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At what age did you experience your first same-sex attraction?

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  1. ARC36

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    Told my best friend that I would marry her when I was about 10.
    Tired to kiss her a couple times too. Ya know, weird innocent child stuff.
    She got weirded out and stopped being my friend. Because if this rejection I was in denial for a long time, kinda ignored all sexual feelings in general for a few years.
    I was always ok with gay/bi people and the idea of being gay.
    One day I realized I was checking out a girl's rack in class (about age 14-15) and I was all "oh. That was a gay thought... Oh god. Am I gay?" Thus ensued a year long period of questioning teetering between bi, asexual, gay, straight, I was so confused. My best friend at the time confessed to me (she's a lesbian) but I didn't really like her back so I thought I couldn't be gay. In reality she just wasn't my type, I realized I preferred girls, but that maybe boys would be okay too depending on the circumstances.
    I'm bi, but I'm also gender queer (i feel male (born female) but im still questioning) and the dysphoria kinda puts me off from dating men. So I like about 80% women 20% men, with very little interest in sex.
     
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    First crush in 1st grade. Fully realized I was gay on my 12th birthday.
     
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    13, my best friend at the time, didn't know I was bi until then
     
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    Around 14ish but i didn't accept it until i was 15
     
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    Around 14/15... didn't accept or even acknowledge till I was 25 though.
     
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    about 6 months ago when I was 13, starting to accept it
     
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    I was 11 when I had my first crush, and that's when I realised.
     
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    I've probably always found guys "interesting", certainly by the time puberty rolled around, but it wasn't until 18 or so that I really felt any romantic feelings for one and admitted to myself that I wasn't straight.
     
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    Probably 14 or younger was when I first realized it.
     
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    I had suspicions earlier on, but wasn't until I was 15-16 that I had a truly recognizable crush on my best friend at the time.
     
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    I am going to say I noticed around 2nd grade when I saw a half-naked girl on television and literally went to my room and tried to pray it away (I was born into a religious Catholic family). I then had instances of noticing girls/liking girls until a little after high school and in college, I realized I was totally into girls but after thinking I would go to hell, went into deep denial. I didn't realize again until 6 months ago (at at 33), and now, I am pretty sure I won't go back into denial again because I'm coming to accept that I am attracted to girls and have never had a physical attraction to guys. It's just absent for guys, and I've tried; it just feels wrong with guys.
     
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    I always had some suspicions that I'm not totally straight but I totally undersood this when I was 17 :slight_smile: At that time I had my first crush with a guy :slight_smile:
     
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    When I way 8. Dated females and males until I decided to have a family in my 30's.
     
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    Same gender: 13 years old
    Same sex: 16 years old
    :confused:
     
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    Sexually, maybe 11 or 12. I've always thought women were beautiful though.
     
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    I knew I was into girls when I was about eight, had a moment where I said to myself "so, I'm bisexual (I had no idea what pansexuality was). That's a thing. Okay, I want to watch Tom and Jerry now."
    I got a crush on this chick on a jewelry channel who was named "Misty." Back then, she was kind of... not actually appealing. Her makeup was spackled on which I would normally ignore because I know how hard makeup is but... damn, she looked like an oompa loopa with two black eyes. GOD I had such a thing for her.
    A few years later, I got a massive crush on both a really pretty girl in my class, and that year was also the year I came out.

    So, one of those was my first same-sex attraction, depending on how you define "attraction."
     
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    I had a crush or an obsession or something of the like on lavagirl in 2nd grade.
     
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    I first noticed that I like my female friends a little differently at age 11. Explored those feelings more at age 16 (When I kissed my friend's lesbian sister) and finally officially came out June 6th 2012. Came out to my parents and FB friends/family as lesbian, but later on realized that I still like men too, so I came out again more recently as bisexual. Not sure of the date, but it was sometime in 2016.....
     
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    That I'm aware of/when it was blatantly obvious, I'd say around 11 or 12. It might have been sooner but if there was any it was very vague among my thinking that girls were awesome.
     
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    When i was like 3 or 4 year old, i remember when my mom told me that i always gravitate to feminine things and was super feminine (its not an indication of being gay though) well, but it meant that i was different and i knew that, didnt really cared about it, but yeah i was bullied when i started going to school. I knew I liked boys and i just went with how i felt and my feelings, im happy i didnt change even now, happy my parents love me for who i am, happy i knew that i dont have to change for ppl who doesnt appreciate who i am in a young age.:kiss: