When and how did you figure out you were not straight?

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  1. Foxfeather

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    Answer the above question
     
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    Well, I supposed it started when I was about thirteen-ish? I saw a lesbian couple in a grocery store and thought one of the women was pretty and thought I was attracted to her though I didn't mention it and shoved it to the back of my mind.
    A couple years later I was online and came across the term 'asexual' and realized that I never really thought about sex so this lead to me researching a lot.
    Fast forward to now and I've chosen to just identify as quirosexual or queer for short. Never found a good label so that's that.
     
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    When: I figured out I wasn't straight sometime in my 20's (but... it was basically "I knew, but wasn't ready to admit it to myself" admitting it to myself/accepting it came sometime in my late 30's )

    How: There was no specific moment or anything, I just kinda knew.
     
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    I've answered this countless times on the forum (look through my previous posts if you're so inclined) but in a nutshell: Had feelings for guys since probably 12-13. Dated women until early 20s until feelings toward guys gradually intensified, wasn't working out with women, and after a period of anxiety / depression / repression I finally came to terms with my sexuality.
     
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    It's difficult for me to pinpoint when it started, but in a nutshell, I started figuring out that I had some kind of attraction/feelings towards men in addition to those that I had for women when I was about 9 or 10 and noticed the attractiveness of members of both genders, I initially pushed these thoughts out of my mind due to me not believing that I could be anything other then straight, but they kind of stayed just under the water until I was about 14; usually only coming out (no pun intended) when I got the urge to watch gay porn.

    My attraction to men started to get significantly stronger when I was 14 or 15, and kept getting stronger and more prominent in my mind until I just couldn't justify denying them anymore. I only came to fully accept that I was bi when I was 16 through; and have been considerably happier since.
     
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    WHEN
    well the attraction towards guys probably started when i was 9 or so but it wasn't sexual, just an out of ordinary admiration. Sexual attraction started when i was like 11 or 12, my first 'crush' was a senior (i was a freshmen) in my middle school. i started to question my sexuality in my mid 13 and fully accept that i'm gay when i'm late 14.

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    Never feel any emotional/sexual attraction to a girl. When girls dropping hint of their interest in me i sort of dont get it, its like they're communicating in a different language (i hear what they say and probably can translate but i don't see/feel the implicit meaning)
     
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    well the attraction towards guys probably started when i was 9 or so but it wasn't sexual, just an out of ordinary admiration. Sexual attraction started when i was like 11 or 12, my first 'crush' was a senior (i was a freshmen) in my middle school. i started to question my sexuality in my mid 13 and fully accept that i'm gay when i was on my late 14.

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    Never feel any emotional/sexual attraction to a girl. When girls dropping hint of their interest in me i sort of dont get it, its like they're communicating in a different language (i hear what they say and probably can translate but i don't see/feel the implicit meaning)
     
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    I started questioning shortly after I started going to college. I became friends with a guy (also bi) who was browsing Tumblr in class and he came across a picture of what I thought was a girl but turned out to be a guy. I questioned for a few months after that and around January or February I developed a giant crush for my friend that's when I knew for sure.
     
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    As for me . . . . . .

    Figured it out when I had a hot math tutor. Only this time, it wasn't a man, but a woman with a cute pixie cut. I couldn't stop myself from staring at her body, her hair, her face. No matter what she wore (or didn't wear).

    Gan to realize, I had a huge-huge thing for tomboyish girls and women. I know a lot of lesbians like femmes, but I just happen to like tomboys (and perhaps some soft butches). Something about a woman in jeans and the perfect T-shirt (sounds ridiculous right?) or the perfect professional collared shirt is just so. . . . . scrumptious?
     
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    In my early teens i was always curious about other women and their bodies
     
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    Since I've known that non-straight people existed. I learned about their existence when I was seven. Once when someone mentioned they were getting married I asked if it was a man or a woman.
     
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    Probably when I was about 9 or 10 was when I had the first inkling. I think it was a TV show or a movie, and I saw this one lesbian couple. I remember thinking that it seemed cool. One thing led to another, and now I'm here!
     
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    I just woke up feeling Flawless and sang the Beyonce song of the same title.


    Nah. I've also answered this many times before but I'll TL;DR this one..

    When: Kind of had feelings for shirtless men in movies since little.
    How: See above.
     
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    When: when i was 19.
    How: we made love, at that moment, I felt really right about making love with a girl, felt it's so "me". Boom! I found out i'm a lesbian and all the questionns about girls during my early teens suddenly has the answer :slight_smile:
     
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    Always had an attraction to both girls and guys but didn't understand what it was. At the age of 13 I had my first crush on a girl. At the age of 15 I've now dated both guys and girls (but lean towards girls)
     
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    Well, the first signs of me not being straight was when puberty started (I was 11) and I started feeling sexual feelings for guys and loved looking at their bodies... so yeah. When did I understand sexual orientation properly and that I may be gay? Probably 12/13.
     
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    Ironically, it was because straight sex disgusted me and frightened me, although I had already found women attractive before
     
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    I've wondered for as long as I can remember. It probably started like any normal straight person wonders if they're not straight. Then when I started looking at pictures and things on the internet, I found I liked looking at pictures of women more than men, but men were ok too. Then last weekend my bf took me to a strip club which is where I realized I liked it waaaay too much to be just straight. Since then I've been searching online for answers to the many many questions I now have about myself. Thus why I found this lovely forum :slight_smile:
     
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    I had my first crush on a girl when I was 12. And I haven't felt attracted to guys ever since.
     
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    I really liked the ladies in the porn I was watching when I was 11 and homosexuality was a turn on for me even then. I dated boys when I was 18 but they knew something was a bit off. Started dating girls a year or so later thinking I was bi. About six months ago (I'm 21 now) I really realized I was gay and now I'm dating a really cool genderfluid person. Sexuality is weird.