This isn't as severe as what happened to your friend, but when I was a junior in high school, a guy that I really liked went out with me only to dump me the day after I gave him a "favor" he wanted. It really fucked up my perception of men, which made me become confused about my sexuality as well.
The next time I dated someone was during my senior year of high school, and she was a girl. At the time, I had been identifying as asexual and biromantic. I really truly felt romantic attraction to her. I'm positive about that.
The experience, however, did not change my attraction. Instead, my temporary aversion toward boys made me more aware of my attraction to girls. In hindsight, I was attracted to girls before the incident as well, but I failed to recognize it as attraction because I was in denial of my sexuality.
It's been 8 years now. I've realized that I'm not asexual, but I simply have a sex-negative mindset based on what I experienced. I currently identify as bisexual, which I think is the most accurate label for me. I still have crushes on girls, I still have crushes on guys.
Did my friend actually turn gay or were they born gay?
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This isn't as severe as what happened to your friend, but when I was a junior in high school, a guy that I really liked went out with me only to dump me the day after I gave him a "favor" he wanted. It really fucked up my perception of men, which made me become confused about my sexuality as well.
The next time I dated someone was during my senior year of high school, and she was a girl. At the time, I had been identifying as asexual and biromantic. I really truly felt romantic attraction to her. I'm positive about that.
The experience, however, did not change my attraction. Instead, my temporary aversion toward boys made me more aware of my attraction to girls. In hindsight, I was attracted to girls before the incident as well, but I failed to recognize it as attraction because I was in denial of my sexuality.
It's been 8 years now. I've realized that I'm not asexual, but I simply have a sex-negative mindset based on what I experienced. I currently identify as bisexual, which I think is the most accurate label for me. I still have crushes on girls, I still have crushes on guys.
Perhaps it's similar for your friend.