Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered offended when called straight?
395882
That's one possible "benefit" of being GLBT. We aren't (most) immadiately identifyable. Some times you can bounce between the two world and most of the time it isn't anyone's business. Sometimes you benefit from not being identified. Its not fair but most people do it (straight or gay) to some extent. Acting like you know more about cars so you don't get gouged by a mechanic for example. I don't get offended. But its not a compliment to be called something you are not.
716435
I am bi-racial...depends on how the term is being presented...for the most part...no, I am not offended
11715
Becuase that is insulting, and rude, Thats like walking up to a person of another race and using "hate" words to them, like racial slurs etc. its the same concept. It offends them. And maybe they aren't completely out of the closet, and have only told a few people, and you calling them gay is sending a signal, to them that they can nont trust you.
771023
You can have turmoil in any relationship, and it is not based on the person's sex but on their personality. As far as acting straight, I am often called straight acting but I am not, I am only acting as myself; this is just a label. In society, it is more difficult to be gay, but if you are attracted to the same sex it is not a switch that can be turned off. I believe that bisexuality is a valid sexuality; some people like vanilla milkshakes, some people like chocolate milkshakes, and some people like all milkshakes, but many who like both usually have a preference for one over the other. He is confused because he feels he has to make the choice to be labeled as straight or be labeled as gay and face discrimination; and to add to this is the stresses that the previous relationships involved.\nThe only thing to tell him is to think of it like this, gay is only a word that means a man attracted to another man. This attraction, however, is a very important part of who one is. You say he is attracted to men, but only say he misses the things that women do. If he is not truly attracted to women also, he is gay. He needs to accept himself for who he is and concentrate instead on finding someone that he can love who will love him back without any turmoil.
547429
This really isn't a funny joke, and I'm sure you have offended alot of people on Yahoo!, including myself. Oh, and it sounds like your gay, too. Have a great day.
497654
wait a second, i think i am confused or u are either using horribly bad puns. if you are implying that you are straight and u know this gay guy who wants to give you anal sex then you should be flattered yet offended because that is still sexual harrassment whether gay or not. u couldnt say that to a woman right. and by the way i'm gay so gay guys dont get mad at my answer.
974274
yea...\nplz don get offended 4 this..
911332
'Gay' refers to homosexual males, 'lesbian' refers to homosexual women, 'bisexual' refers to individuals of either gender who are, well, bisexual, and 'transgendered' has absolutely nothing to do with sexual orientation at all (rather, gender identity).\n\nOf the GLBT, G&L can go together under 'Gay' and it'd be fine- the division is just to sort of give lesbians recognition of their own.  Bisexuals definitely need their own letter, because they are not homosexuals, and transgendered's T is an addition to GLB that is not necessarily homosexual (although there are gay trans people).  It was tacked on because sexual orientation and gender identity issues are so closely intertwined and they are both outside the mainstream; there's a lot of overlap between the communities.\n\nHope that helps!
184584
Okay...\n\n(1)  The "girlish" or feminine side in every male psyche is probably unrelated to his sexual identity as a gay, straight, or bi man.  Certainly the sets of traits that get characterized as "feminine" (whatever that means) are present in different degrees in every man, just as the sets of traits that get characterized as "masculine" are present in different degrees in every woman.  Maybe the whole girlish and boyish thing is a ruse, anyway, to keep us all acting as our authority figures instruct.  \n\n(2)  That said, to the extent your question is about being "100% straight," you may be confusing sexual fluidity (that the categories aren't as fixed and intractable as we are conditioned to believe) with actually taking on a bisexual identity.  Certainly a lot more people are bi than are comfortable admitting it.\n\n(3)  Being bi, however, is not universal.  The fluidity of sexuality is fairly universal.  But actually being a bisexual man is a particular sexual identity, not a secret reality beneath the surface of straight or gay identity.  Bi men are their own thing, their own culture, their own life-way.  Sexual fluidity is a different phenonenon--living culturally as a straight man, and primarily relating sexually to women, but with a capacity for some homoerotic desire or experience--this happens all the time, and would happen much more were the social consequences of being branded gay so negative in a homophobic society.\n\nSome of us, though, really are bi.  That means we are not hiding ourselves inside someone else's identity.  We live openly as bi men all the time, even when sexually monogamous to one partner (whether male or female).
1106833
yes! me!(i'm a girl & gay means when people liking guys right?well,if i wasn't gay,then i'd be a lesbian!!!!!!!!lolz)ok.ok.just kidding,so are you a gay or a lesbian?(just kidding again hun!)cheers!
835529
Yes, like you I am sick of labels.  It is not important to know whether a person is gay or straight.  People are too anxious to wag their little tongues if they think they know something another does not.
1034084
Kinsey's studies showed that there are very few people who are 100% straight or 100% gay. I've been out of the closet since I was 18 (I'm 37 now). I've never been with a man, but I do occassionally have fantasies about them...and I do find them attractive. However I still identify myself as a lesbian...though I occassionally will question it myself. It's hard when there are social pressures that you have to be one or the other, but (as Kinsey's studies showed) you really don't have to be and perhaps aren't by nature. It's possible that you may be bisexual. And, really, does it matter? There is no rule that says you should or shouldn't be with a man if you're curious.It's ok to be gay, straight, or bi...just  be yourself...and be truly honest with yourself. Don't pressure yourself either way.
677617
Since most people are straight, I think that is assumed unless told otherwise.\n\nWhy people care about someone's private life is beyond me, unless there the only way they can feel good abot themselves is by dtahinking that they are better then people that are not straight.
1014949
To the first three answers let me say that what you said does not answer the question.  I too have wondered about the very same thing and I have come to the conclusion that the straight people who come to this site in a non-supportive way are just bullies AND voyeurs.  They only wish that they could be lgbt!  If something so thoroughly disgusts me, I wouldn't waste my time reading about it.
421370
Being Bisexual means that you are attracted sexually to men AND women.\nIf you are male and are sexually attracted to males then you are Gay.\nIf you are a female and sexually attracted to females then you are a Lesbian.\nThere is nothing wrong with any of these orientations, explore your feelings.
455130
Wether or not people admit it, I'm sure everyone things about it enough to consider why they are heterosexual and question what homosexuality would be like for them.  In the end, I think questioning is healthy, it will help you reconfirm what you already may think you are.
189857
No, those are 2 totally opposite ends of the spectrum.  What does being straight or gay have to do with being black, white, asian, or latino?