[Arc23767]

I don’t know anyone who would *choose* to be in a group that was reviled, denied rights, targeted for violence and otherwise ostracized. For what – sex? I don’t think that anyone would make that choice. I know that most people I’ve met who are gay have come to terms with the fact that this is how they are. Some have tried to *choose* to be straight, but I haven’t met many for whom that has worked. A good friend told me he figured out that he was gay before he even knew the word. He just knew that other guys were excited by girls and he wasn’t. He hadn’t been traumatized; he had as normal a childhood as you can have. He was 13, when most boys start looking at girls. He looked, but his reaction wasn’t the same as his friends’. His reaction to boys, on the other hand, was fairly strong. Granted, this man has more women friends than most straight men I know, but maybe that’s because he doesn’t see them as potential mates. I asked him once about the ‘choice’ debate and he sputtered ‘WHY would I have chosen a road this hard if there was an easier one available for me??’ I had no answer for that.

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Name : Arc23767, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 40, City : Bloomington, State : IL, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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