Poll.... What Sexuality Are You?....

What Sexuality Are You?

  • Straight

    Votes: 285 8.2%
  • Gay

    Votes: 2,074 59.4%
  • Bisexual

    Votes: 874 25.0%
  • Pansexual

    Votes: 104 3.0%
  • Queer

    Votes: 98 2.8%
  • Asexual

    Votes: 58 1.7%

  • Total voters
    3,493

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No one knows. As I said, I haven't enough data to make deductions. It does appear, however, that straight men are a small minority on this site. How small is what I was trying to estimate.
as they say - there are lies, damned lies and statistics…
 

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as they say - there are lies, damned lies and statistics…
Yes that is right. However, it appears that interest in large penises (ie LPSG) is 90% from gay men and only 10% is from straight men and women. I draw no conclusions. It is just an interesting phenomenon.
 

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I haven't met any or many truly bisexual men, so I have a completely different anecdotal experience of life. Which I don't tend to mention here because it ruffles so many feathers, but that's my reaction to your comment that more men should be identifying as bi. Based on what? Their attraction and jackoff fantasies (the masturbation test), or their actions in life? Because the ability to have sex with women doesn't make a man bisexual, at least not in a definitional way that makes sense to me. Sorry. Don't really mean or want to get into it here. But just as bi-identified men don't like this topic, I don't like, as a gay man, to be told that more men are actually bisexual.
I don't think anyone really knows how many people are bisexual because there is a huge negative sentiment towards bisexual people, so most of us don't actually come out publicly. In my case because I'm married, people automatically look at me and say STRAIGHT. They are comfortable with this idea. Anyone I have told that I am actually not heterosexual reacts negatively, not in an obvious way, but they just don't like that I don't fit the box they believe I should be in. I have found pushback more from the LGBT bunch than the straights. I don't generally discuss my bisexuality with my friends because people can't deal with it. I must also have some or several friends who are not 100% straight but HOW WOULD I KNOW?

My wife knows everything about me and so do my children and it's never been an issue within the family.

We are largely invisible or undetected. It is not very pleasant being invisible.
 

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I don't think anyone really knows how many people are bisexual because there is a huge negative sentiment towards bisexual people, so most of us don't actually come out publicly. In my case because I'm married, people automatically look at me and say STRAIGHT. They are comfortable with this idea. Anyone I have told that I am actually not heterosexual reacts negatively, not in an obvious way, but they just don't like that I don't fit the box they believe I should be in. I have found pushback more from the LGBT bunch than the straights. I don't generally discuss my bisexuality with my friends because people can't deal with it. I must also have some or several friends who are not 100% straight but HOW WOULD I KNOW?

My wife knows everything about me and so do my children and it's never been an issue within the family.

We are largely invisible or undetected. It is not very pleasant being invisible.
Spot on.
 

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I haven't met any or many truly bisexual men, so I have a completely different anecdotal experience of life. Which I don't tend to mention here because it ruffles so many feathers, but that's my reaction to your comment that more men should be identifying as bi. Based on what? Their attraction and jackoff fantasies (the masturbation test), or their actions in life? Because the ability to have sex with women doesn't make a man bisexual, at least not in a definitional way that makes sense to me. Sorry. Don't really mean or want to get into it here. But just as bi-identified men don't like this topic, I don't like, as a gay man, to be told that more men are actually bisexual.
Yeah. Still thinking about this. Not sure lived “actions in life” is the test. Surely the test is what arouses you sexually. And even stretch that to what arouses you sexually on a fairly consistent long term basis - that would catch way more “str8” and “gay” identifying people than you suggest. Bi-sexuality, fluidity, ambi-sexual, pan-sexual, straight-ish, heteroflexible, homofluidity, “swings both ways” - whatever you like to call it, and it does cover a broad range of preference, proclivity, fantasy, lifestyle choices, manifestations - is real. We are here. But we are mostly discrete and DL largely because we have to be. We can’t identify each other, but when we do, it is a breath of fresh air.
 

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Yes, agree 100%. I tried to clarify my meaning in a second post after my first poorly worded one.
Yeah - and i dont think a one off wank to a diff kind of porn from usual necessarily qualifies you (but be honest with yourself), an enduring interest is in fact a proclivity. my guess is that there are way more Bi-curious and bi-interested dudes (and women) around than are willing to put their hand up.

I would almost say that 100% Str8 and 100% Gay are actually the ones in denial…. Now that is something controversial to say. LGBTQI+ rights have largely been argued on the basis of two discrete binary communities. The logical framework backing the entire power structure collapses if you remove clear labels and categories.

In reality life and humans are way more messy and swinging both ways when you feel like it shouldn’t be that revolutionary - it is simply being a human and enjoying your naturally fluid sexuality. Even the word and concept of homosexuality is very modern. such a distinct classification is a figment of 19th Century prurient morality. Prior to that it was commonly accepted that a range of behaviours were acceptable.
 

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I hear where you're coming from, but that hasn't been my life experience of men. (As I mentioned, I think women are different in this regard.) I can't see into anyone else's brain so I don't want to speak for anyone's experience. I've just been out a long time, and have not talked to others who are set up the way you describe.

At the time I came out, saying you were bisexual for months or years before you admitted you were gay was almost mandatory, so I don't have direct experience with bisexuality being a more difficult coming out, but like I say, I can only speak from my own past and the people I've known along the way, and I'm sure my own further inferences and assumptions from that sample (as humans are wont to do). I'm not negating anyone else's reality. And I personally don't count behavioral bisexuality (i.e., having sex with women) as bisexuality if the person is truly only physically aroused by men, but who cares about my definition honestly. I'm just a person with opinions.

I wish straight men were more prone to bisexual behavior because it would make wedding receptions and business conventions a lot more fun and less frustrating.
 
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I hear where you're coming from, but that hasn't been my life experience of men. (As I mentioned, I think women are different in this regard.) I can't see into anyone else's brain so I don't want to speak for anyone's experience. I've just been out a long time, and have not talked to others who are set up the way you describe.

At the time I came out, saying you were bisexual for months or years before you admitted you were gay was almost mandatory, so I don't have direct experience with bisexuality being a more difficult coming out, but like I say, I can only speak from my own past and the people I've known along the way, and I'm sure my own further inferences and assumptions from that sample (as humans are wont to do). I'm not negating anyone else's reality. And I personally don't count behavioral bisexuality (i.e., having sex with women) as bisexuality if the person is truly only physically aroused by men, but who cares about my definition honestly. I'm just a person with opinions.

I wish straight men were more prone to bisexual behavior because it would make wedding receptions and business conventions a lot more fun and less frustrating.
Yes. The bi-sexual until confirmed gay process gives rise to an assumption that someone is simply in denial or transitioning to a more authentic gayness.

I agree. Biz conventions and weddings would be more fun.

I know men who still fancy women who say - well the sex with men is just easier and women don’t want to date me because I have sex with men. In a sense they feel gay is the only course open to them now. Equally men who wish to stay married and not upset the neighbors or colleagues by coming out. I see that gives rise to an assumption that they are somehow not validating gay men who are out. I would argue that such closeted bi men are in a different category. They do have a satisfying sex life with their wife. It’s just that they are also choosing to deny a side of themselves also. Either they exercise restraint - which is fine, or they choose to dabble outside their marriage - which has other consequences.

are we greedy? Do we want our cake and eat it too?

and I certainly agree with you. This is my perspective based on what I feel. I question if what I think is “universally felt” or is is just my sample of myself and a few men I have met along the way - men I have met because we do feel the same way - so an echo chamber.

PS. I do fancy gay men but would be worried they don’t want me because Im bi or appear straight. I have made moves on gay men who don’t respond because they know I am “straight” and married. Perhaps they are just more moral than me and respect marriage. Perhaps they just don’t get their hopes up because there is no future in a relationship with me. Or perhaps they don’t fancy me? Our local Barista checks me out every time I arrive and always looks at my crotch when placing the coffee at my table. I really fancy him too. I frequently check him out too. I think he assumes im straight. He has a busy place to run. I make an effort to look good when I go there. I make eye contact and show an interest in him. I am sure I will break through one day and be able to declare a mutual attraction.
 

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What about women who assume because a man is with a man that he’s not interested in women and do overtly sexual things or are more revealing than they would be with straight men? I always find that interesting. I’ve seen “super gay” guys who’ve done stuff with women. I just think it’s funny.
 
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What about women who assume because a man is with a man that he’s not interested in women and do overtly sexual things or are more revealing than they would be with straight men? I always find that interesting. I’ve seen “super gay” guys who’ve done stuff with women. I just think it’s funny.
I know. They seem to think a gay guy is one of the girls and they will strip and try on clothes and shit like they are with a bunch of girls. Some “gay” dudes I know quite like it. Best of both worlds. Probs best be honest and up front about who and what you like.
 

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69% gay? That surprises me, although I'm not sure why. I've got myself down as Bi, although I'm increasingly thinking that how I handle my sex drive and my attitudes to things like having an audience are as much a part of my "Sexuality" as my interest in both males and females.
 
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