How to rpond when someone says, 'I'm gay'

Contents:

• AM I GAY?
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• AM I GAY TT OR QUIZ: REALLY?
• AM I GAY OR STRAIGHT? MAYBE THIS FUN QUIZ WILL TELL ME
• AM I GAY? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY?
• ‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’
• HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• HOW TO RPOND WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, 'I'M GAY'
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

AM I GAY?

Your iends, who might already spect that you’re gay, will get to know you on a eper level and likely feel much closer to you. 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. Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc.

Keep md that experienc of sexual aroal are extremely nuanced, and aren’t ncrete proof that you’re gay. 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.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

Thgs would be so simple if you uld jt label yourself as gay and be done wh , but may not be that easy.

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.

AM I GAY TT OR QUIZ: REALLY?

Article SummaryXIf you’re not sure how to know if you are gay, thk about any past romantic experienc you have had.

AM I GAY OR STRAIGHT? MAYBE THIS FUN QUIZ WILL TELL ME

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. When a character says or do somethg racist, sexist or homophobic ont of the Token Mory, Token Girl, or Ambiguoly Gay person, eher bee they're an Innocent Bigot or bee they said somethg easily Mistaken for Racist.

"Pri, part 1": When Paige asks Spner to rry her beach bag, which happens to be floral patterned, he tells her that he n't, bee make people will mistake him for a "homo". Later, Jimmy tch Spner wrg "Mar is Gay" on a wall the boy's bathroom, and says, "What are you gog to wre next?... Although nothg offensive was said, when Jimmy asks the rint black, gay hoemate his opn on the attractivens of a female hoemate, he rponds wh "You know I'm gay, right?

In the 1950s and 1960s, anti-gay sentiment was rampant (read: Gay Discrimatn and Stigma and How to Cope) and a "homosexualy tt" was veloped Canada.

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

Of the many problems wh the tt was the assumptn that there were only two possible sexuali (heterosexual and homosexual) and that pupil dilatn would, ed, vary heterosexual and homosexual populatns.

" tt is bee is now regnized that there are many optns for sexualy outsi of jt heterosexual and homosexual. In 1948, fact, a ratg sle, The Heterosexual-Homosexual Ratg Sle (often known as The Ksey Sle), was veloped by Aled Ksey and his lleagu Warll Pomeroy and Cly Mart. There is no way to measure a person's sexualy and only an dividual n terme whether or not they intify as gay and what that means to them.

I had sent Lydia the first msage, askg to read the gay Harry Potter fanfic she had mentned her profile. The olr I got, the ls nfint I felt how well I knew myself, and the more I looked outward for anythg that might provi retrospect, maybe I should have known who I was the first time I went lookg for a quiz lled “Am I gay?

‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’

I didn’t know I uld try somethg new before knowg I wanted and off throughout my 20s I had wished I were gay bee then I would have an explanatn for why men and me didn’t mix romantilly. I took all those quizz hopg to be told I was gay and feelg let down whenever the answer me back that I wasn’t.

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn ST, Page 6 of the New York edn wh the headle: Am I Gay?

HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?

In the 1950s and 1960s, was believed, some circl, that was possible to tt for homosexualy and such a tt was veloped Canada. However, this tt was based on many flty assumptns and has long sce been shown that no tt n tell you whether you are gay or not. Gay ratg sl, like the Heterosexual-Homosexual Ratg Sle (sometim known as the Ksey Sle), do exist, however.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

The ratg sl aim to classify people not as "gay" or "straight" but rather dite that most people do not experience exclively gay or straight experienc.

HOW TO RPOND WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, 'I'M GAY'

Most people, regardls as to their sexual inty, do experience both homosexual and heterosexual feelgs and/or behavrs at different tim their liv. It n be hard for some people to know whether or not they are gay, but 's important to remember that cidg you are gay is a personal cisn and not a clil one.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

Some people that have homosexual experienc ntue not to intify as gay while others that have never had a homosexual experience and rather, jt have homosexual feelgs, may ll themselv gay. "Wh time, someone who is gay will realize that not only are they sexually attracted to members of the same sex, but that this attractn is not transnal, or as often scribed 'jt a phase'.

VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

Many people bee aware of gay feelgs durg their teenage years, as this is when they beg to learn more about their sexualy and inty. However, the difficulti associated wh acceptg the feelgs and g out gay mean that many gay people don't intify themselv as gay until later on life.