Would you give up your gay self?

eh, I use to say No but Now, i just wish i never even questioned...it was so much easier. i wasn't stressed out and I wasn't heartbroken

so yes

 

Not after all I've been through to finally accept it.

 

I know no other life except this one.

I'd keep it, even if it is full of heartbreaks, despair, broken ties, and loneliness.

 

How? and No, not anymore

 

Mhmm yep.
Less stress, girls I already understated, and women actually find me attractive.
And I can totally get married once I hit 18, in my home state. I wouldn't get disowned, sounds like Paradise to me.

 

No. It's a part of me.. It's who I am. Giving it up would be the same as giving up my sense of humour. Take it out and I'm a completely different person.

 

I guess saying yes if I could actually change it would like change the course of my whole life up until this point and that's a lot to grasp so yeah it would be a hell of a lot easier...but its what makes me me I don't know anything else...

 

I don't think there is a gay self. Saying there is is like assuming we have a gay self and a straight self, and in order to live a "gay lifestyle" we have to give up the straight self. Besides, being gay only means that I like men, it doesn't really change who I am, does it? I mean, isn't that the idea we are trying to tell everyone?

Now if you mean to become cis-gender straight, I'm indifferent about it. I don't mind people doing it. In fact, if it helps them or that they want to, why not? The lives of many people would undoubtedly be better if they were straight. I'm not sure about mine, so I can't really say.

If it's possible I would like to be aromantic asexual until I'm (financially and emotionally) ready for a relationship.

 

As much as it is a struggle, its a part of me.

So no I wouldnt. Even though all what makes me, me is a few million neurological pathways in my brain, they should not be messed with.

 

When I was in my early teens, and terrified of what I was... yes.

Now, after growing older, and all that I've experienced... absolutely not.

I love myself exactly how I am.

 

Yes I would because being Gay has affected so much of my life, for example, my grades. However, there is no "cure" for homosexuality so I guess I just have to live with it.

 

i wish there was a 'cure'

 

I think honestly, I wouldn't.

I've kinda come proud of the face I'm gay/bi/however I feel. To me, it's made me a stronger person, and I honestly can't see why it's wrong for me to love someone who is the same gender as me?

But, I suppose I've had a reasonably easy road when it came to figuring it all out, while it took me a long time, everyone I have told has been super accepting.

 

No, probably not. I would give up the asexual part though.

 

It took me a long long time to finally accept myself as Gay. So friggin long and it worn me down. Back then I would've given anything to be straight. Now that I've finally reached the threshold and accepted myself.....no. I wouldn't. As far as I know, being gay is ace! Although there are some days where I might consider that option (if it existed), I still wouldn't at the end. Even though it's less rights, more prejudice, statistically less chance of finding a partner, I'm happy the way I am.

 

No. I like being pansexual. It gives me the highest possible number of attractive people to stare at, and the greatest number of dating options.

 

Being gay has been a big factor in making me who I am today, but becoming straight wouldn't suddenly erase all of those experiences, memories, and lessons learned. It would just give me a decent chance of finding a date. In other words, I don't think giving up being gay would mean giving up my "gay self". So yes, if given the opportunity, I'd become straight.