What would you be like if you were straight?

Dead, maybe. The community has helped me with a lot of crap I'd still be struggling with if I were straight. See, I can't socialize on my own, and I would have kept the homo-is-sin views I was raised to have. I know, it's terrible that I had to be queer to see the light, I already feel bad about it, thank you.

I also would still be on speaking terms with ole biodad. Thank God I'm queer, if only for that!

 

The same. I really don't think being gay has changed me as a person.

 

I would be what society considers normal. I would have a boyfriend want kids and pretty heterosexual family. I would probably believe in Prince charming or whatever.

Anyway, it's not who I'm so I will never know.

 

I would be just the same. I just wouldn't like women.

 

I'd be exactly the same except for the fact that I wouldn't be constantly worrying about how people (Especially my rather homophobic mother) will react when I eventually come out to them...

 

Exactly the same.. Can get along with anyone quite easily, and still would be able to. :icon_bigg I guess I would have had more free time though.. Thinking about your sexuality could take quite some time. :icon_wink

 

If I was straight and not trans?

I'd be a much more confident person, have a different perspective, be able to go out in the open instead of hiding, metaphorically speaking... and probably also go on a quest for a special someone (in vain).

 

I would be exactly the same minus the desire for guys as well as girls. My personality wnd lifestyle wouldn't change.

Happy days

 

Same person I am now, except I'd be chasing after guys and complaining how they're all jerks.

 

I guess I'd be sleeping with girls instead of guys.

 

In my opinion being gay has made things much more difficult. But I consider that a good thing now. If i had been straight, following the trend of my family, now i would probably be married and have a normal and way less exciting life.

I think if I was straight i would be a worse person nowadays. In my opinion The whole process of overcoming the self-hate and coming out has helpedme a lot:

-I have learned to be way less judgmental and more empathetic.
-It has opened my mind and freed me from the traditional and bigoted catholic values. Now I have friends from all the LGBT spectrum.
-Trying to compensate my self non-acceptance helped me achieving great things with my studies and a healthier lifestyle.
-I care way less about what people think and I am way more critical with other people opinions.
-I am more aware of discrimination of all sorts and all the other the real issues around me.
-I have learned that hard-work and patient are key to accomplish things and that 90% of the time i am the only one responsible of my success or failure.

 

This is pretty much how I feel. There's no way for me to really know what straight me would be like--but I've always suspected that he wouldn't have been a very good person. I'm very grateful for the challenges I've had and who they have made me as a person.

 

Indeed... it would certainly seem that I am eccentric enough that my orientation is irrelevant to my dating prospects.

 

I am straight

 

If I were cis, I'd be better off financially. Female clothing/accoutrements are expensive, yo.

 

Not me.

 

I'd be a lot louder; I'd dress in a more feminine manner, like I used to before I realized I was gay. I would stand up for gay rights 10x more and I might not be as much of an asshole (though that's definitely debatable).

 

I would have one secret less and be 100% into girls

 

Honestly, I think I'd be the same person because my sexuality hasn't made much of an impact on my life. With that I mean that I never really care to pursue relationships. Straight or gay, I'd still be a loner that just casually talks about who I find attractive at the moment.

Ironically, I think I'd be more miserable if I were straight. I hated hetero culture even when I ID'ed as straight; too confining for me and my tastes.

 

I have no idea :eek:

A lot less secretive & stressed, though. That much I know.


Oh, and have a much healthier relationship with my parents...as in, closer. Because of the less need for secretiveness in me. :/