Sexualy is plex and ever-evolvg, so how do you know if you're straight, gay, or somethg between? Answer the qutns about your csh and fantasi to fd out.
Contents:
- HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
- CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
- YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD
- 17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
- I’VE INTIFIED AS GAY FOR YEARS. NOT ANYMORE.
- AM I GAY?
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
* they don't know i am not gay *
In orr to have doubts about one’s sexual inty, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. If the sufferer is heterosexual, then the thought may be that they are homosexual. If on the other hand they happen to be homosexual they may obss about the possibily that they might really be straight.
” Some people’s doubts are further plited by havg such experienc as hearg other people talkg or lookg their directn and thkg that the people mt be analyzg their behavr or appearance and talkg about them – discsg how they mt be gay (or straight). For those wh thoughts of beg homosexual, part of the distrs mt surely be social orig.
CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
Let’s face , gay people have always been an opprsed mory wh our culture, and to sudnly thk of beg this posn, and to be stigmatized this way, n be ighteng. I have sometim wonred if those who experience the most distrs om such thoughts as the do so bee they were raised wh more strongly homophobic or anti-gay attus to beg wh, or if is simply bee one’s sexualy n be such a basic doubt.
Lookg at attractive men or women, or pictur of them, or readg sexually oriented lerature or pornography (hetero- or homosexual), to see if they are sexually excg.
YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD
Observg themselv for evince of “lookg, ” talkg, walkg, drsg, or gturg like someone who is eher gay or straight.
Compulsively reviewg and analyzg past teractns wh other men or women to see if they have acted like a gay or straight person. Readg articl on the ter about how an dividual n tell if they are gay or straight to see which group they might be most siar to.
Do you thk I uld be gay (or straight)? How n I tell if I’m really gay (or straight)? Can you sudnly turn to a homosexual (or heterosexual) even if you have never felt or acted that that way?
17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
Do I look (or act) gay (or straight) to you? If I get sexual sensatns when viewg sexual material of an oppose orientatn do mean I am gay (or straight)? A typil example would be a heterosexual man who experienc an erectn while lookg at gay eroti.
This reactn is strengthened by the rrect belief that homosexual cu never stimulate heterosexuals.
Avoidg standg close to, touchg or bshg agast members of the same sex (or oppose sex if the sufferer is gay). Not readg or lookg at vios news reports books or articl havg anythg to do wh gay people or other sexual subjects.
I’VE INTIFIED AS GAY FOR YEARS. NOT ANYMORE.
Never sayg the words “gay, ” “homosexual, ” (or “straight”) or any other related term. Tryg to not look or act effemately (if a man), or a mascule way (if a woman), (or vice versa if the sufferer is gay).
Not drsg ways that would make one look effemate (if a man), or mascule (if a woman), (aga vice versa if the sufferer is gay). Avoidg associatg wh anyone who may be gay or who seems to lean that directn (if the sufferer is heterosexual). The flip si of this is when they look at thgs havg to do wh sex of an oppose orientatn and then feel aroed some way, which they then nclu to mean that they liked , which means that they are gay (or straight).
Readg books by or about gay persons.
AM I GAY?
Watchg vios on gay them or about gay characters.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Visg gay meetgs shops, browsg gay bookstor, or visg areas of town that are more predomantly gay. Wearg a T-shirt at home wh the word ‘gay’ on .
Dog a seri of wrg assignments of a uple of pag each that suggt more and more that you actually are gay or wish to be. Makg a seri of three-mute tap that based on the wrgs gradually suggt more and more that you are gay, and listeng to them several tim a day changg them when they no longer bother you).