XCUZE, you are so right. So long as we concern ourselves with labels we seem to miss the point. Some men, in some situations, do achieve and do delight in having achieved a deep bonding with another male. As a fifteen year old I was surprised, delighted, and amazed to find myself doing things with my dear friend, a boy my age, that my whole environment seem to frown on. To us it seemed natural and right; we were close friends, indeed, we had become more than just close friends and we wanted and needed ways to express our feelings for each other. The sex was for us the confirmation of the bonds that had come to exist between us. And, we did not stop thinking of ourselves as regular guys.
The summer after our junior year, he was away working on a ranch out west. His father had supplied him with condoms explaining that. "If you're going to be messing with girls, don't be stupid, be prepared." During that summer I had a very extended and comprehensive introduction to what a sexual relationship with a woman demanded and offered. My thought was: "Every guy should be so lucky."
Many years later I continue to honor the love that can exist between two men. I also continue to honor the love that can be between a man and a woman; I have been happily married for a long time, but I remain grateful for my exposure to "that other side" of my sexuality as well. I also honor faithfulness in relationship.
My former partners, three men and two women, are dear friends whom I loved and still love.