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liberalhistorian

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51. No kidding. I will never believe

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:09 PM

Jan 2012

that being gay or bisexual is a "choice". I've never known any gay, lesbian or bi person who made that "choice". And, though I certainly love and appreciate my fellow women, as a hetero I have never been the slightest bit romantically or sexually attracted to women and can't imagine being so, not even at my very drunkest. I simply cannot imagine making such a "choice", just as those who are gay cannot imagine the "choice" of being hetero. I like to ask those who hate gays and believe it's a conscious "choice" when, specifically, they "decided" to be hetero. When did they "choose" to be hetero (I won't use the term "straight" because that implies that there's something "wrong" or "crooked" with being gay). That usually shuts them right up.

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Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City) says being gay is a choice [View all] Neue Regel Jan 2012 OP

Also: XemaSab Jan 2012 #1

Oh, sorry....I didn't realize it had already been discussed Neue Regel Jan 2012 #2

It's all good XemaSab Jan 2012 #10

Honestly it sounds like she is bisexual, and always has been. Quantess Jan 2012 #3

No kidding. I will never believe liberalhistorian Jan 2012 #51

I'm hetero but I once ended up in a threesome. Quantess Jan 2012 #53

spoken like a true (and slightly confused) bi-sexual woman. nt arely staircase Jan 2012 #4

+1 Veruca Salt Jan 2012 #48

quote: "let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not" WTF? icymist Jan 2012 #5

She's afraid if she says she is bisexual then people won't like her Neue Regel Jan 2012 #7

I don't like that idea, either The Genealogist Jan 2012 #13

I'm bisexual Heddi Jan 2012 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #24

i didn't see that part; yeah, she's a sister. arely staircase Jan 2012 #14

Or, alternatively, she doesn't think the word accurately describes her. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #42

It may be a relationship choice to her mmonk Jan 2012 #6

If it's a choice for her she's bisexual cpwm17 Jan 2012 #8

Sounds to me like she's bi-sexual. Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #9

She is an admitted bi. But really doesn't like the term. xchrom Jan 2012 #11

I think the reallity is, you can pretend to not be GLBT but that is exactlly what teddy51 Jan 2012 #12

the Kinsey Reports proved sexuality was a continuum, not an either\or thing. provis99 Jan 2012 #15

You are so right. Things are never as black and white as we want them to be, are they? randome Jan 2012 #29

What difference does it make? Cracklin Charlie Jan 2012 #16

I agree. rbnyc Jan 2012 #18

Exactly. Whether it's perceived as a choice, a partial choice, or entirely pnwmom Jan 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #25

+1 Viking12 Jan 2012 #36

I agree. I'm a lesbian. yardwork Jan 2012 #31

The pursuit of HAPPINESS? sibelian Jan 2012 #21

so well put, people need to stop pandering to bigots who try to take legitimacy away from 'choice' stockholmer Jan 2012 #52

So she's a sex tourist, is she? sibelian Jan 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #26

Entertainers aren't always the smartest or well educated or well informed people. Quantess Jan 2012 #22

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Excellent response! Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #28

So we let the dumb ones define our terms? yardwork Jan 2012 #32

Exactly. F__k letting Right wing bigots control how we use language and describe each other nt stevenleser Jan 2012 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #46

I respect and appreciate that you have dropped the "choice" term at the request of LGBTQ folks. yardwork Jan 2012 #50

I've always believed that Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #27

Exactly. yardwork Jan 2012 #33

Dumb headline to OP. She said SHE chose to be gay. If she self-identifies as gay, so be it. Bucky Jan 2012 #30

I think that what the OP is saying (OP correct me if wrong) Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #34

Yes, that was the jist of my comment Neue Regel Jan 2012 #39

Yeah Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #44

Cynthia Nixon is a treasure. She should not be castigated because of a desire to appease bigots. stevenleser Jan 2012 #35

What she said is quite right; what the headliner wrote is not. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #37

I liken her comment to someone saying... Neue Regel Jan 2012 #40

Do you have one single shred of evidence for that? Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #41

Being a highly-paid professional doesn't necessarily mean you aren't ignorant about some things slackmaster Jan 2012 #43

What makes you think she's ignorant? Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #47

Sounds like a couple of my friends who were LUGS Politicub Jan 2012 #45

I think the issue is not so much her right to say "it's a choice" . . . HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #49