17 Signs You're Actually Gay (and Jt Don't Know It)

Contents:

• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
• 17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
• HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
• AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL
• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY

It’s not pletely known why someone might be lbian, gay, straight, or bisexual. You also n’t “turn” a person gay. For example, exposg a boy to toys tradnally ma for girls, such as dolls, won’t e him to be gay.

Many people say that they knew they were lbian, gay, or bisexual even before puberty. ” Many people, cludg sex rearchers and scientists, believe that sexual orientatn is like a sle wh entirely gay on one end and entirely straight on the other. LGBTQ stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer/Qutng.

17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)

Sexual inty is how you label yourself (for example, g labels such as queer, gay, lbian, straight, or bisexual).

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

Some people may engage same genr sexual behavr but not intify themselv as bisexual, lbian, or gay. 5% intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. Part of realizg you're gay, or bi, or trans, or non-bary, or anythg other than cisgenr and heterosexual is acceptg you’re different—and somewhat separated—om the majory.

Here he shar his journey to overe the sense of isolatn he felt growg up gay a small U. At the time, there were no real gay role mols except for Graham Norton and Jack om Dawson's Creek—and I certaly didn't intify wh him bee I wasn't a football player. I felt like I was pletely on my rried on until I was 16, when I started gog out to gay bars my hometown.

I ma one gay iend, who I'm actually close to now. For the first time I've been able to form a good group of gay iends and create my own support work. I'd go on gay chatrooms but that was jt a facels nversatn wh someone who uld have been anyone.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

I thk if I'd had iends who were gay when I was growg up, my life would have been so different. I now know there were other kids at my school who were gay, but they didn't e out till much later. Self-Regnn as Gay First Step Comg Out.

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

Tellg Others You Are Gay. While g out and talkg about beg gay to others is a slow procs, generally starts wh a close iend or fay member. Rejectn by this person may e a backlash to the self-regnn stage of g out (the g out stage where you regnize you are gay); however, acceptance by this person generally leads to an crease self-teem and nfince.

As this stage of g out ntu, the dividual gas a general sense of what means to be gay and choos to eher accept or reject different stereotyp and perceptns regardg gays. Socializatn wh Other Gays.

AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL

Socializatn wh other gays is important when acceptg your sexualy that giv a sense of cln to a new world, erasg feelgs of lonels. Contact wh posive gay and lbian role mols n be very fluential and beneficial. This stage of g out is simply about seekg out other posive homosexual relatnships and fdg a fort level wh onelf regardg your sexualy.

Even if you are quietly open regardg your homosexualy, you n still be readily available to help support others wh their stggl.

While olr people may be ls open and more set their ways, younger men are more often more open, polilly active and visible the gay muny.

THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

“Am I gay? Beg gay is really no big al. It’s the twenty first century and if someone’s gog to be a judgmental ltle hoe, then they don’t serve to be your v gay life.

So if you n relate to the signs then you’re actually gay (you jt don’t know yet).

One of your top ten experienc was at a Pri para where you were surround by the most tertg, fun strangers you have ever enuntered, and no one you knew was there to judge you, or the only people you knew there were gay.