I am so dam tired of people saying they became straight. First of all...you cant change a feeling. If thats the case....a straight guy can turn gay....Second...I bet the gay guys that said they became straight...probably was a bisexual in the first place...and probably didnt know it. I know the lord can change or fix anything...but hes not going to puff!!!....up and change someone sexuality. He would help them overcome it...but he wouldnt just up a remove their sexuality like that. And besides...people acts like homosexual is a desease or something. Society think a person is normal because their straight...but its because the world is like 90 percent straight...SO!!! hell...Thats all I have to say...I'm pissed at all of them answers and questions based on what my question was concerning. I'm sorry If I offended someone...but I just would like to know if you can really change a feeling
2006-12-23 11:49:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I believe that being gay is biological, so no you could not turn straight unless you were not truly gay to begin with,
2006-12-23 11:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by gottabuylots 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Humanity is capable of such infinite variety that it's hard to imagine an explanation that covers everything that happens. Marilyn vos Savant, who is famous for having the highest recorded IQ, has opined that there can be a division made between "genuine" and "apparent" homosexuality - "apparent" gays being those whose homosexuality is a symptom of some other condition and thus liable to alteration. The tricky part is that even the people themselves can't really determine. People's lives offer infinite variety. Many people who have no doubts of their sexuality being exclusively one way suddenly experience a first-time contrary attraction, often late in life. Some flip their identities, some identify as bisexual, a handful decide that their original identity still holds and the attraction to someone of the non-preferred gender is a one-off. For a long time now, Gore Vidal has argued against the concept of sexual identity, and recently Bert Archer (who just after coming out as entirely gay found a girlfriend and wrecked the relationship out of identity anxiety) has written and found many adherents to the idea that identifying as straight, gay or even bisexual has outlived its usefulness and hinders one from living a full life. As for deliberate changes, some appear to and may well succeed, but many fail, often tragically. I'd probably advise a friend who wanted to change to spend a good deal of time alone first, then concentrate on the lifestyle and not muck about with orientation unless it's an impenetrable block.
2016-05-23 02:46:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. These people that say that they became straight are not being honest with themselves. I don't know if you saw that one episode of Opera where they had husbands and wives come on the show, some had been married for years and years and the husbands had been secretly having gay affairs. Then, after like 30 years of marriage the husband confessed to his wife that he was secretly gay. That is the kind of thing that could happen to these men you describe. Hiding who you truly are is a dangerous thing to do and it can get you into trouble, especially when you get into a marriage situation with the opposite sex. These men may think that they can just all of a sudden decide to become straight and everything will work out. Wrong! Sooner or later their urges for their preferred sex are going to surface and getting married is not going to help the situation. So basically, If anyone tells you they became straight, they are either flat out lying to you or they are in some severe denial about themselves.
2006-12-23 12:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by Hmmm... 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A gay guy can appear to be straight by living a lie unto himself, but it does not change his natural instinct to be gay.
Straight people do not understand gay people because straight people feel a natural attraction for the opposite sex and think that everyone feels the same natural attraction.
Bisexual people do not understand gay people because bisexual people can choose their partner since they are attracted to both genders.
A bisexual person can 'appear' to turn straight to straight people if they change from a same sex partner to an opposite sex partner because many people who do not understand bisexuality say that bisexual people are supposedly 'sitting on the fence' and haven't decided. This is mostly where the perception 'being gay is a choice' comes from because straight people usually do not understand either gay people or bisexual people.
Bisexuals have a feeling towards both genders, and a choice of a partner does not mean that they changed their feelings, only that they met someone with a personality that they prefer.
Straight and gay people have a feeling towards one gender and a straight person cannot change their orientation any more than a gay person, and they cannot change their sexual orientation either.
2006-12-23 12:10:40 · answer #4 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever noticed that it is only the people that are completely straight that think that being gay is a choice?
Personally I think that it would be a never ending day to day struggle especially for a guy.
I think that it would be every bit as difficult for a gay man to turn straight as it would be for a straight man to deny himself sex for the rest of his life.
But since I am a not a gay guy, I don't really know.
2006-12-23 11:59:08 · answer #5 · answered by Jen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sexuality is not written in stone. A gay guy can easily become curious about women and try one and like it but it won't make him straight. I believe that some people are more or less bsiexual and choose whichever sex they prefer to define themselves. Like homosexuality is becoming accepted one day people will stop using labels and love who we love.
2006-12-24 04:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by starburst 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm gay but if I ever find a woman that I happen to like in my lifetime I'll just consider myself bisexual. I'm not going to turn straight because society wants me too. If I happen to fall in love with a woman like I do men then I will be with her.
2006-12-23 15:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by What'd You Say? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sexuality is not clear-cut, the line is blurred on many different levels and so perhaps this is why your bisexuality argument may be convincing - for some people, sexuality may be an evolving process and different chapters of someones life could expose different urges.
2006-12-23 11:55:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I can't turn straight...there was a time in my life when I would've done anything to be straight (I'm sure that most of the GLBT population feels this way)..but it wasn't gonna happen for me...God knows I tried.
2006-12-23 12:31:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being straight or gay is defined not by who you are, but what you do. If you stop having romanic feelings toward members of the same sex, and start having feelings toward members of the opposite sex, then you WERE gay and you TURNED straight.
It's rare to "straighten out" like that, but it does happen. I have known one guy and two girls who did it.
But in my old home town of San Francisco, a lot of strange things happen.
2006-12-23 11:55:47 · answer #10 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋