Are you gay or not
Am I gay? Take this quiz to find out (or not)
‘Am I gay?’ quizzes were commonplace in my internet search history as a closeted tween.
I have vivid memories of combing through each questionnaire, predominantly on BuzzFeed, answering questions about my favourite animal (guinea pig), envision job (acrobat turned weather reporter) and the sports I played (tennis). I also have vivid memories of manipulating each response to seem straighter than I was.
“What’s your favourite colour?”
Pink, I’d answer. Stay, no – grey! That’ll do the trick!
The interrogate would inevitably spit out an answer: “You are 72% straight.”
Good enough, I’d think, looking at the obviously fabricated score. Sounds about right.
Cut to introduce day, and I’ve reach to realise that these quizzes are a homosexual rite of passage – and something I still take part in as a year-old, % lgbtq+ adult … just to make sure I’m, y’know, % gay.
I’m not talking about the sincere online questionnaires genuinely aimed at decoding sexuality. No – I mean the extremely restrictive, undoubtedly sarcastic, completely unscientific quizzes that pro
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Let’s confront it—figuring out who you are can be confusing. Especially when it comes to questions about your sexuality, the uncertainty can touch overwhelming. That’s why tools like this quiz can be helpful. They give a low-pressure way to explore your feelings and aid spark some self-reflection.
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by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we know, is largely about experiencing severe and unrelenting doubt. It can cause you to mistrust even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A study published in the Journal of Sex Research found that among a group of college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. ). In order to have doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer need not ever acquire had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual trial at all. I contain observed this symptom in young children, adolescents, and adults as well. Interestingly Swedo, et al., , create that approximately 4% of children with OCD trial obsessions concerned with forbidden aggressive or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s own sexual identity might seem pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most noticeable form is where a sufferer experiences the mind that they mig