Has anyone ever came in?

[Brent]

Instead of coming out, has anyone ever renounced their gay'ship and came back in? I've always wondered this, are there people here, or out there, who are gay, who have decided to be straight, or changed their orientation and came in? And why?

 

[JonathonWally]

I really thought this thread was going to be about something else...

 

[RandyS]

I really thought this thread was going to be about something else...

So did I.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Ditto here.

 

[Ward Fowler]

Is this whathttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=creampie you are referring to? If so...then yeah.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

There are people who go through a psycho-therapeutic process and say they are cured of their homosexuality. Usually this is associated with conservative religious organizations who feel that homosexuality is a sinful lifestyle and a sickness that needs to be cured. It is very controversial and many mainstream psychological organizations question their methods and assumptions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy

 

[Daneel]

I knew a girl in university who claimed to be gay, but from what I gather, she dates only men now. I'm not sure if she's actually bi or what, but part of me thinks she was just experimenting (or perhaps trying to be trendy in some way -- though why someone would lie about their sexuality to be fashionable, I'll never know).

I also knew this guy in high school -- everybody knew he was gay. Seriously, he was so flaming, you could probably see his gayness from space. But for most of high school, he denied it... even dated some girls (who I presume were either clueless or really liked a challenge). Finally, in 12th grade, I think, he came out. Unfortunately, he was met with much derision from the other students for this (have I mentioned how much fun high school was, particularly Catholic high school? ), and he soon "took it back". So once again he was denying his homosexuality, all because of some immature and ignorant little fuckers. I believe he's finally out now... I just think it's a shame it had to take so long for him to get there.

 

[Sam_I_Am]

Not really the same thing, but after I came out to everyone, I met a girl who I fell in love with and we were in a relationship for nearly two years. That confused everyone.

 

[Garm Bel Iblis]

 

[GodThingFormerly]

That scrawny actress who was getting dildoed by Ellen DeGeneres some years back eventually turned hetero and married a guy, didn't she?

SLR

 

[scotpens]

I knew a girl in university who claimed to be gay, but from what I gather, she dates only men now. I'm not sure if she's actually bi or what, but part of me thinks she was just experimenting (or perhaps trying to be trendy in some way -- though why someone would lie about their sexuality to be fashionable, I'll never know).

Sounds to me like a "LUG" -- Lesbian Until Graduation.

That scrawny actress who was getting dildoed by Ellen DeGeneres some years back eventually turned hetero and married a guy, didn't she?

Somehow, I always got the impression that Anne Heche batted for both teams.

 

[bigdaddy]

It will be a good day when this topic closes.

 

[Aragorn]

Anne Heche was straight, then gay, then straight again. Supposedly Heather Graham's character in Bowfinger is based on Heche sleeping her way up the ladder, with the punchline at the end where she's dating a female executive.

 

[Withers]

I too thought this was going to be about something else.

If you're gay you'll either come out (at some point) and be open about it or you'll bury it deep down inside, repressing it along with your real wants and desires, until that part of you just dies and you are only half a person It is one way or the other though. Straight people just don't have the "Oops, I was gay for 5 years and went back." They were either straight all along and experimenting or they're gay and in denial. Depends on the person in that situation.

Unlike my amazing collection of footwear, endless supply of messenger bags, and hordes and hordes of sunglasses, my sexuality isn't something that can be cast aside to be swapped for something more "trendy," "convenient," or "appropriate" as the situation mandates.

Even if I never acted or spoke of it again, married a woman and had five hundred million children, it would still be true.

It isn't a preference. It's an orientation and for as much as I think a lot of the GLBT movement (like the fact that those letters are ever grouped together in the first place) is ridiculous, that particular distinction is an important one.

-Withers-​

 

[RJDiogenes]

Since there are plenty of people who are bisexual, it's not surprising that they would have relationships with both men and women; it doesn't mean that they are changing their orientation, just that they are being with whoever they like at that time.

 

[AdAstra]

I've known a girl who "came out" to me saying that she was straight after all. Now she's happily living together with her bf.

A friend of my sister came out a few years ago that she was lesbian, then some time after she got married to some guy and now has children with him.

I've never experienced it with men though. They're probably too stubborn to admit anything.