Was anyone else ignorant to the fact that you were gay?

[FirmaFan]

I'm not talking about denial, I am talking about genuine ignorance to the fact.

Funny story:

I once read in high school that one out of five people are gay. That means that, in the group of friends I had, of which there was five, one of us was gay. I really hoped it was Danny. He was super cute and I really liked him.

Ironic story that sums up my high school years. I, fully understanding that I was attracted almost exclusively to other guys, genuinely believed that I was straight, and that every other straight person would look at a member of the same sex and be equally as attracted to them as I was. How could they not be? I mean, come on, guys can be so f-ing hot!

Thanks for the confusion, adolescence!

 

[Maklaar13]

I've had a lot of women come on to me. Some of them seem to not even have a clue, even though I have never hidden my sexual orientation. I do not go around telling people I'm gay, but come on, there are obvious signs.

 

[TX-Beau]

I knew I was gay the day my Scout Leader (ex Green Beret) took off his shirt to wash it in the river and my teenage peter leapt to attention.

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Just kidding I always knew I was gay.

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Even when I was dating women. It was abundantly clear in my mind.

 

[PalacePaul]

At first, yes. When I was 13-14yo. there was a boy in my class, he was the kind of "leader type" that everyone adores, including me: he was handsome, good at sports, nice, popular... he was adorable! I honestly believed that it was pure and naive admiration I felt for him.

 

[Rickrock]

As a twelve or thirteen year old, I didn't know what the term meant but knew that I wasn't because others thought it was abnormal. As a fifteen year old I thought that it was a phase I was going through. After that I subconsciously knew but wouldn't admit it to my conscious self for several years.

 

[peeonme]

In my 13-15 yr. old period I thought that I was having sex with guys my age because it was fun and felt good, I was 16 or 17 when I realized that girls didn't have the effect on me.

 

[heir-to-the-wind]

I never heard about ''homosexual'' or ''gay'' until I went to college, where I learned about ''queers.'' There I was attracted to guys and knew my sexual orientation. In high school, I fantasized about seeing certain guys naked but I was ignorant of homosexuality in 1960 to 1964.

 

[newcurious22]

I had urges but always tried to hide them. it's only been until recently (19-24) that's I've wanted to act on it more and more. in a relationship though. :/

 

[Charon]

I was oblivious about it for quite a while. When I was six, I started to have weird feelings(now I know it was attraction) for other boys, and shirtless hot men. It wasn't until I was eleven that I found out what Gay means, and realized that I'm that. My attraction for other boys grew stronger, I developed a crush on a classmate in PE(had to hide my boner whenever I saw him shirtless in the locker room), and an even bigger crush on Zac Efron(he was the up and coming star of High School Musical back then). I never tried to deny it to myself, I immediately accepted myself for who I am.

 

[eastofeden]

Every day.....

People think me and my husband are brothers and we are just "putting them on" that we are gay.....

Apparently the Diana Ross reference is no longer a barometer.....it used to work just fine....

 

[Hankerin1075]

I knew I was gay the day my Scout Leader (ex Green Beret) took off his shirt to wash it in the river and my teenage peter leapt to attention.

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Just kidding I always knew I was gay.

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Even when I was dating women. It was abundantly clear in my mind.

I understand what you mean. My first clues were at scout camp. I'm the group showers and in the tents late at night. We would play truth or dare. My dares always seemed to be centered around showing skin. I dare you to put your dick in his canteen! He did. Awesome.

 

[Hankerin1075]

For he record, I'm still not "out". My tally knows but that is it. I feel like a coward at times. I don't think I could keep my job if I came out now. In my industry it is joked about regularly. Mocked and ridiculed. I want to do it sometime. The right time is always in the distance.