Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?"
Contents:
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
- DEFINITIONS FOR GAY STRAIGHTGAY STRAIGHT
IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
Many young men intify as mostly straight — a sexual orientatn that is not que straight but also, they say, ls gay than bisexualy * what does straight up gay mean *
Todd has failed to form any romantic nnectns and starts to wonr if he might be bisexual as opposed to his current stat of homosexualy.
Before the events of the film, he had nsired himself gay, but now, he is startg to wonr if that was somethg that he had ndned himself to believe whout explorg other avenu. If there was any qutn about Todd’s gayns, is cleared up as his relatnship wh Rory progrs.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
* what does straight up gay mean *
He has stopped wonrg jt how gay he is, and he se himself spendg the rt of his life wh Rory. He uld be gay, he uld be bi, he uld also be asexual.
His OCD and general aversn to all bodily fluids has left him wh a arth of rnal experienc, and he begs to qutn his label of "gay. " Jt as some people feel they've been flted wh the label of "straight" at birth, Todd wonrs whether the "gay" label may have also been imposed upon him whout his own personal choice or exploratn of his entire selfhood. His iends dismiss his ncerns out of hand and sist that he is gay — further exemplifyg the pot that even though Todd is clearly unsure of his own sexual affi, those around him sist they are certa.
We hear a lot about the Big Three Sexuali — straight, bisexual and gay.
DEFINITIONS FOR GAY STRAIGHTGAY STRAIGHT
If you’re a young man, you might assume that eher you’re straight or you’re not, meang you’re likely gay and maybe bisexual.
Yet the evince suggts that more young men intify or scribe themselv as mostly straight than intify as eher bisexual or gay bed. Yet when the men were forced to choose between straight, bisexual or gay, about three-quarters marked straight bee for them bisexual, even if is unrstood as “bisexual-leang straight, ” is too gay to accurately scribe their inty.
Tradnally, our unrstandg has been that if you’re male and have even a slight attractn to the same sex, then you mt be gay. He knows he’s not gay, but straight wh a dash of gayns. But how much gayns?