Gay experimentation

I even put socks in my underwear to feel what having a bulge would be like. Still, as an adult, whenever I've brought this up with my straight (and generally gay-friendly) buddies, they without exception deny ever having had similar experiences.

I genuinely liked them and caught feelings for them. A couple of years later, I learned about the term non-binary, and that hit, too. I remember being a curious kid, looking up "girls kissing girls" on YouTube for reasons I couldn't explain at the time.

How common is experimentation between male friends? Gay high school, I considered that maybe I was bi. I let folks say what they say — but know that I know who I am. Still, from then through junior year, I hid behind fake profiles to talk to girls online.

They both still identify as straight. I'm asking because I had a roommate, who identified as straight, but who let his best male friend blow him. I started leaning into the lesbian label more. I resonate with both non-binary and gender fluid, but I don't wear either one loudly.

I wasn't ready to call myself a lesbian yet. I even explored a bit myself, kissing a couple of girls while playing house, and I was always the boyfriend. But I was still convinced I was straight. Regressive, outdated ideas dominate many people's ideas of gay men and homosexuality generally.

I don't correct people all the time. Eventually, I joined a lesbian iMessage group chat. I had my first crush at the age of five; in 8th grade, I had my first girlfriend. Very telling. I wasn't exposed to queerness, except maybe a scene from The Color Purple where Celie and Shug kissed — and even then, my mom would skip that part, though I'd already seen it once on my own.

The recipient is on/off with the same girl. That's when a friend introduced me to the term gender fluid. Here, we debunk 7 pervasive and pernicious experimentations. I went through a phase where I did claim it.

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It resonated deeply, but I still didn't know if I should claim it. That might've been my only exposure, and even that wasn't intentional. That helped me get more comfortable with who I was. So, to better place my own sexual development in context, I'd like to know how common it is for young boys to experiment with each other.

I wrote a whole explanation on my Instagram Close Friends story, breaking down my pronouns and why I identified as non-binary. I could accept "bi" easier because of my religious trauma and internalized homophobia. But even then, labels never felt right.

It was after someone in a chat asked me if I was a boy or a girl, and I answered, "Both. The guy who was doing the sucking is still with the same girl. both of their girlfriends were in the room. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

I grew up in a religious Christian household.