How do you know if you are gay?

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   sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

   Is there a sign? Do you like different foods?(that wasn't a good question) Are you drawn to play those games little boys play? What? What makes people be gay?

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      yoshi97posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      *Yoshi runs up and hands sneakorocksolid a flak jacket*
      
      'You're a brave man ... good luck!'
      
      *Yoshi runs off*

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         wyanjenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         

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            Sa Toyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         

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            Bovine Currencyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            "Runs off"  For some reason I get the image of skipping, not running skipping and giggling

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      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Why all these questions ???!!
      Maybe you're not sure if your gay or not ?

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         Bovine Currencyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I think you hit the money there!
         
         You know what they say about homophobes...

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      Friendlywordposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      People that ask the question; usually are gay. Straight people dont even consider the question. If you are a straight man; the thought of sex with another man makes you angry and disgusted. If you have these questions...find a man that will help you answer them.

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         xiao_kangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Friendly, if the thought of gay sex makes a man angry then I would assume that person has some sexual issues and fear of their own. Why would gay sex make a truly unquestioning stragiht man angry? Suspicious! I know a lot of straight men that aren't in any way angry about what I do in the privacy of my room or back seat of my car. They may be turned off and disgusted by the nature of anal sex but ...hey I know straight men and women that take it up the rear too because it feels good.
         So check your anger, ask why you are reading this "How do you know if you are gay?" blog and then be real.

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      pgrundyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      If you find yourself posing this question in internet forums that's a dead giveaway.

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      G Miahposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You'll get told by people if you are! Your straight friends will be awkward near you, and you won't see them as much as you'd like.
      
      I have a distant relative who acts 100% gay. After a few years we told him, he wasn't happy, because he didn't think he was gay.
      
      Everyone that knew thought he was gay. Now he is married with two kids, but if you ask anyone, they'll say he must be gay, due to his behaviour.

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      sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      i'm getting all tingly feeling when I look at your pic.

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      Cosmetics-Guruposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I read you forum post "How do you know if you are gay?"
      
      If you are confused about your gender, look at either your birth certificate or your plumbing.
      
      You certainly don't need to wear mascara, lipstick, or makeup to figure this out.  A female chimpanzee looks great with lipstick and clothes, but that does not make a chimpanzee human, does it?  Even if a chimpanzee feels more human wearing cosmetics, there is no society on earth today that will register birth and death certificates to chimpanzees, because they feel like humans.
      
      If they were born from a chimpanzee mother, they are a chimp.  If you were born with a birth certificate indicating that you are male or female, go with that.  Otherwise, you will always have an acceptance complex that the majority of homosexuals have.  They always have the need to gain other peoples acceptance, because, they never feel good about themselves.
      
      Do yourself a favor, be the person your mother and father, gave birth to.  If you go contrary to this. You will never be at peace with yourself, no matter how much makeup you wear.

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         Thatguypkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Forgive me, but what an appalling answer!

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      zduckmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I think its pretty simple. If you like to , or think about sucking dick, then you are gay.

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      RachaelLeflerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'm bisexual and I always developed romantic and sexual feelings for both girls and boys when I was a kid. I didn't really separate noticing cute boys and girls, to me gender didn't matter, the separation in my mind was between friends and people I was attached to romantically. I think you always know what your sexuality is from childhood when you first become attracted in a special way to boys or girls or like me, both. Gay people know their gay just as simplistically and intuitively as straight people know they're straight.

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         RachaelLeflerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         By "kid" I mean around puberty age, more like as a pre-teen. But everyone has one of those cute little Kindergarden crushes, too right?

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       Glamorously Jacobposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       It might be best to answer your question by defining gay.
       
       A gay man is a man who prefers the emotional and physical companionship of a male over a female. That's it!

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       lovelife08posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I'd say if you find yourself attracted to (and ONLY to) the opposite sex, then that's a pretty good sign you're gay.

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   Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

   Sneak, I think you'd know you're gay if you're attracted to a man and not a woman.

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      The Ropeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

           

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      starz27posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hi there, I agree with that comment. I think its just as plain as day. Your friend, Star.

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   B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 14 years ago

   I don't know ..I have only ever been attracted to men, maybe a gay person could answer this correctly, Im sorry I can not give you any kind of answer, I am stricktly a heterosexual....but every man or woman should be allowed to be themselves and love who they love, I have nothing against any man or woman just due to their sexual preferences, it is not my place to judge another in that aspect.

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   habeeposted 14 years ago

   Yeah, I think you'd know, Sneak.
   
   Yoshi, can a dragon be gay?

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      yoshi97posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      hmmm ... I knew of a gay dragon once ... he blew a lot of smoke rings, was seen as different, and was then thrown into a volcano.
      
      Since then, there have been no gay dragons.

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   habeeposted 14 years ago

   Ditto what BC said.

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      Carmen Borthwickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well I'm with you both! I'm on my way over to become your fan habee... love, love, love the dog!

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   Scott.Lifeposted 14 years ago

   Dude if you see a naked man coming out of the shower and pop wood, then that's a sign. Or you're having a seizure one of the two.

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      Ghost32posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Dang!  Now I gotta wonder if that little redheaded gal I'm married to is really epileptic with all those seizures she had while I was looking at pictures of pretty girls or....!!

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      manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That has to be the funniest response I've seen on Forums to date...w/o exception....

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      DawnnaBeeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      *****ROFL***** Your funny!

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   B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 14 years ago

   TY Habee, do you mind having another fan join your fan club, I really like your hubs and the way you think, I have noticed we think alot alike.

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   wyanjenposted 14 years ago

   If you find happiness, a connection with somebody, and love, in a homosexual relationship - you are gay.
   
   And more power to you, these things are damn hard to find, whoever you are

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   habeeposted 14 years ago

   I would be honored, BC!
   
   Scott, that was funny! Can't argue with that!

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      Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey it happens.

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    tantrumposted 14 years ago

    People concerned too much in gay matters, makes me wonder ....
    Who cares who goes to bed with whom ?
    People sexually satisfied, don't waste time in such matters.
    this thread is pathetic!!

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    ediggityposted 14 years ago

    How do you know?  You take the massage test:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvPqOGujXc

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    thranaxposted 14 years ago

    Well, you can tell by who you like. If you can sexually be around a man and not care then theirs a good chance your gay or bisexual. Strait people have a reaction to when they see a gay activity if there strait and around other people. If your alone, normally you can tolerate viewing anything much better because you don't need to worry. I have a friend whose gay who can't help but blush around almost every guy he's around just a like a schoolgirl. Normally, it is then followed by the natural reaction to when a man likes something.
    
    ~thranax~

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       ediggityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       A loud burp and a scratch?

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          thranaxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          
          
          ~thranax~

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    drej2522posted 14 years ago

    "they aren't gay...they are hobbits!"
    
    and Yoshi I don't believe you...you did not see a gay dragon once!

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    yoshi97posted 14 years ago

    I've got it! The acid test! You just need a napking, a playboy, and a playgirl - of course this test only works with men.
    
    Lay the napkin on the guys lap and then hand them a Playboy. Next, hand them a Playgirl. Now, watch for the napkin to nod and you will get your answer.
    
    Of course, if the napkin nods to both magazines then they are a switch hitter ... and if the napkin is nodding before you hand him the magazines ya better run ...

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    drej2522posted 14 years ago

    what if the napkin doesn't nod at all?

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       yoshi97posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Then the subject is neutered or has expired ...

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    Ron Montgomeryposted 14 years ago

    Ask your best friend to taste your tallywacker.  If he says it tastes of fecal matter, you might just be gay.

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    Colebabieposted 14 years ago

    How do you know if you are straight?

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       dejajolieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    Well  now if you don't know by now, you never will. Is this a trick question?

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    Ron Montgomeryposted 14 years ago

    
    
    Born Straight

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       Sa Toyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       This baby is sooooo CUTE
       
       
       Right concerning the actual question, I think most people just 'know'. I mean especially during puberty and crazy hormones you'd notice your hard on for le men!

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    xiao_kangposted 14 years ago

    I'm a gay man. I knew from as early as 5 years old that there was something 'different' about me. I was drawn towards the same sex emotionally, and despite my young age, even somewhat physically. Given the era i was raised in my feminine characteristics were either beaten or ridiculed out of me, thus I have grown to be a masculine man with many masculine interests. Many people can't tell I'm gay. I think that is a product of my environment, but had I been left without the ridicule and hatred I very well may have turned out to be feminine in mannerisms like so many gay men are. How does a person tell if they are gay? I think they have always known. In the early years they may not have identified it as homosexuality but the latent feelings, longing for someone of the same sex, have always been present. nature or nurture? I'd have to say I'm a product of nature. If a grown person is still struggling with whether or not he/she is gay then i would have to say that it's likely they are bi, there's no gray areas when it comes to being gay. It's easily identifiable.

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       dejajolieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks for your honesty and very succinct response

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    Sauvignonposted 14 years ago

    I figure as long as your having fun under the covers...

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    frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

    I can't remember when I was last asked if I was a 'hetero'. I find this odd. I want equality. I want folks to start threads about what it takes to be heterosexual. Or plain walk up to me and ask when did I know, what games did I play, what did I eat or what made me heterosexual.
    
    And I want the query to come from a gay man or woman. I think they've every right to ask such a thing, judging on the on-going curiosty from us socially acceptable heterosexuals.
    
    What's good for the goose is good for the gander
    
    P.s. - I chose to be heterosexual. After all, it's a choice thing right?

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       xiao_kangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Well put! What does make a hetero? I'm curious to know. However, I question whether or not it is a "choice thing". Would you choose to be gay at some point in your life, if even for a moment? And would that make you gay, or would you still be straight just experimenting? I think there's a clear definition between a gay man, a curious one, a bi, and a hetero. No significant 'choice' exists. Nonetheless, I will begin to question the heteros about their sexuality. Brilliant idea. I'm interested in seeing what responses I will get.
       Cheers.

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          ladyjane1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I think sometimes when people want to experiment then its a choice thing but the seriously gay people I believe are born this way. I knew I was heterosexual from a very young age. Being heterosexual just isn't as interesting to some people and thats why they don't wanna know about straight sex lol.

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             Bovine Currencyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             'Seriously gay' as opposed to what, 'casual gay'
             
             Cmon....

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                kerrygposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Are you familiar with the term "bicurious?"

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                   Bovine Currencyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   Yes Darling, I am familiar with the term.

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                ladyjane1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

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    zampanoposted 14 years ago

    I'm a man, Yes I am and I'm glad that I love you so.
    Anybody can say that. Homo, hetero or whatever.

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    Scott36posted 14 years ago

    Some know some don't but its a question being asked more and more. What is gay?  Is it simply a sexual preference or is it an attitude.

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       earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       it is neither. Sexuality is pre-determined.

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       Colebabieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       It isn't a preference but an orientation. But regardless...
       
       But everyone should leave the terminology aside. Sexual orientation is a scale anyways.

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    redemption86posted 14 years ago

    As a gay man I can say that being gay was definitley my mothers fault. She decided she wanted a gay son and brought me up in a totally gay way. Yes the food that I was fed was gay food, always pink in colour and my school tie was a pink feather boa. I played gay games including hide and peek, was sent to ballet school and was only allowed to wear a pink tutu. I was introduced to make up by the age of 11 and now refuse to leave the house unless my makeup is perfect. So yes being gay is totally by choice, just in my case it was my mother who made the choice!

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       EmpressFelicityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       
       
       "My mother made me a homosexual... and if you give her the wool, she'll make you one as well!"

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    "How do you know if you are gay?"
    
    How do you know that you are not?

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    ladyjane1posted 14 years ago

    Wow thats an interesting question. I have a son who is gay, he is 28 years old and I could tell by the time he was 5 that he was going to be gay. He loved to play with girl toys, not boy toys, he was very soft spoken and like to walk around with my high heels on, we thought it was cute and it actually was. He came out to me when he was 18 and thought that I would be shocked, I told him I knew before he did and we both started laughing and I let him know that no matter what he is still my boy. I happen to think he was born like this. With all the prejudice that people have to deal with, I can't imagine that anyone would choose this lifestlyle.

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       Glamorously Jacobposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       The phenomenon you observed in your child has been well researched and referred to as "gender abandonment." A site called Born Different showcases some very interesting research on this topic.

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    kerrygposted 14 years ago

    Just checking. It sounds like that was the kind of experimentation she was referring to.

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    Bovine Currencyposted 14 years ago

    I have met a few 'serious gays' myself and they were not all born gay.  Two old friends of mine, they were in their late 40s/early 50s, living together for many years, in a committed homosexual relationship.  One of those guys was straight for half his life then changed his mind.  They are most definitely gay.

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    ladyjane1posted 14 years ago

    What I mean by seriously gay is people who are gay and know it and are not going from bad hetero relationships and all of a sudden "decide" that they want to be gay. I think a person knows if they are or they aren't.

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    Oh, you know.

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    lrohnerposted 14 years ago

    I'm relatively certain that if you have to ask the question, you're not gay.

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    my last breathposted 14 years ago

    im a pansexual female so ill answer this best i can. when i first realized my sexual orientation (at first i thought i was just bi, and i didnt approve of gays or anything) i noticed i started having feelings for some of my female friends. i started find some girls that i met sexually attractive. for a guy it would be the same.

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    Ultimate Hubberposted 14 years ago

    This might help you:
    
    http://www.yahooanswerfail.com/is-son-gay-fail/

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    nosmo_kingposted 14 years ago

    Do you think that maybe we are all gay, but many of us are in denial? Truthfully, this is one of those problems with humans, we like to catagorize people. He's strait, she's gay, he's a rebuplican. Maybe there is a reason. Perhaps we want to feel like part of a group, special. Truth is that we are all bisexual, everyone of us. We just don't admit it and we supress it or we have been raised this way or that and our environment has trained us to be repulsed by homosexual acts. On and on.
    
    So, I challange you all to open your minds and free yourself from these bonds of social stereotyping and just be free and be yourself and do what makes you feel good, and love who you want to love.

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Ask the man underneath you

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    MOEFLATSposted 13 years ago

    How?  Be a person who knows what YOU want and don't listen to anyone else.  You can be manipulated to "feel female" with very complex high-tech mental manipulation.  This doesn't mean that you are a "female trapped in a Man's body", you are being fooled with powerful subliminal presentations.  If the idea of doing something is repellant to you, then it's probably not something you want to do.  If your refusal to "come out of the closet" brings ringing in the ears, people talking weird or doing hand-gestures which freak you out, calling you "yellow",stalking, ANY mind-f66k games - this is YOUR ENVIRONMENT, NOT YOU.  To avoid living a lie based on electronic body-stimulation, look into my hub page.

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    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    "A gay man is a man who prefers the emotional and physical companionship of a male over a female. That's it!" That is exactly what gay women have told me.

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