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**invest7manager** · 01-08-2012, 05:29 AM

As a gay man, I question what it means to be gay. I don't feel different from heterosexuals. I don't feel like I'm a woman trapped in a man's body, as pat robertson might theorize. I don't, even as my own grandmother suggested to me some time ago, have a testosterone deficiency. I would have to shave much less frequently if that were the case. Hell, I'd almost welcome that (ouch!)

You know, as a straight man, I used to question that too. I grew up a Christian in the South. Homosexuality was a sin, etc. I always wondered what would make someone want to be gay, and I thought about how bad of people they must be (obviously I'd never met any who were open).

I then ran into one of my old friends I hadn't seen since middle school, and we starting hanging out more often, and finally decided to be roommates. It wasn't until that point he told me he was gay. All the people in the area already knew that, but I was the new kid around town. At first I didn't know what to think. But then I realized, that aside from that little tidbit of knowledge, he was exactly the same person I identified as one of my best and most trusted friends, haha. After a few years living with him and meeting other gay people, I realized that it really doesn't mean all that much, unless you over think it. No more than being heterosexual does.

I'm not able to even to understand what makes me attracted to women, and in that light, I imagine it would be the exact same way if I were attracted to men.

As far as it goes in Buddhism. Well, I don't know much about Buddhism yet. But I'm starting to get the understanding that someone with the wisdom of the Buddha would probably see these things in a much more positive light than so many people in the world do now.

01-08-2012, 05:29 AM	#36
invest7manager Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	As a gay man, I question what it means to be gay. I don't feel different from heterosexuals. I don't feel like I'm a woman trapped in a man's body, as pat robertson might theorize. I don't, even as my own grandmother suggested to me some time ago, have a testosterone deficiency. I would have to shave much less frequently if that were the case. Hell, I'd almost welcome that (ouch!) You know, as a straight man, I used to question that too. I grew up a Christian in the South. Homosexuality was a sin, etc. I always wondered what would make someone want to be gay, and I thought about how bad of people they must be (obviously I'd never met any who were open). I then ran into one of my old friends I hadn't seen since middle school, and we starting hanging out more often, and finally decided to be roommates. It wasn't until that point he told me he was gay. All the people in the area already knew that, but I was the new kid around town. At first I didn't know what to think. But then I realized, that aside from that little tidbit of knowledge, he was exactly the same person I identified as one of my best and most trusted friends, haha. After a few years living with him and meeting other gay people, I realized that it really doesn't mean all that much, unless you over think it. No more than being heterosexual does. I'm not able to even to understand what makes me attracted to women, and in that light, I imagine it would be the exact same way if I were attracted to men. As far as it goes in Buddhism. Well, I don't know much about Buddhism yet. But I'm starting to get the understanding that someone with the wisdom of the Buddha would probably see these things in a much more positive light than so many people in the world do now.
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