Hey everyone, I'm a 15 year old, 16 in June. I've been recently thinking a lot about my sexual orientation and I'm really confused. I think I'm gay but I'm not sure. I've known I've liked guys for about 3 or so years. I don't find any urge to do anything sexually towards a girl but i think they're physically attractive. With guys, it's both. I know I'm still young but it's just frustrating. I'm not out to anyone and kind of scared to tell others. I fear that others will look at me different and although people say they'll accept you, they'll still look and treat me differently. It's hard even writing this but someone told me to try to talk to others, hope for some feed back. Thank you.
Hello, Ace! I'd just like to take the time to mention that this is in the wrong section. This is for gender identity and expression, for those such as me whose gender or lack thereof differs from their birth sex in any way, shape or form. If you'd like more information on this, either look it up, or I could explain it in more detail. Now, to get back to this particular thread. You could be Homoromantic Bisexual, which means you find both binary genders/sexes physically attractive, but would only seek a real relationship with other males. Of course, you could also substitute Bisexual with Pansexual, where you find physical attraction to male, female, AND transgender/transsexual people. Hope this helped, and please remember to post in the correct section next time. ;p
There's a difference between being attracted to a gender and being able to recognize that someone of a certain gender is attractive. Would you say you're attracted to girls or you just can recognize that they're good looking? Would you want to be in a romantic relationship with a girl? Also, in respond to Courtney's answer: pansexual does not mean being attracted to men, women, and transgender people, as many trans people are men and women. Bi and pan are very similar and ultimately its just up to the individual what label they want to use, but the general consensus is that pansexual means attracted to all genders while bisexual means attracted to two or more (so that could be all). Sometimes pansexual implies that gender doesn't matter in attraction while bisexual implies that gender is a factor, but that's not always true.
Yes, thank you, my tired brain decided to not go into more depth. When I put the attraction to "men, women, and transgender people", I was more trying to get across that they also might find attraction to people outside the gender binary, and they don't really care about what's in the pants. Honestly, labels can just be peeled off and plastered on again later and written over with whiteout and sharpie, so... I also forgot to add that you can be bisexual/pansexual with a preference for males or females, or perhaps people out of the gender binary. But we can agree on the fact that this should be in the sexual/romantic orientation section, right? Even though it is, but the OP decided to post it here too, because...? Also, thanks for explaining being able to know someone is attractive without being attracted to them/to their gender (or lack thereof).
