That was a good post actually, I hadn't thought about how that behaviour might be perceived from a gay male. I'm consistently surprised at the variety of obviously (from my perspective) homosexual activities that men are willing to engage in with other men using the excuse "it's not gay if..". My response is always "no dude, that's gay". Not that it's a problem, but why dance around the subject? Being gay in western society is probably still quite tough I imagine, but on the world stage it's one of the places where ones rights as an individual are protected.
I am not speaking about myself here but I'm going to rant.
I'm really getting sick and tired of reading posts from gay men directed at 'confused' straight men. For fucks sake stop treating these guys like that. Just because you are gay does NOT make you the authority on human sexuality and psycho-sexuallality! Is the OP confused? Sounds like it to me but I (just like everyone else) know jack shit about him outside of the few posts he's made.
The guy is looking for answers, and instead of being supportive of him (by saying something along the lines of 'try it out...if you like it, do what you like, if you don't like it, think nothing of it and move on.') Human behavior and human sexuality is not cut and dry! You are only causing guys like the OP more unneeded and unwanted stress.
Also...having sex with a man doesn't have to mean you are gay! Look at men in prison. After a certain amount of time the straightest of the straight men will go looking to fuck anything warm and with a heartbeat.
Look, basically every person has a somewhat of an animalistic sexual side. For some people its simply being kinky. For others its its hardcore S&M, bondage, scat, whatever. I feel that there are many men out there who consider themselves straight, but have (for a lack of better terms) a 'fetish' for other men. Acting out that 'fetish' involves having sex with men from time to time (anything other than the occasional sexual encounter would make it easier for me to conclude that said man is in fact gay) is just like one loving to get the shit beaten out of one's self.
I can see a lot of men (as described above) being totally turned off by kissing another guy (as another poster said, kissing symbolizes an emotional bond), so what the OP posted doesn't sound too far out of the ball park. I'm not saying that he is or isn't gay or judging him (or anyone else for that matter) here. I'm just saying not every man that is interested (sexually) in another man is 100% card carrying gay. Stop trying to play on people's curiosities, worries, and doubts and try to support them.
I'm stepping off my soapbox now. :smile: