sexual orientation

1. I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this already. 2. SMM&T is probably the more logicla place for this discussion but SI&CE gets more traffic. So do exclusively heterosexual woman exist? According to a study <insert usual warning here> by Gerulf Rieger, no; woman are innately sexually...

Sex and the City co-star Cynthia Nixon has said she's "gay by choice". Critics are saying she's playing into the hands of conservatives and I agree. Why not just call yourself bisexual? I admit, I'm not gay, so maybe I'm missing out on some idea.

I guess this is a social issue, what with the furror over the "homosexuality is a lifestyle choice" opinion and the fact hardly a day passes without some state declaring same sex relations criminal (Nigeria) or legalising same sex marriage (Australia). Somebody posted in another thread that...

I'm watching a mini series called the Manns, about the writer Thomas Mann. (The series is great, I highly recommend it). Mann had four children, two of them were gay. He himself seems to have been bi-sexual or gay. This made me think that there might be a inheritable component to sexual...

Split from Are most homosexuals atheists? Full blown, meaning openly gay and acting extremely feminine. Though Iraqis act feminine as it is. Half blown as you would say would probably refer to someone who is still in the closet and doesn't act quite as feminine.

This thread is for heterosexuals only. No gays pretending to be straight, please! At what point in your life did you choose to be a heterosexual? Are you still a heterosexual today or have you gone gay now that you're divorced and the children have moved out? Did your mother or father...