What is your current, personal feel on Homosexuality and Bisexuality?
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I have nothing against it. What a person does in their love life, and in their bedroom is not my business. \n\nI do prefer it if they keep it in the bedroom. I don't need to see it. But I feel that way about straight people as well.\n\n(Springfield High School, Illinois)
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Kinsey's studies showed that there are very few people who are 100% straight or 100% gay. I've been out of the closet since I was 18 (I'm 37 now). I've never been with a man, but I do occassionally have fantasies about them...and I do find them attractive. However I still identify myself as a lesbian...though I occassionally will question it myself. It's hard when there are social pressures that you have to be one or the other, but (as Kinsey's studies showed) you really don't have to be and perhaps aren't by nature. It's possible that you may be bisexual. And, really, does it matter? There is no rule that says you should or shouldn't be with a man if you're curious.It's ok to be gay, straight, or bi...just  be yourself...and be truly honest with yourself. Don't pressure yourself either way.
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Most people answer this question with the percentages Dr. Kinsey came up with half a century ago. \n\nThey'll tell you that about 10% of the population is exclusively gay or lesbian, and most of the human population is bisexual, with heterosexuals representing a moderate percentage, fewer of them than bisexuals but more of them than homosexuals.\n\nAs for the truth? Nobody really knows.\n\nDr. Kinsey had some great ideas. His studies were extensive. However, they were based on Western cultures (excluding African, Asian, Polynesian, and Native populations) and were performed before Americans felt they could admit to same-sex partnerships, in a research setting, without being persecuted and losing their homes/families.\n\nI suspect the Dr. also didn't take into account the complications posed by post-operative transsexual activity (for instance, if a person born male has an operation to become physically female, and then has sex with a man, is that person gay? are they heterosexual? does is make a difference if their relationship began before the operation?) because such operations are a modern phenomenon. \n\nPersonally, I would suggest that the majority of people, if asked (even in confidence, in formal interviews) will identify themselves as exclusively heterosexual, but a little prying will reveal that their behavior has been both heterosexual AND homosexual, making them behaviorally bi-sexual. \n\nSo, I guess it comes down to the question: what matters more, the way people see themselves or the labels others put on them? \n\nI think both can be usefull for research purposes, but in real, everyday life, one should respect each person as an individual who has the right to identify themselves in whatever way they choose--as hetero, as gay, as lesbian, as bisexual, or as anything in-between.\n\nAlso, as an anthropologist, I love to remember Margaret Mead's famous quote, "Extreme heterosexuality is a perversion."
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How does your family and friends feel about homosexuality? If they are open to this kind of lifestyle just invite them over and just let them know that you want to share something that is very important to you with them. If that made any sense.
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The American Psychological Association page on homosexuality (link below) may be a good place to start.  There are more links at the bottom of the page.
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Contemporary research proves that the vast majority of men and women are bi-sexual to one degree or another. For some of us, it is only a quick recognition of the beauty of our own gender, as you suggest, but for others it is something we could act on in an intimate way. So be at peace. You are in good company with about 80% of the human race,
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lesbian,dyke,gay. all are acceptable to me if used politely. but can we also use the word human? Then we wouldn't have to ask are you gay straight etc :)
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I don't know why I'm gay. I don't remember being given a choice. Perhaps you could tell me when you chose to be straight?
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I'm bisexual so I know exactly how you feel...\n\nIf you tell a straight girl you're bi, from then on they think you're hitting on them everytime you touch them.\n\nIf you tell a straight guy you're bi all they will talk to you about is threesomes.\n\nI've had gay/lesbians not want associate with me anymore because I wasn't queer enough.\n\nThen you have your idiots who think all bis are sluts.\n\nI know who I am and I know what I am.  When you fall in love with someone you fall in love with their heart, not what they're packing.  \n\nI'm not bi because it's "cool", I'm not bi because I'm desperate for a date, I'm bi because I don't want to discriminate love.\n\n**Mr. Successful is the perfect example as to why bisexuals are so misunderstood.  Close minded, ignorant people that have no idea what is actually going on.  They have no respect for others feelings; the perfect example of a poor human being.**
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You think your ripped off? I'm bi and yet I don't get to have sex with every single thing that moves every single night and day. Someone cheated me out of my horde of lovers.\n\n*edit*\nI feel your pain, they led us on with promises of hot multisex orgies and then informed us that we still get normal lives. Life is so cruel sometimes.
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Great question. I've never had a problem, but then again, I'm gay. The flak that I've been the recipient or observer of over the years in the form of hate speech and homophobia never confronts your question directly. Most often, "homosexual" gets morphed into "child molester," the substitution being made and accepted without question. On that error hangs a history of violence and inequality.\n\nOther complaints seem to surround the idea of gayness being "in bad taste." Some people seem to have such a visceral reaction to the idea of a same-sex couple that they actually experience the distaste as a problem.\n\nFinally, the bizarre stance that the military takes on the issue - centering on the idea of inviolable "cohesiveness" in the ranks & the schizoid "don't ask, don't tell" policy - indicates that the problem, if there is one, exists only in the small-minded. Accomodating prejudice to make a bigot feel comfortable is against every ethical principle I ever learned.
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I know a lot of people who are Gay and in the closet.  It truly is sad to think that society will not accept someone becuase of their sexual preference, or gender expression.\n\nBe supportive and understanding.
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I used to consider myself bi-curious, and now I can pretty much say I'm bi-sexual.  I experimented with my boyfriend, and I found that I loved it.  \nI don't believe that exploring sexuality is wrong on any level and I love that my boyfriend and I can have that type of relationship where we can experience this type of thing.
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I've had a lot of sex.  I mean a LOT of sex.  With a lot of people.  Some at the same time.  Some of them were girls, some were guys.  And as happy as I might be about them, I don't see a bisexual "I love sex" slate being very sucessful.
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are you gay now or what?
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I appreciate and admire the beauty of both the male and female bodies and though I have had intimate encounters with both genders, in all honesty, I do prefer men over women. Does this in turn make me bisexual or a man who is denying his true sexual orientation? Personally, I feel our need to categorize and pigeon-hole ourselves and each other is unnecessary and a complete waste of time. Just think of Bisexuality was a way of loving the best of both worlds.
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This varies from one bisexual to another.  Some are 50/50 in their attraction to others, but many have a strong preference for one gender over the other.\n\nHere is a quote from the link below:\nBisexual orientation can fall anywhere between the two extremes of homosexuality and heterosexuality; a bisexual person is not necessarily attracted equally to both genders, and many tend to prefer one or the other.