Can Someone Be Homosexual and Not Gay? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
• HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
• CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
• HOW TO LEAD A HETEROSEXUAL LIFTYLE IF YOU ARE GAY
• HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG 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 am a gay male.

I have been out nearly 7 years now (age 16, sophomore year of HS).

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

That week I told my iends and fay I was gay.

CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?

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.

Luckily, you n choose not to be homophobic. 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.

HOW TO LEAD A HETEROSEXUAL LIFTYLE IF YOU ARE GAY

Once you have wrten down the specific feelgs that make have homophobic feelgs, is time to analyze why you feel this way. When you are reflectg on your feelgs, nsir where your homophobia origated. ”Do my parents feel homophobic and have their views fluenced me?

HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM

”I have a bad hab of g the word ‘gay’ to scribe thgs. I thk this n be offensive to people who intify as gay.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

”I ma fun of [x] high school and lled him gay. ”I want to stop g the word ‘gay.

Speak up agast homophobia. You may have heard, or even said, “that’s so gay!