Does illicit drug use promote homosexuality?

Question

I'm not trying to offend anyone here.

I have an acquaintance, who I had always known to be straight, that now considers himself bi-sexual. He has been abusing heroin and ecstacy of late and this change in his sexual preference seems to be a result of his constant drug abuse.

Is there any correlation between his drug abuse and his newfound bisexuality? It all seems very sudden and strange for his demeanor. he is making advance towards his long-time friends, and several feel that his drug use maybe the cause.

I have no problem with this person leading their life as they deem fit, but am concerned about the drug use.

Sorry to have offended, if that is the case....it was not my intent.

A little point of clarification:

I do not think taking drugs made him gay. I've taken drugs myself, though never Heroin or ecstacy, and don't believe that to be true. I thought that, like most have said, this person is "finding himself", so to speak, and the drugs are removing his inhabitions.

Sorry your such an angry gay man, Angry Gay Man.

Answer 1

It sounds like your acquaintance is having trouble figuring out who is he (this used to be called "finding yourself" once upon a time). As he explores different ways of looking at the world and at himself via the drugs, he's also exploring different ways of being. Could be that he'd benefit from some counseling, but that's up to him if he wants to really delve into his own psyche or if he'd rather just abuse his body to the point where he no longer cares who he is. I believe that most people have the capacity to be bisexual, and there's nothing bad about that. However, making advances on friends he knows to be straight indicates he's having problems with judgment (also evidenced by the drug use). So, the drugs per se are a symptom of what's going on with him, not the cause. They're just allowing him a facade to hide behind as he expresses his own inner feelings. I realize it's not your place to intervene, but the drugs are most likely going to destroy him; hopefully he won't take anyone else down with him.

Answer 2

It's more that in order to obtain the drugs, you deal with a certain type of people. He may find that the two work together, so the drugs bring out suppressed feelings and the circumstances help support the new behaviors.

Illicit drug use promotes whatever direction the person want to go in, but not necessarily homosexuality. Many straights use ecstacy.

Answer 3

The only possible connection is that whatever drug he was taking made it easier for him to express and stop repressing that side of himself that was always there. Your friend was not straight, he was a closet bi-sexual all along, unfortunately, it took a drug to make him comfortable enough to admit and express it.
I myself am straight and have tried many things, but never as a direct result of my indulgences have I all of the sudden wondered if I might be gay or bi-sexual due to such indulgences. I am straight.
If someone is gay, straight, or bi-sexual, they are born that way my friend, it's just that sometimes it takes a lot to bring out the inner sexual orientation due to pressure from society. Men have been married and father children in an effort to prove to themselves that they're not gay, but the truth remains.
Ask a gay/bi-sexual, they'll tell you the same thing, that they've always know, but might not have always had the courage to face it.

Answer 4

If it were so, then it would work in opposite direction as well.

Perhaps drugs tore down barriers he had for himself. Also may have been what was readily available (other users in his circle may be gay or opportunist).

Most drug abusers don't turn gay. Most gays don't use drugs. If he is gay, drugs only sped the process, not created something from nowhere.

Your friend is just is an exception, not the rule. If he blames one on the other, we both know he is just looking for excuses rather than owning up to the truth that he is responsible for all his actions regardless of his state of mind.

Answer 5

God makes people gay, or straight, or in-between, at birth. Drug use would not change a person's natural sexual orientation.

However, the drug use may lessen someone's inhibitions about ACTING on that natural orientation. So perhaps your aquaintance had not realized or explored that part of himself yet.

I'm glad that you care enough to try and help this person get off drugs. There are community programs that can help you.

Good luck!

Answer 6

Nope. I'm gay and never been into drugs at all. However, the class of friends this person is associating with appears to be less than desireable. There's no shortage of such gay OR straight.

Answer 7

No, drugs don't make you gay. They may help you deal with feelings you've repressed, which is in essence a good thing. Recreational drug use does put you in danger of having risky sexual activity though - whether you are gay or straight. It's not a good idea.

Answer 8

In no way, shape or form will drug abuse change a person's real sexual orientation. What it might do is to remove the cultural inhibitions to admit to other than mainstream sexual desires.

Answer 9

Ectasy does make you want to touch other people much more, so that is possible.
I think the real problem is not homosexuality, it's the fact your friend is abusing heroin and ectasy. Seriously, get him some help. Those are very dangerous drugs!!
If not it may be too late.

Answer 10

First off drugs have nothign to do with someone's sexuality. The only thing that the drugs may have helped is for him to relax enough to explore his sexuality, and accept himself.