Is being gay about sexuality or about something else? You can like guys more, but if you want to have sex with guys and you are a guy yourself then you are gay. If you just like to be around guys more and you are a guy but don't want to have sex with them then are you still gay, I don't think so. For me it looks like choice is the issue.
Did you choose your sexuality or did you experience it? When people say gay people must "choose" I often wonder what choice they themselves had to make. More often that not they report they didn't choose at all so how can they expect that others can do so?
To take your example: if you are a guy who is sexually attracted to other guys and likes hanging out with other guys then you are gay. If you are guy who is sexually attracted to women and likes hanging out with other guys then you are straight. That is not a reference to choice, its an observation of facts.
Edited: Xander on 31st Dec, 2009 - 10:28am
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Did you choose your sexuality or did you experience it? |
I don't understand why you're mixing sexual feelings with friendship. A gay man can have male friends he is not sexually attracted to but still enjoy their company. Just as heterosexual men and women can have platonic relationships. Again, people can choose wether to have sex or not but not who they are attracted to.
I'd be interested if you wouldn't mind expanding on your answer
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I'd say both |
I'm not attempting to avoid anything. The fact is your question has no relevance to the discussion of wether gay people choose their sexuality or not. I feel you are attempting to reposition the question so that gay people and people who sleep with dogs have a moral equivalence that they simply do not share.
I do think an interesting question is raised here not to say that a homosexual is the same as a person practicing bestiality.
If a person falls in love with someone or something and has always felt attracted to it are they born that way or is it a choice?
As far as being celibate I think there are disorders out there that cause ones sexual urges to be next to nothing thus it might not have been a conscious choice. Also there are some out there who desire not to be but remain so as they find none accepting what they offer.
Xander you are just avoiding the question because you know what I'm getting at. Krakyn is right on the nose with where I'm going with it, don't be afraid Xander, this is supposed to be a mature discussion.