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Tuesday, 22 November 2005
'You're soooo gay!'
Am I Gay?In childhood, the term 'gay' is thrown around as a general insult - if something isn't cool, for example. Most of the time it doesn't mean you're homosexual, but it does show how as young innocents people try to be as 'normal' as possible. It doesn't mean you're gay if a few people are calling you that at school.


Fantasies and experiments
A lot of people fantasise about the same sex, perhaps while masturbating, although they would never admit it. Many people experience feelings of attraction to the same sex during adolescence - due to hormones, curiosity and because sexuality is fluid; it is not 'black and white' or set in stone. People may experiment with people of their own sex, but this doesn't mean they are gay or that their sexuality is destined to be homosexual.

 

So - Am I gay?
Maybe. There are no hard and fast ways of telling - and it is important not to label yourself and think that's it forever - but you might think seriously about being gay if some or all of the following apply:

  • If you pretend to fancy girls just for social reasons
  • If you feel strongly and exclusively drawn to the same sex - in terms of who you fancy and love, not just who your friends are
  • If you feel that same-sex desire is normal and natural and, when you hear of it, think: that's me. In other words, if you know in your heart of hearts that same sex desire is right for you
  • If you feel that other boys' or girls' way of thinking just isn't you. You see things and feel things differently on some level

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15-04-2008 22:05
I'm just admitting to myself that i am bisexual. All my life i've been told that its bad to like girls because i'm a girl. My dads a preacher so it's way hard for me. he crushes me everytime he mentions homos or heteros he just hates them. But I say it's time to stand up for myself, eventhough im not telling him i'm bisexual yet i do stand up for L,G,B, T because it's wrong to bash people for their feeling. I also found out that two of my close girlfriends are bisexual to. So i have some people to talk to. Thanks for making this website. It's a big help lots of times!
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30-01-2008 18:40
let me set the scene for you. i surround myself with the highest G.P,A students in the school. all of them are completely fine with someone being gay. yet i can't find it in myself to come out to any of them. i knew a boy i met in 7th grade who imeddiately caught my eye for some strange reason i didnt undertand at the time. well 3 years later after i moved to another surrounding community i, still think this guy is the greatest thing ever to happen to me. by this time i have started to have gay fantasies about this boy. there were severeal signs that he himself might have been gay as well, but he has never to this day after several tries on my part, admitted to such a truth. but anywaya, by 10th grade i was strugaling with my feelings for this boy, so after a few bad things happened in our friendship, we "split up" for that whole year. well during this time is when i found out i gay for him. i dropped out of high school because of a sleeping disorder i developed as a cause of the depression not being around the boy i loved caused me. so i had to have his friendship back. and i did up untill about 3 weeks ago. i find that this gay love of mine will always go unfulfilled so i told him never to speak to me again. well more like i slept with the girl he was trying to date at the time. oh well now that i know i cant ever ever ever have him i feel completely fine now. but in the near future i believe i will still crave his smell, and beautiful eyes and hair, and his lovely body. i know in time my weakness will be to strong for me to keep a secret.
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30-01-2008 18:40
let me set the scene for you. i surround myself with the highest G.P,A students in the school. all of them are completely fine with someone being gay. yet i can't find it in myself to come out to any of them. i knew a boy i met in 7th grade who imeddiately caught my eye for some strange reason i didnt undertand at the time. well 3 years later after i moved to another surrounding community i, still think this guy is the greatest thing ever to happen to me. by this time i have started to have gay fantasies about this boy. there were severeal signs that he himself might have been gay as well, but he has never to this day after several tries on my part, admitted to such a truth. but anywaya, by 10th grade i was strugaling with my feelings for this boy, so after a few bad things happened in our friendship, we "split up" for that whole year. well during this time is when i found out i gay for him. i dropped out of high school because of a sleeping disorder i developed as a cause of the depression not being around the boy i loved caused me. so i had to have his friendship back. and i did up untill about 3 weeks ago. i find that this gay love of mine will always go unfulfilled so i told him never to speak to me again. well more like i slept with the girl he was trying to date at the time. oh well now that i know i cant ever ever ever have him i feel completely fine now. but in the near future i believe i will still crave his smell, and beautiful eyes and hair, and his lovely body. i know in time my weakness will be to strong for me to keep a secret.
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14-01-2008 07:24
I think that sexuality changes over time, for some people at least. I knew I was gay from the age of about 14, but only came out when I was 17 because I noticed that my fantasies and desires tended to swing to girls, then guys. Once they started being mostly about guys, I came out. but even now I wonder if I really am gay...it's hard to talk to my friends about this because I don't want to have gone through the pain of comming out only to say "whoops! Sorry, my bad" and be straight. I guess that means i'm bi-sexual, but I love boys and only find girls sexually attractive. Maybe i'm just like every other horny teenager out there...
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12-01-2008 02:32
awsom :) :grin ;) 8) :p :sigh :zzz :upset :eek :roll :? :cry :( :x
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06-11-2007 17:31
i think its very black and white if you like the same gender in a sexual way you are gay. if you like both you're bisexual and some people like one more then the other
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24-09-2007 20:49
am i the only person hu wnts 2 b circumsised? i think am gay bt stil like girls awel :?
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19-09-2007 13:42
:) :grin ;) 8) :roll :eek :upset :zzz :sigh :? :cry :( :x :) :grin ;) 8) :p :) :eek :upset :zzz :sigh :? :cry :( :x  
 
 
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04-08-2007 21:31
:)
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benyamin
22-07-2007 09:00
some ppl dont even like to label themselves as l.g.b anymore. they just like what they are attracted to...the term would be "bisexual" but im trying to find the right person...not the right sex... :grin
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11-07-2007 09:18
i do agree with this article, alot. i am myself, a 19yr old Gay Male. 
i live in Brisbane City in Australia, anyways to my point, being a teenager isn't the easiest time of your life, trying to learn how to cope with stress of school, friends, family and most importantly your hormones, hormones can mess with almost everything. especially when you have grown up in a family that expects you to be straight. its not easy, if you have a urge to see what its like to kiss a guy or a girl or well.... yea (i've leave the rest to the imagination lol) if you have the urge to do so, DO IT. you only live once. my eldest sister Leeanne had always told me, don't knock it, till you try it. and yes, i have had sex with a girl a couple of times it really didnt interest me, because i've known that i was always attracted to guys i really could ramble on about this. if you want to talk more on this feel free to msg me. 
Edi.
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03-07-2007 03:21
will sum 1 pleez help me i know im gay but i still think sum boiz are gorgeous i cant imagine miself wit 1 but omg its juss crazy!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry :sigh :upset :?
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25-06-2007 22:05
to clarify most heterosexuals are misimformed so there use of the word gay is completely out of place and almost irrelevant. also i think that the information here only is imformative and thank you for it, but also i think that i shows that people's use of the word gay is so wrong the things that might apply to someone who thinks they are just shows that other people's use of the word gay as an insult is stupid. slightly blunt but i think that it is mostly accurate.
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25-06-2007 07:06
I know that its hard to be like this but i dont care but its not even going to be a shock for any of them cause they know it dont want to say anything to me but i guess thats kinda good... and this web site is so helpfull and full of great people i love it
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22-06-2007 02:41
I think that its nice to have things like this to read cause i live in a foster home and the word gay doesnt even come up. Its nice to know that if I have questions I have a site with some answers. :sigh
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21-06-2007 01:08
im still confused.....i have a girlfriend, but i am sexually attracted to guys. I wanted to experiment, im just scared how people will see me....
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26-05-2007 03:55
I have fantasies of myself with other girls and I've been wondering what it's like to be with another girl but I'm not sure if I'm gay or bi or if it's just a phase.
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21-04-2007 03:09
Well I have a gf but I also like to be with another guy. I started thinking about it when I was 14 and as I got older I decided to experiment. And I loved it. I love being with my gf but one thing that she doesnt know is when it comes to sex i love to be with a guy
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18-04-2007 20:14
:cry :eek :sigh :x :( :cry :? :sigh :zzz :upset :upset :eek :roll :p 8) ;) :grin :)
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09-04-2007 06:23
Hey I started to wonder if I was in in the 7th grade. I am now in the 9th. I have a gf and I love her to death, and I wanna be with her forever.I dont know how to explain thois but I~m attracted her her but I cant ecactly...get.."turned on".But I get"turned on by guys". but I cant see myself spending forever with a guy. I think I am bi. Please I need some help.
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confused_and_Scared
07-04-2007 20:03
hey its great to have thhis im a guy but u no girls might want to no some stuff to its only fair this hole things like just about guys
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02-04-2007 05:04
i am looking for a gay teenbecouse i am 14 teenand i would like them to leve in greenup or wurtland :roll :zzz :zzz :grin :grin
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josh jones
30-03-2007 00:54
it helped alot thanks.. 
but my boyfriend whats to have anal sex without being safe. but im afraid that he will cum in me. and he tells me he wont but im still afraid.. 
what shood i do..????
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25-03-2007 10:25
i dont think we should put a label. after all it\'s all meat. i am attracte to men and women and i don\'t call myself gay or even bi to be honest. to me, it\'s all meat, and love is the sauce.
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23-01-2007 19:52
here is what i have to say...... 
Look black and white can't get through descrimination so why should we think it would be any different between gay and straight people??It's actually simple. For people to feel confident in themselves the descriminate against what is different thatn them...it's life and racism and descrimination will never end. we have to learnt o live with as the blacks did and be thankful that we aren't like in the older day where blacks were slaves and hung for beliefs.Yes this is a new age and time but some things don't change.
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chiky
23-01-2007 01:57
live?
does anyone live in minnesota
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SchizzleStizzle9
07-01-2007 02:00
Yeah...
I think Im probably bi. I can only imagine having sex with guys, yet I want a g/f, and have only ever fancied girls. Its weird, but yeah...
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xxbigboixx
25-12-2006 06:57
to tell or not to tell thats is the PROB
well im 15 and i think im bi or somtin im not sure because i have really liked my bestfriend (girl) for a long time im so attratced to herbut i just cant tell her bcuz i joked about it one time and she was all serious on the other hand i also kind of like guys too and i could never tell my family i like girls :cry oh man what should i do i think i like my bf (girl) too much and i just want to tell her but im afraid... :?
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enjoyzero
21-12-2006 11:28
welcome to the house of strange
i was 15, had a guy friend, never had a girl in anyway, but wanted a gf. me and him fooled around jokingly, then month to month we f*cked around more and more, and almost to the point of sex. to this day we still do stuff here and there, but by now ive done it all with girls. I also did it with other guys. when it comes to me being alone in my room and choosing to watch porn, etc be4 bed, i choose gay 75% the time. i can imagine being the pitcher and or receiver. who am i, gay or not. but when with friends i act 100% for girls...i know i like guys, alot, but diff. to get it out on paper....
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AJ2144
20-11-2006 05:01
I'm Glad I Did
I guess I'm lucky. From Year 5 people have been making fun of me, calling me gay. My answer to that was always 'Takes one to know one' and, thinking about it, that statement implied that I actually was, and they knew. It strikes me as odd that they knew I was gay and I didn't. I began to find to the end of year 7. I tried to ignore it. I knew what people said. 'It's just a phase, it'll pass.' But it didn't. And I loved it. I loved the turn on I got when getting unchanged for PE. I lasted being secretly gay until the end of year 9. There was this guy, who was in year 7 and he was openly gay. It was house choir, three days before the end of the school year and someone came up to him and asked him whether he was, to which he replied yes. Being his friend, I told him that I was really pleased for him, being able to talk so openly to strangers. I had always believed other people thought it was wrong. I had myself never thought of telling anyone else, it seemed pointless then. But right then I wanted to tell someone. I wanted someone to know and for someone to care and understand. So I told him, there and then. He was the first person I told. And I knew exactly who I wanted to tell next. A year ago my best friend had told me he was bi. I had told him that I understand and I don't mind. I didn't ever think of letting on my secret to him. Until right then. I couldn't wait to tell him. Being bi, I knew he'd understand. I arranged with him what time we were both going. And while we were there, I told him. I played it up to be a really big thing. I thought it was. He told me he was pleased for me. A few days later he told me he loved me, but that's another story. We had a fantastic holiday, and I don't believe I've ever felt so secure with anyone before. We seemed to have a special bond. These sentences all have two meanings so I'll stop them now. However all through the holiday I couldn't wait to get back to school. I knew exactly who I would tell next. I told my other best friend, Beth, once again taking it over the top. I told her and she was pleased for me. And from then on, Beth has become my rock on this matter, my firm foundations off which I took many jumps. She advised me to tell my other best friends, and eventually I got round to telling them all. Rachel, Lewis, Michael, Laura, Gwen and Robyn. I told them all and they all were successful. I told other people too. For a week I told about 5 people a day. I felt so ecstatic. I felt so alive. However, then came the big punch-line. One of the people I told started telling other people. He managed to tell about two other people before I gave a damn. It was a Thursday. I can't remember the exact date, but I can find out after I've written this. Thursday was the day I came completely out to everyone in my school. It was the final lesson and I had about half of my drama class asking me whether I was gay, and I denied none of them. No going back now. I was out. And I felt fantastic. By the next day it was the biggest story in school. The biggest piece of gossip. And guess how many people had a problem with that? One. Only one! Out of my year of 155. My school of over 1000. And he got stick from everyone afterwards! I felt fantastic. I felt on top of the world! Every Saturday I would see my dad in the morning and that Saturday I was feeling very elated. Somehow the subject of our conversation turned to homosexuality, don't ask me why. And my dad was being negative about it. And my dad grew silent as I defended his comments of it being unnatural. To be honest, I think he suspected it. He didn't want to talk about it. I never told him I was gay. But somehow he knew and my words were twisted around that idea. Well, obviously, things were going very fast for me. I'd come out to my whole school. I'd told my father before I'd wanted to. Way too fast. Over the next month it became common knowledge. I'd never been more popular in my life and I felt fantastic. There was only one person left to tell before I was completely out. My mum. But I wasn't ready. I worried over what she'd think of me. I knew she was homophobic. I somehow seemed to avoid looking right at her. Our conversations would get shorter. She'd obviously noticed this. She knew something was upsetting me. She wanted to find out. I wasn't ready. I didn't want to tell her. But somehow, being really clever, she managed to get it out of me. I blurted out the two syllable sentence. 'I'm gay'. And the hug I was greeted with afterward was tremendous. The tears just flowed from my eyes. It was over. She told me that whatever I do she'll be happy for me, well, 'Unless you murder someone'. She advised me not to tell anyone until I knew I was sure. I just hope I do know for sure. I probably should have told her sooner. Five months! That was all it took. Five amazingly short months. In that time, I told the very first person I was gay, I came out to my best friend, I came out to the whole school, I came out to my mum and I came out to my dad. In five months. It all seemed very quick and painless and it was. Now I just have the future to look forward to. But I was lucky because only two people were negative about it. And I don’t give a damn. Because everyone else accepted me. And those people who I could completely rely on I hold up very high in my heart. I am out to everyone now. I don’t care who knows. It is the 19th of October, exactly 5 months since I first came out to someone. And I’m glad I did.
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Jas3960
20-09-2006 06:16
hard story
i love this guy i knowen him for like 6 months and we went out and i did things that were not me i let him cheat on me and evey thing well 3 days later he broke up with me and i still cry to dis day and it was like 3 months ago i try so hard to fing a good guy but in mississippi there just arnt ne but now he says he is straght and is tell people crap about me it just hurts so bad
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homofosho
10-09-2006 04:12
:sigh
ive been looking all over websites 4 a bf but i still cant find 1! its starting 2 make me give up but im NOT. maybe its not the web i should b looking around. oh yea im kinda shy in real life 2. i still belive he's out there some where. hell hes probably right under my nose!
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freeyourmind
17-08-2006 23:13
:sigh
:grin
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gay boy here
17-08-2006 23:12
lmy life
:p 8) ;) :grin :) :sigh :zzz :upset :eek :roll :? :cry :( :x well i started top find out that i was gay in 7th grade wen anouther bouy asked me if i was gay he to ld me that he was gay i told him to fuck off but thaaat night i couldnt quit thinking about the questioon and the next day i told him sorry yes i am gay ever since ive been aatracted to samne sex and still am looking for a partner oh im a m/18/ark
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gay boy here
17-08-2006 06:25
lmy life
:cry
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silly12
16-08-2006 15:52
me
hey my real name is spenser i live in a small county town and 1200 teen kids in are highschool i am the only out gay male because i am not afaird i say promble in one day alone i get called a fag or queer maybe 15 16 times a day but know one realy has put there hands on me because i think they are scared of touching me even the teachers even dont like it i had this one folder that had picture of 2 guys kissing and i left in this one teachers class and when i went to get it he had it in his hand he said this is f bad you are going to hell and throw on the ground well i went to the people in charge and they told me that if i have know proof i better keep me mouth shut and i am out to EVERY one my mom dont really care and my dad hate me and will never talk to me again and i been out for 3 years i feel that the ppl in my school are scared but us gays and lesbians need to stand up and say look you cant do this because if we don t soon or later they are going to hater us bad well come see me  
love ya  
oxoxoxo 
diva 
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diva
01-08-2006 10:19
Wellie
My name is Tony and i am 12 yrs old.. I havent admit to my mom that i am gay.. I dont know what my mom will do with me... My mom is very open mind.. One time she caught me talk to gay guy.. She cried so hard and she told me to think abt until i am 13 yrs old.... I dont want to make her cry again but i prefer to be gay.. I dont know why most ppl hate gay ppl so much.. I think gay/les/bi is ok with me :) ..
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Cutieguy77
22-07-2006 09:36
Scared and confused
I told my mom that i was gay and she went crazy and told me about how damgerous bein gay is and that is is no way close to being natural. She looked like she wanted to hurt just for saying the word. I made like she scared me out of it and i can't be in the same room with her because i am scared that she might realize that i lied. I don't know what to do and i am scared that my dad will be even worse when he finds out. I really need help!!! :sigh
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Brent16
28-06-2006 12:30
:-(
Im scared to tell my family... my aunt is a lesbian an my mom totally thinks its funny an she talks bout her all the time an last night my friend told my mom i was bi an my mom made fun of me an i denied it... but she thot it was a joke... i cannot tell my family... its too hard... :sigh  
:? i have no clue what to do... 
 
~ tRiN~
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tickle_my_sexy_kitty
10-05-2006 05:43
:-(
i know im gay but i dont know how to come out to my family! :sigh  
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