromosome known as Xq28. In some societi, homosexualy is accepted, others, is owned upon but tolerated, yet others, is a ser crimal offense, possibly punishable by ath. What you have learned about homosexualy as you were growg up will affect whether you nsir engagg homosexual acts to be sirable or disgtg.

AM I GAY?

Some people might argue that if you are “geilly gay” but the thought of homosexualy nseat you, then you jt haven’t accepted the fact that you really are gay. That argument is based on the assumptn that sexual preference is purely blogil; therefore, has no place a discsn about the possible of homosexualy.

In 1991, a study published the journal Science seemed to show that the hypothalam, which ntrols the release of sex hormon om the puary gland, gay men differs om the hypothalam straight men. The third terstial nucls of the anterr hypothalam (INAH3) was found to be more than twice as large heterosexual men as homosexual men.

AM I GAY, STRAIGHT, LBIAN, BISEXUAL OR LGBTQ+?

This study was cricized bee ed bra tissue obtaed at topsi, and all of the homosexual subjects the study were believed to have died of AIDS. This study, which also ed bra tissue om topsi, did not reveal any signifint difference between the size of the INAH3 gay men and straight men. PET and MRI studi performed 2008 have shown that the two halv of the bra are more symmetril homosexual men and heterosexual women than heterosexual men and homosexual women.

The studi have also revealed that nnectns the amygdalas of gay men remble those of straight women; gay women, nnectns the amygdala remble those of straight men.

Some studi have shown that the rp llosum – the ma nnectn between the two halv of the bra- has a different stcture gay men than straight men.

ONCE GAY, ALWAYS GAY?

Gay women and gay men are more likely to be left-hand or ambixtro than straight women and straight men, acrdg to a number of different studi. A 1992 study showed that the anterr missure, a smaller nnectn between the bra’s two hemispher, is larger homosexual men than straight men.

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Today, however, we know much more about the bra than we did when homosexualy was nsired a disease that required treatment, and the amount of knowledge that we have about the bra is creasg.

If we fe beg gay as engagg homosexual behavr (the ncept of “gay” as an inty is a Wtern cultural ncept – people who have sex wh both men and women may ll themselv gay, straight or bisexual, pendg on the l of their culture or subculture), then people stop beg gay as soon as they stop engagg this behavr.

I believe that people have the right to engage any behavr that they choose, as long as their actns do not harm others, and I believe that gay sex and gay relatnships do not e harm to anyone. (Of urse, there are abive and unhealthy gay relatnships that should not be tolerated, jt as there are unhealthy heterosexual relatnships that should not be tolerated. If sexual preference n be altered, then people who support gay rights n’t rely on the argument that gay people should be protected om discrimatn bee gay people have no choice but to be gay – an argument that seems like an apology for homosexualy, as if homosexualy is a disease for which there is no cure.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY

Jt as gay people who are happy as they are should not be forced to change their sexual orientatn, gay people who want to be straight should have the right to change if they n – and the rrect word is “change” – not “cure”. Photo creds: Vanuver Gay Pri Para 2008 by edallaluna on Wikimedia Commons; DNA by ynse on Wikimedia Commons; Bra fMRI by views exprsed are those of the thor(s) and are not necsarily those of Scientific Amerin. While many gay and lbian people say they always knew, that’s not always the se and there are jt as many adults who e out later life.

But how do you know if you are gay (or any of the wonrful inti along the LGBTQ+ spectm and Ksey Sle - om bisexual and pansexual to queer), or jt gog through a perd of qutng your sexual orientatn? Sadly we live a culture which giv the ia that 's more “normal” or “better” to be straight than is to be gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer, etc.

Bee sexualy is so plex and nstantly evolvg, there unfortunately is no one way to be sure whether you are ‘really’ straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, pansexual or queer. We n be attracted to people irrpective of their genr, do not mean we need to label ourselv as gay, straight, pansexual - unls we choose to do so, ’ explas Marianne Oak, lead unsellor for and a specialist sexualy, genr and diverse relatnships.