How many of you here are gay?

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7x6andchg: <<applause>>

Well said, Nony. I think we on this board like almost everyone that crosses our path. It's one of the reasons I keep coming back.

7x6&C

 

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BrownEyedGuy: I am gayer than Christmas! In keeping with stereotypes, I am a male model and used to be a Flight Attendant. The only thing I didn't inherit was the decorating gene.

I'd love to hear from other gay guys. You can see my pics at: www.merr.com/users/skyguy/portfolio.htm

 

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jammach: Hmm, I'm gay, work for a bank doing statistical analysis and computer modelling, I do lots of hill walking (well, in Scotland it would be a shame not to!) and I play rugby

In saying that, I love cooking, think Opera is fab, cry at sad films, think Dolly Parton is great and adore Garth Brooks. Takes all sorts to fill a world ;-)

Having lurked the board for several months and made the occasional posting, I'm constantly impressed with how thoughtful and caring the folk on here are. Opinions are given in a considered, measured way, people are respected and a lot of love is evident. I have a lot of respect for this space and the people on it

oh, i can be found at www.outpages.com/jammach :

 

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oldman9x7: I'm not gay but I am merry, vivacious and have been known, at times, to be - - playful (?).

Gramps

 

[B_RoysToy]

What an enlighting bunch of postings! Thanks for the break down, AnonyMs. I've often wondered, so now I know.

I'm gay. I was married to a wonderful female for 29 yrs, and we have three just as wonderful children, but I was gay. I suppose anything is possible if one denies himself strongly enough, tries hard enough to do what society dictates, and begs God sincerely enough.

This is not accomplished without its leaving its ravages on the individual, i,e. ulcerated stomach, strong guilt complex, and, generally, an unhappy existence. But, it was all worth it and I would do the same thing again, for any one of our children.

Thank you, LPSG, for giving me the opportunity to get this said. It's like ripping me apart, but it's the basic me coming out.

 

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tigerwolf: Congratulations on your coming out. ^_^

 

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Maximillian: Well, I am not gay, but I am definately lifestyle friendly and could care less whether the males I talk to on here are straight or gay. Hell if I start keeping track of whos what, I will be more confused than usual

If we have to start classifying people according to their sexuality, I will take My toys and go home, I wont want to play anymore.

Maximillian

 

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headbang8: [quote author=oldman9x7 link=board=meetgreet;num=1066348440;start=20#23 date=10/18/03 at 12:08:27]I'm not gay, but I am merry, vivacious and have been known, at times, to be  - - playful.[/quote]
You're right.  I've been to plenty of "gay" bars, and none of them seemed too merry.

(Some of them were muscle merry, but that's another story...)

 

[jonb]

[quote author=tigerwolf link=board=meetgreet;num=1066348440;start=0#15 date=10/17/03 at 05:22:24]Trust me. Its a lot higher than 3-6%. I'm telling you from experience.[/quote]
Five words: Any port in a storm.

 

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Finnmark: What a fascinating thread has been opened up, with some superb replies. But surely no more than one has come to expect on LPSG, with Paul's succinct contribution just about summing it up. I couldn't agree with him more, and one of the reasons that I "keep coming back" too.

I'm gay, but that's not why I'm here. I even admire large dicks, but that's not why I'm here. Strangely, both those 'basics' seem a bit irrelevant. I've discovered an 'arena' where one can express the most intimate thoughts, find release from one's own 'history', argue and debate 'hot potato' subjects like religion and politics, and above all enjoy the companionship (even friendship, in a way) of good, kindly, non-judgmental people, who - in the ordinary walks-of-life - can be hard to come by sometimes. Certainly here is a range of experience, age, orientation, background, occupation, nationality - and more - that I have never found elsewhere.

Maybe the key is this: if we can be open and honest about sex with each other, after that - all things are possible! Is there a moral here somewhere ?

 

[jay_too]

After reading the lamentation that there are too many straight guys on this site, I am beginning to understand that America is perhaps too sexually segregated. I thought that it was largely straight America that was a segregated and closed society. Why? Well, I assumed that a small minority had to adapt and to partially integrate into the larger society.

The dialogues by gays and bisexuals have helped me gain an insight into other value systems and to understand a little better the issues related to sexuality, discrimination, and acceptance. In the past year from the postings on this site, I have gained the insight that gay sex is not gay love; gay love is simply love.

I am not going to defend who I am - straight, white male. I grew up in a gay-tolerant family; many of my mom's friends and colleagues were gay and a few bisexual. However, I never gave their sexual orientation much thought except for a few who would get smashed and hit on me. In my Cornell dorm, a part of freshman orientation was learning that it was cool to be gay and to have gay friends....we studied and partied together and found out that the other was just as stupid and insecure as we were. When I tranferred to Stanford, I found much the same tolerance. This was the way of the world....wrong. After I graduated, I took a job with a design and consulting engineering firm. I found wide-spread homophobia. The unease among straight engineers when dealing with one suspected of being gay was funny in a sad way. It was like being gay was communitable. The suspected ones were subjected to "not being told" to be prepared to discuss --- at the meeting on Thursday. For me, I always got three reminders to be ready.

I got put on a committee to look at workplace issues and make suggestions. Yeah, as fate would have it I got put on the sexual orientation in the workplace subcommittee. The chair was a senior manager who after the second or third meeting said he did not want to think about what was going on in bed...huh? so anything in reason was okay with him..just brief him before on suggestions so he would not look stupid. The other member was pregnant and developed a problem and went on sick leave; every couple of weeks I would call and tell her how our report was coming along.

I used interlibrary loan and this site for background material....to understand the issues. Sometimes what a book on sexuality said really had little meaning to me until I found a persoanl experience or viewpoint on one of the threads that made it more personal and understandable. I was able to defend the recommendations on policy changes [largely the same ones that previous subcommittees had made] with both legal precedent, rationale, and appropriate antedotes taken largely from this site. The recommendations are wending their way legal review and may become incorporated in the policy manual early next year.

I never intended to say, "Thanks LPSG," because I never intended to tell this story. But now, "Thanks."

jay

 

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Krowax: I'm straight, and consider myself not homophobic. I didn't come to this site because of an interest in big dicks, or maybe exploring a different part of my own sexuality (that I'd like guys), I came here to read about people's sexual experiences. I'm still young at 19, and I'm still open about my sexuality and what it might become. But I have to say that the more I am here, the more I feel that I'm straight (sorry, tigerwolf ). Anyway.. my point is that I came here to learn more about sex, I guess.