If I were gay... what would be my name? | Rum and Monkey

Contents:

• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY
• WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• IF I WAS GAYANDREAS WIJKPRODUCED BYANDREAS WIJK & CARL-PHILIP STRöMNOV. 11, 20221 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORIF I WAS GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]IF I WAS GAY, WOULD I BEWHAT THEY SAY, JT A STEREOTYPE?IF I WAS GAY, HOW DO I GET TO HEAVENWHEN THERE'S "NO CHURCH  THE WILD"?[PRE-CHOS]TRIED TO BE HONTBUT HONTLY I N'TNO, I N'TIF LOVE IS THE SAMEWHY IS THIS NOT THE SAME THG?THE SAME THG[CHOS]I'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYWOULD I LIKE THE WAY FEELS?PICTURG HIS FACE, AND I LOSE A PIECE OF MEPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELI'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYI'VE BEEN TRYG TO F KEPT A NDLE BURNG, A LAMP UNTO MY FEETPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]IF I WAS GAY, THERE WOULD BE NO IENDS LEFTAND I DON'T WANT THATIF I WAS GAY, MY MUM AND DAD WOULD TREAT MEAND I N'T HANDLE THAT SH[PRE-CHOS]TRIED TO BE HONTBUT HONTLY I N'TNO, I N'TIF LOVE IS THE SAMEWHY IS THIS NOT THE SAME THG?THE SAME THG[CHOS]I'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYWOULD I LIKE THE WAY FEELS?PICTURG HIS FACE, AND I LOSE A PIECE OF MEPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELI'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYI'VE BEEN TRYG TO F KEPT A NDLE BURNG, A LAMP UNTO MY FEETPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEEL[BRIDGE]ALL THE TIME I'VE WASTEDTRYG TO REPLACETHE PART OF MYSELF THAT WAS KEEPG ME STRAIGHTIT JT MA ME A PRODUCT OF SO WHERE DO I F ?NOTHG N REPLACETHE SRS ON MY BODYCAN'T TALK TO NOBODY, I'M NUMB[CHOS]I'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYWOULD I LIKE THE WAY FEELS?PICTURG HIS FACE, AND I LOSE A PIECE OF MEPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “IF I WAS GAY” BY ANDREAS WIJK?WHEN DID ANDREAS WIJK RELEASE “IF I WAS GAY”?WHO WROTE “IF I WAS GAY” BY ANDREAS WIJK?CREDSPRODUCED BYANDREAS WIJK & CARL-PHILIP STRöMWRTEN BYANDREAS WIJK & CARL-PHILIP STRöMRELEASE DATENOVEMBER 11, 2022TAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• RELEASG JOYNER LUS AND EMEM’S ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’ WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE MISTAKE
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER
• AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT
• AVENUE Q - IF YOU WERE GAY LYRICS
• EMEM WONRS “WHAT IF I WAS GAY?”
• WHAT IF YOU ONLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY?
• IF I WERE GAY... WHAT WOULD BE MY NAME?
• I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO IF I WERE GAY

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

Gay dividuals are romantilly or sexually attracted to people who are the same genr as them. If you’re more aroed by people who are the same genr as you, you might be gay. Keep md that experienc of sexual aroal are extremely nuanced, and aren’t ncrete proof that you’re gay.

For stance, you n be aroed by gay adult media whout necsarily beg gay yourself. If you tend to velop csh on people who are the same genr as you, uld be a sign that you’re gay. You n be gay even if you’ve had straight relatnships the past.

If you felt unfortable wh physil ntact wh each girl, you may be gay.

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

If you often fantasize about relatnships volvg specific genrs, you may be queer or gay.

You may be gay, but you uld also be pansexual or bisexual if you sometim thk about the other genr. Don’t assume you’re gay based on how you walk, talk, or drs.

WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?

You’ve probably heard stereotyp about what mak someone gay, but none of the are te. Siarly, walkg or dancg a certa way don’t make you gay, eher.

For stance, havg a high-pched voice as a guy don’t make you gay. If you enjoy flirtg wh the same genr, you might be gay or queer.

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

RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

If you’re not ready to tell everyone that you’re gay, that’s okay! I thk I’ve begun to realize that I’m attracted to men and I might be gay.

While “gay” is a totally valid label to intify wh, isn’t the only LGBTQ+ label out there.

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. Beg gay is part of who you are, and there’s nothg wrong wh . Article SummaryXIf you’re not sure how to know if you are gay, thk about any past romantic experienc you have had.

IF I WAS GAYANDREAS WIJKPRODUCED BYANDREAS WIJK & CARL-PHILIP STRöMNOV. 11, 20221 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORIF I WAS GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]IF I WAS GAY, WOULD I BEWHAT THEY SAY, JT A STEREOTYPE?IF I WAS GAY, HOW DO I GET TO HEAVENWHEN THERE'S "NO CHURCH  THE WILD"?[PRE-CHOS]TRIED TO BE HONTBUT HONTLY I N'TNO, I N'TIF LOVE IS THE SAMEWHY IS THIS NOT THE SAME THG?THE SAME THG[CHOS]I'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYWOULD I LIKE THE WAY FEELS?PICTURG HIS FACE, AND I LOSE A PIECE OF MEPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELI'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYI'VE BEEN TRYG TO F KEPT A NDLE BURNG, A LAMP UNTO MY FEETPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]IF I WAS GAY, THERE WOULD BE NO IENDS LEFTAND I DON'T WANT THATIF I WAS GAY, MY MUM AND DAD WOULD TREAT MEAND I N'T HANDLE THAT SH[PRE-CHOS]TRIED TO BE HONTBUT HONTLY I N'TNO, I N'TIF LOVE IS THE SAMEWHY IS THIS NOT THE SAME THG?THE SAME THG[CHOS]I'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYWOULD I LIKE THE WAY FEELS?PICTURG HIS FACE, AND I LOSE A PIECE OF MEPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELI'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYI'VE BEEN TRYG TO F KEPT A NDLE BURNG, A LAMP UNTO MY FEETPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEEL[BRIDGE]ALL THE TIME I'VE WASTEDTRYG TO REPLACETHE PART OF MYSELF THAT WAS KEEPG ME STRAIGHTIT JT MA ME A PRODUCT OF SO WHERE DO I F ?NOTHG N REPLACETHE SRS ON MY BODYCAN'T TALK TO NOBODY, I'M NUMB[CHOS]I'VE NEVER KISSED A BOYWOULD I LIKE THE WAY FEELS?PICTURG HIS FACE, AND I LOSE A PIECE OF MEPLAY ME ALL THE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS ON REPEATNONE OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT I FEELEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “IF I WAS GAY” BY ANDREAS WIJK?WHEN DID ANDREAS WIJK RELEASE “IF I WAS GAY”?WHO WROTE “IF I WAS GAY” BY ANDREAS WIJK?CREDSPRODUCED BYANDREAS WIJK & CARL-PHILIP STRöMWRTEN BYANDREAS WIJK & CARL-PHILIP STRöMRELEASE DATENOVEMBER 11, 2022TAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

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.

RELEASG JOYNER LUS AND EMEM’S ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’ WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE MISTAKE

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. He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party. PREVIOUS REPORT: 'I'll never get my baby back': Fay of woman killed crash on North Freeway angry over lossHoton police said Sarah Gay was toxited when she drove northbound the southbound lan of the I-45 North Freeway near the Whe Oak ex and h two rs.

Particularly when young, some people may ask, "How do I know if I am gay? When down to , there is no reliable "Am I Gay tt", so the only way to know that you are gay (fn of gay) is to look wh yourself to terme your own thoughts and feelgs towards others of the same sex.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

You might also want to nsir the possibily that you are neher gay nor straight and are bisexual or jt cur. There is no one way that gay people act or look – gay people are jt as diverse as straight people.

Jt bee you are a man who is effemate or a woman who is boyish, that do not mean that you're necsarily gay. When lookg at the signs you are gay, you might want to ask yourself the qutns:1.

MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER

There is no need to sh to a cisn or tell anyone about your exploratn or e out gay. And if do turn out that you are gay, remember that there is nothg wrong wh beg gay – is jt part of who you are. Some Republins once said Joseph Ziegler, the Internal Revenue Service agent who ttified before Congrs Wednday about possible terference the vtigatn of Hunter Bin, was biased Bin’s favor bee he’s a gay man and a Democrat.

“People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda. The report clud a photo of Joseph Ziegler and his hband, Newsweek not, pl the assertn that the hband was nnected “at least socially” to Demetre Daskalakis, a gay physician who has worked the New York Cy health partment and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, and later was appoted by Joe Bin as puty ordator of the rponse to the mpox outbreak.

AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT

Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected. Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry.

"The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000. Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc.

Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc.

AVENUE Q - IF YOU WERE GAY LYRICS

It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly.

Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life. "Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy.

EMEM WONRS “WHAT IF I WAS GAY?”

Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer". [Verse 1]If I was gay, would I beWhat they say, jt a stereotype?

WHAT IF YOU ONLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY?

If I was gay, how do I get to heavenWhen there's "no church  the wild"? Picturg his face, and I lose a piece of mePlay me all the classic love songs on repeatNone of them talk about what I feelI've never kissed a boyI've been tryg to f Kept a ndle burng, a lamp unto my feetPlay me all the classic love songs on repeatNone of them talk about what I feel[Verse 2]If I was gay, there would be no iends leftAnd I don't want thatIf I was gay, my mum and dad would treat meAnd I n't handle that sh[Pre-Chos]Tried to be hontBut hontly I n'tNo, I n'tIf love is the sameWhy is this not the same thg? To Joyner and Emem’s cred, seems the pair likely knew never to release “What If I Was Gay.

No matter how well-meang the tent is, the hackneyed lyrics sound exactly like what would happen if a straight man tried to scribe what he thks the gay experience is like over a beat that would have been left on 808s & Heartbreak‘s cuttg room floor:. From the moment Em asks, “What if I told you I’m homophobic?

The verse ends wh a fal twist that’s supposed to be revelatory but stead rgs wh a sad hollowns: “What if I’m a hypocre who is aaid to jt face tth / What if I told you I’m gay too? The man who spent the entirety of his reer droppg homophobic slurs, but also performg at The Grammys wh Elton John jt rapped, “What if I told you I’m gay, too?

IF I WERE GAY... WHAT WOULD BE MY NAME?

Instead of two straight mal spendg five mut tryg to answer “what if I was gay, ” maybe the world would be better off wh them answerg, “who is this song really for? The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.

In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO IF I WERE GAY

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church.

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.