Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you.
Contents:
- AM I GAY?
- HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
- HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY
- PEOPLE THK I'M GAY... BUT I'M NOT
- 17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
AM I GAY?
* i think im not gay *
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. 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.
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
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).
HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY
For those wh thoughts of beg homosexual, part of the distrs mt surely be social orig. 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.
Observg themselv for evince of “lookg, ” talkg, walkg, drsg, or gturg like someone who is eher gay or straight.
PEOPLE THK I'M GAY... BUT I'M NOT
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? 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)?
17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
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).