How do you confirm you are actually Straight, Gay or Bisexual?

[Leo Gura]

11 hours ago, Spiritedness said:

can still 'appreciate' how attractive a guy looks without wanting anything sexual from them.

"Appreciate" is a very loaded word there.

Are you turned on or not?

[LSD-Rumi]

The best way is to take an aphrodisiac substance and then watch gay porn. If you get turned on, you are gay or bisexual.

[blackchair]

13 hours ago, integral said:

I cant get an erection thinking about men, but if I try i know i can get the job done. 

you are so high above us, you are enlightened, you are God, you are Leo, you are infinity. 

[Schizophonia]

4 hours ago, LSD-Rumi said:

The best way is to take an aphrodisiac substance and then watch gay porn. If you get turned on, you are gay or bisexual.

For me, pornography becomes weird or even disgusting under psychedelics, including afrodissiac (2cb, MDMA). It is a serotonin (feminine) energy, where by the way it is quite difficult to get an erection due to vasoconstriction.

I have a study where mices were exposed to a product that totally blocked the synthesis of serotonin from tryptophan, the mices became hypersexual and bisexual, even tried to sleep with other species of animals, lol.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Schizophonia

[Schizophonia]

https://www.gawker.com/5785199/scientists-turn-mice-gay-by-depriving-them-of-serotonin

[docs20]

On 2/6/2023 at 7:19 PM, Juan said:

I was watching recently a Andrew Schultz podcast (he is a comedian), and on his recent one interviewing Patrick Bet David, Patrick was telling a story about going to a queer club and in summary somebody in the story asked him: “how do you know you’re not gay?”, and Patrick says: ”Because I know it”, and the guy responded: “But how do you know it if you haven’t been with one?”. And there was a serious pause for contemplating the question.

It resonated a lot with me because some years ago I discovered I’m bisexual, but the way Patrick responded it was the same way I was responding for over 20+ years. So one day after a deep contemplation of my “something is missing in my relationships”, I asked myself this question, stick with it and go for the experience to confirm it. 

So for the people here on the forum, how do you know or confirm you aren’t another sexual orientation aside of straight? Just a feeling? Because even before I discovered I was bisexual, I thought most of my life I din’t felt attraction towards men, although there was one case in my childhood that confirms it and if you see my beginning drawings, there was A LOT appreciation for human/muscle anatomy so I enjoyed watching body builders competitions. Insights? Thoughts? 

I think the ultimate thing is whether you feel like actually going to bed or doing sexual things with other men, or it is just some thought or slight attraction that you might have.

Sexuality is a spectrum, so you might be for example 80% straight and 20% attracted to men, but that's just mental, for me and many psychologists the ultimate thing is whether you actually decide to go with people of the same sex and if you enjoy it.

Edited June 7, 2023 by docs20

[something_else]

17 hours ago, Spiritedness said:

I can still 'appreciate' how attractive a guy looks without wanting anything sexual from them. For women, I can appreciate the same how attractive they look, but from them I WANT something sexual. Does that mean I'm gay? Jesus christ @Leo Gura you'll start making me doubt my sexuality man.

No, it doesn't mean you're gay. I'm the same. You can see objectively handsome dudes and acknowledge that they are good looking without getting an erection from looking at them or wanting their dick in your mouth.

The idea of a dick in my mouth or anywhere else near me is gross but I can still appreciate aesthetically good looking guys.

[Arthogaan]

@Leo Gura how would you comment on the following logic:

Just like you can turn the knob of consciousness up with psychedelics, you can also turn up the sexual aspect of consciousness.
The more conscious you become during psychedelics the easier it is to be turned on by thing outside your baseline sexual preferences.
For a straight male it could look like this:
First at low doses you may start to be turned on by women that previously you considered unattractive.
Then when you turn the knob even further up, you may become turned on by  people somewhere between male and female (non binary people), 
and eventually even further you start to become turned on by males, because you are so conscious that you are no longer male yourself, you start to integrate being a female and then even transcend that.

At the highest states everything becomes pure sexuality. The very act of perceiving becomes the sexual act. Whatever is projected on the screen by the light of consciousness.

[CherryColouredFunk]

The answer is that it doesn't matter. And also one's natural inclinations are obvious. In my case I've always known I'm straight. I've tried to see if I was attracted to men sexually at all, since I'm a curious and introspective person. I wasn't attracted at all, I was repulsed.

As for sexuality, it is a mixture of nature and nurture. I believe that you can influence your child to be heterosexual or homosexual, and most people are influenced to be heterosexual, as they should be. However, there will exist a large number of people who are naturally gay and bisexual, even if you try to tell them to be in straight.

Whatever the case, people should be free to do what they want. If I had kids however, I would likely instill some "heteronormativity" into them, but if they feel gay then that's fine

Edited June 7, 2023 by CherryColouredFunk

[Leo Gura]

6 hours ago, Arthogaan said:

The more conscious you become during psychedelics the easier it is to be turned on by thing outside your baseline sexual preferences.

That has not been the case in my personal experience. But I can't speak for you.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Leo Gura

[integral]

I need to concentrate harder on psychedelics to get it up. 

[Schizophonia]

3 hours ago, CherryColouredFunk said:

The answer is that it doesn't matter. And also one's natural inclinations are obvious. In my case I've always known I'm straight. I've tried to see if I was attracted to men sexually at all, since I'm a curious and introspective person. I wasn't attracted at all, I was repulsed.

As for sexuality, it is a mixture of nature and nurture. I believe that you can influence your child to be heterosexual or homosexual, and most people are influenced to be heterosexual, as they should be. However, there will exist a large number of people who are naturally gay and bisexual, even if you try to tell them to be in straight.

Whatever the case, people should be free to do what they want. If I had kids however, I would likely instill some "heteronormativity" into them, but if they feel gay then that's fine

Hormones will do the job anyway

[blackchair]

2 hours ago, integral said:

I need to concentrate harder on psychedelics to get it up. 

you are just a kid listening other's instructions for life (a.k.a Leo) at least you are honest and that is a good start. it must be porn like level pleasure to be a mod on here. 

[integral]

1 hour ago, blackchair said:

you are just a kid listening other's instructions for life (a.k.a Leo) at least you are honest and that is a good start. it must be porn like level pleasure to be a mod on here. 

Life has never been that same for me after becoming mod, its just so much better living like a God star. 

Edited June 7, 2023 by integral

[Princess Arabia]

I'm all three. No confusion there. ???