2007-01-31 06:06:13 · 28 answers · asked by Rodney 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
No. And no.
2007-01-31 06:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by froggypjs 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hardly - which sex you prefer is something that is established at an early stage of foetal development, as is whether you end up male or female. This explains why some people end up in the 'wrong' type of body, or genitalia that are neither one nor the other, and those people wandering about blissfully unaware that they are lacking a chromosome or have one too many.
If their lives are made miserable enough by the straight community, I imagine one or two might want that, but otherwise, this says more about straight people than gays.
There is also a genetic predisposition - gay person is more likely to have a gay sibling.
2007-01-31 14:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by tagette 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be honest Dave I am a gay man and I have a very happy life full in every way. I have a great family and am popular with my many friends I have a good job and own my own home and also a little holiday home in Rome . If some sort of opperation could be performed to make me straight I would refuse to have it .
But looking at the way society in general treat Gay people then shurly nobody in their right mind would choose to be gay . But now that we are then we aint going to be miserable about it .. so no
2007-02-02 22:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quick answer is “yes, I would have done anything to be straight when I was a teenager” and “no, I have found love and happiness in my life, so I would never want to give up my partner and become straight”. The people who act out of character are the ones who don’t accept their own sexuality.
In life a lot of people just don’t want to accept ANYONE’S sexuality, if that sexuality happens to be different from their own. Straight men find the idea of sex with another man disgusting, so they think “all gays have to do is have sex with a female, if they do this they’d see how good it feels and they’d become straight”. Straights (NOT ALL) just won’t accept that what brings them pleasure might disgust and repulse someone else.
Then you get bisexuals. A lot (NOT ALL) of these people also can’t accept others sexuality. They don’t accept that straight men are disgusted at the thought of gay sex and that gays are disgusted at the thought of having sex with a woman. Look at the reply from “Shady Sam”. He says he’s bisexual and he goes on to say “heterosexuals suppress their desire to experiment with members of their own sex”. He has the “desire to experiment”, so he honestly believes that everyone must also feel the same way. He doesn’t realise that the guys who do “desire to experiment” are actually other bisexuals like himself. His lot always say “there’s no such thing as gay or straight, we’re all attracted to both sexes”. These people genuinely believe this, they genuinely can’t see that everyone just isn’t like them.
Then you get my lot (the gays). A lot of gays (NOT ALL) can’t accept other people’s sexuality. They believe that straight guys would have sex with another guy if they got the chance. A lot also believe there’s no such thing as a bisexual man. They think that bisexual men are just gays who won’t come out the closet. They can’t see that bisexuals actually enjoy sex with both sexes and that they’re not just doing it to convince others that they’re straight. I never wanted to be gay, but I have now accepted my own sexuality and the sexuality of others. Hopefully one day everyone else will do the same, but I don’t see it happening in my life time (in fact pigs will fly first).
2007-01-31 21:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by pissed off with abuse, goodbye! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wanting to be straight comes from just wanting to be like everyone else. Then you find that there are other people like you (gay or lesbian), then you come to accept they way you are and celebrate it. If I had to live my life again, I would not change my sexual orientation. I feel lucky to have met the people I have and all the places I have seen. Many would not have happened if I were straight.
2007-01-31 14:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by Louie 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I wished and prayed to be straight for SO many years (tried to pray the gay away )and needless to say it didn't work -This is one of the main reasons I have absolutely NO FAITH in religion whatsoever..I am a proud Agnostic gay man-- :) and I do not "act" out,I live my life the best way I can and by avoiding negative people who've got small minds and black cold hearts
2007-01-31 14:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by Art 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. But I find the campness anoying from gay men. Why put on the stupid gay voice, that is definetly thier way of letting you know they are gay. Thiers no need to be proud. Im not proud to be straight and don't feel the need to let u know my preferences. It is an act. And why do dykes have mens haircuts,piercings galore and half a kilo of gold on every finger. WIERD.
2007-01-31 16:40:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Au contraire! If anything, heterosexuals suppress their desire to experiment with members of their own sex.
I have found that, having been actively bisexual for over 30 years, that I get the best of both worlds and this has lead to a particularly fulfilling life
2007-01-31 14:11:26 · answer #8 · answered by Bob Danvers-Walker 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before I had accepted myself as gay, I desired to be straight. However, I have now come to the realization that this is who I am, and cannot change it. I have accepted myself, and I am happy with who I am.
2007-01-31 14:55:02 · answer #9 · answered by Hmmm... 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it depends how they are treated and how that effects them, I have a gay friend who has just married his partner and everyone excepts him, his family and friends alike and they have loads of friends, they love their life. Then I know a friend of my mums who lives a life of celibesy and hates the fact that he is gay because noone supported him and he lost his family because of it, I suppose that would be a reason to want to be straight, non exceptance.
2007-01-31 14:14:14 · answer #10 · answered by charlie 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
100% no. Your sexuality is not something you 'chose'. It is only certain sections of society that would attempt to enforce or encourage this view.
You cannot 'act out of character' when it comes to your sexual preference, as it is inbuilt and to be blunt it would be wrong to even try to do so.
Each person should embrace who they are, not try to change to accomodate any small mindedness. Afterall why should anyone care who someone sleeps with?
2007-01-31 14:19:14 · answer #11 · answered by Lou 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋