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if you were ever to be born again, would you still want to be gay?
luisluz Posts: 126
May 12, 2009 3:38 PM GMT

silly question
May 12, 2009 3:44 PM GMT
Yes.....I would want to be gay.
May 12, 2009 5:03 PM GMT
I don't care, but dammit I wanna come back with superpowers.
TheIStrat Posts: 1775
May 12, 2009 5:18 PM GMT
Yes, but even if I still had to go to Catholic schools all those years, I'd at least admit to myself at an early age that I was gay, and that it was ok, so that when I went to college, I could be out from day one of freshman year.
May 12, 2009 5:21 PM GMT
How many lives do I get to have? I'd like to be straight for at least one of them, so I could have that experience. I'd want a well-rounded soul
mickeytopogig... Posts: 2614
May 12, 2009 5:41 PM GMT
Today, yes, being gay is the shizznit.
withHonor Posts: 908
May 12, 2009 5:44 PM GMT
I'm already born again! That's why I'm gay!
May 12, 2009 5:46 PM GMT
Definately yes! would just want to realize it sooner.
Sebastian18 Posts: 138
May 12, 2009 5:50 PM GMT
Personally, I don't think one really gets much to say in the arena of reincarnation. Whatever aggregates carry over from this life in addition to negative and positive imprints pretty much predetermine the form that takes place in the next life.

That being said, I think it would be neat to be gay again in that a lot of the societal constraints of "straightness" get to be bypassed for the most part and the cultural pressures of grow up, go to school, work, get married, have kids, etc. can be tossed aside for greater individual freedoms.
buddha_the_go... Posts: 148
May 12, 2009 5:56 PM GMT
Either or; I don't find my sexuality a major factor in what I define as myself.
GQjock Posts: 5769
May 12, 2009 5:57 PM GMT
Hmmm ..... tryin' to think if I get to make wishes
if there's anything else I'd like to shoot for

Havin' a rich Dad might come in handy
But if I could be the gay son of some oil tycoon?
There couldn't be anything better than that

jrs1 Posts: 1474
May 12, 2009 5:57 PM GMT
RunintheCity saidI don't care, but dammit I wanna come back with superpowers.


I'd stay gay, but ... how 'bout those superpowers, chief?
May 12, 2009 5:58 PM GMT
no.

i enjoy my life as it is, and i wouldn't change it for this life. but if i could make the choice before being reborn, i'd rather come back as a dolphin (or a well-loved and pampered pussy cat).
May 12, 2009 6:01 PM GMT
dancerjack saidno.

i enjoy my life as it is, and i wouldn't change it for this life. but if i could make the choice before being reborn, i'd rather come back as a dolphin (or a well-loved and pampered pussy cat).


you could be a gay dolphin
May 12, 2009 6:02 PM GMT
that's redundant
May 12, 2009 6:02 PM GMT
dancerjack saidthat's redundant


you're redundant!
May 12, 2009 6:03 PM GMT
dancerjack saidno.

i enjoy my life as it is, and i wouldn't change it for this life. but if i could make the choice before being reborn, i'd rather come back as a dolphin (or a well-loved and pampered pussy cat).




So not as a gay person, but as a gay shark? LOL JK

I love being gay and would want to come back as gay again, if I believed in reincarnation.

May 12, 2009 6:07 PM GMT
In decades of observing the pros and cons of relationships and interactions that straight men have with women and that gay men have with gay men, and considering the social and legal disparity, I say:

YES! Unquestionably!


waxon Posts: 559
May 12, 2009 6:09 PM GMT
NO NOT AT ALL this is why i hate when people say being gay is a choice, if i could chose i would not want to be gay . its a very hard lifestyle to be looked down on by society and viewed as different
May 12, 2009 6:11 PM GMT
Timberoo said
dancerjack saidthat's redundant


you're redundant!


i meant it as a joke roo... (see the gay shark comments above).

dolphins are the only species, aside from humans, to have recreational sex throughout the year for no purpose except fun. they often have same-sex sex.
Ducky46 Posts: 2604
May 12, 2009 6:12 PM GMT
With all the hard work blood sweat and tears that it took for me to evolve into the GAY piece of “IMPERFECTION” that I am....you betcha Mary!
May 12, 2009 6:14 PM GMT
absolutely... i'd just be born to parents who accepted it
May 12, 2009 6:16 PM GMT
Yes. It slows the aging process.
withHonor Posts: 908
May 12, 2009 6:16 PM GMT
Scratch my earlier answer, I want to come back as a Ninja.
May 12, 2009 6:19 PM GMT
dancerjack said
Timberoo said
dancerjack saidthat's redundant


you're redundant!


i meant it as a joke roo... (see the gay shark comments above).

dolphins are the only species, aside from humans, to have recreational sex throughout the year for no purpose except fun. they often have same-sex sex.


I'm just kidding back, of course.
May 12, 2009 7:00 PM GMT
waxon saidNO NOT AT ALL this is why i hate when people say being gay is a choice, if i could chose i would not want to be gay . its a very hard lifestyle to be looked down on by society and viewed as different


I can understand this argument, but are social pressures the only thing that you're basing your view on?

When I look at how straight couples interact with each other vs how same sex couples do, I think being in a long term relationship with someone of the opposite sex leads to a more stressful, strained marriage.

When you take away the social consequences of being gay, I think that being straight is a far harder life. We have allot more freedom to define our lifestyle and less expectations placed on us. When I look at the expectations place on women in their 30's, and their partners, to get married and start a family I'm thankful that I have greater freedom in defining the shape my life will take.
GNR7600 Posts: 206
May 12, 2009 7:04 PM GMT
buddha_the_god saidEither or; I don't find my sexuality a major factor in what I define as myself.


agreed!
SeanFea06 Posts: 27
May 12, 2009 7:08 PM GMT
Honestly, NO!
May 12, 2009 7:09 PM GMT
Want to be gay? There's no wanting involved. It's just part of who I am. If I came back any other way, I wouldn't be me, and I'm pretty happy being me. Now I just need to find someone who happens to like this version as well.
jpopenb Posts: 367
May 12, 2009 7:23 PM GMT
Yes I would still be gay. I would actually be more inclined to change other aspects of my lifestyle and identity than I would this particular part of it.
May 12, 2009 7:24 PM GMT
NO
Alpha13 Posts: 1079
May 12, 2009 7:46 PM GMT
If we all want to come back gay (special) humans....there is a problem about how we will come back at all. You need breeders for that. First World countries are mostly below sustainable reproduction rates.
BiGymGuy Posts: 582
May 12, 2009 7:53 PM GMT
Nope.
TexSportsNut Posts: 57
May 12, 2009 8:09 PM GMT
No!
Yes, with the following conditions.
Physical characteristics that meet the gay industrial standards, yet I get to keep my "nice guy" demeanor and attitude and not be penalized for it.
FierceEyes Posts: 214
May 12, 2009 8:18 PM GMT
I'd like to be more bi. I really enjoy women, but ... not attracted.
HndsmKansan Posts: 5908
May 12, 2009 8:20 PM GMT
I enjoy being a unique person... but I'm indifferent. I'm comfortable with who I am.. straight or gay.
May 12, 2009 8:25 PM GMT
jrs10k6 said
RunintheCity saidI don't care, but dammit I wanna come back with superpowers.


I'd stay gay, but ... how 'bout those superpowers, chief?


Seriously. I want telepathy or telekinesis at a minimum. I mean, gay straight whatever, sex or whatever...I can think of greater adventures to be had!
DODGY1974 Posts: 484
May 12, 2009 8:58 PM GMT
I would say yes, on the condition that I could do pretty much everything differently in my teens and twenties.
Joshewa Posts: 1
May 12, 2009 9:14 PM GMT
Yes! I love being gay.
May 12, 2009 9:18 PM GMT
The answer is "yes" for me. Socio-biologically speaking, my genes demand MEN! I prefer men to women - and like it that way. No changes needed!
jprichva Posts: 4651
May 12, 2009 9:20 PM GMT
Does the OP mean 'born again' in the fundamentalist sense or the reincarnation sense?

I don't believe I'd have any interest in religion in this or any other lifetime.
But I'd still want to be gay.
May 12, 2009 9:22 PM GMT
FierceEyes saidI'd like to be more bi. I really enjoy women, but ... not attracted.



bingo! you win! that's an awesome answer
withHonor Posts: 908
May 12, 2009 9:26 PM GMT
As I think about it. It doesn't matter if I come back gay or as a blood-thirsty Ninja; I really want to come back happy.

No matter who I am, I just want to be Happy. That matters to me more than sexual orientation, race, politics, etc. I wish for people's happiness as well.


Hell yeah blood-thirsty Ninja WITH super-powers!
May 12, 2009 9:26 PM GMT
NO. I feel robbed being gay. I really missed out on having a family. A good relationship with my father and brother and having kids. Not giving my mom grandkids. Not being able to have the oportunities straight people have in terms of public interaction. Having countless torturous crushes on guys throughout life and not being able to do anything about it cause you dont know if they are gay or not. Straight guys can go up and ask a girl no problem but not us if we see a guy we like. Having to hide one's affection for each other so as not to put my past bf's in harms way. Being totally frustrated through high school cause I grew up in a small ass redneck town. Having to fake who I was for years. Being ostracized and ridiculed; forced out of living situations cause redneck neighbors found out and tormented us daily including telling the managers we were child abusers and trying to frame us for being pedophiles. Listening to neighbors say they are going to shoot us in the face and make it look like a robbery gone bad. Having lugnuts loosened and losing a couple of tires on the interstate. Yeah, I love being gay.
roadbikeRob Posts: 850
May 12, 2009 9:27 PM GMT
Oh definitely yes. But hopefully in a modern world that is not only more tolerant but totally accepting of homosexuality as just as natural and normal as heterosexuality. Homophobia along with racism, anti-semetism, and ethnic prejudices totally non-existant.
calibro Posts: 1348
May 12, 2009 9:29 PM GMT
I think you deal with shit no matter what your sexuality is, so I don't think coming back straight would be any sort of blessing. I like being gay, I love being a man, and I love other men. I wouldn't want trade those things.
May 12, 2009 9:31 PM GMT
Yes, I'd be gay again!

Alpha13 saidthere is a problem about how we will come back at all. You need breeders for that.


Getting here is someone else's problem, just like it was this time. I'll queue if I need to.
May 12, 2009 9:33 PM GMT
Scott - from Pensacola:
I was dumbfounded reading what you wrote. I am so sorry - and half sick at my stomach about what you went through - and are going through still - from the way it sounds. That is too much grief! I know things would be better for you - I just know it - if you could see your way to getting yourselves to a good city - or at least a better small town. You really might want to get the hell out of where you are. Life as a gay guy can be so good - I truly hope you can find this out for yourselves. Best of everything to you, man.
fruits Posts: 134
May 12, 2009 10:08 PM GMT
Sure I would still want to be gay..

I love men a lot, their muscles, cocks, etc

Also being in a relationship with a woman can be harder than gay men relationship, because women for the most part don't think like men ,. when it's a gay relationship you already know how he thinks as a man ,you don't need to go extra miles in order to adjust. .
May 12, 2009 10:09 PM GMT
given the choice, I'd choose to never be born in the first place.
fruits Posts: 134
May 12, 2009 10:29 PM GMT
Jockbod48 saidScott - from Pensacola:
I was dumbfounded reading what you wrote. I am so sorry - and half sick at my stomach about what you went through - and are going through still - from the way it sounds. That is too much grief! I know things would be better for you - I just know it - if you could see your way to getting yourselves to a good city - or at least a better small town. You really might want to get the hell out of where you are. Life as a gay guy can be so good - I truly hope you can find this out for yourselves. Best of everything to you, man.



I Definetly agree life as a gay guy can be so good, It mainly depend on where you are. In the U.S for example in cities like New York, San Francisco, Miami, L A, etc, it's easier to express yourself , and there are more resources available in these places for gay people.
steltom Posts: 819
May 12, 2009 10:31 PM GMT
I just wish I had been stronger to come out sooner in my life.
May 12, 2009 11:00 PM GMT
lilTanker saidgiven the choice, I'd choose to never be born in the first place.


Awww. I'd miss you!



(with apologies to Caslon)
MattyR Posts: 139
May 12, 2009 11:01 PM GMT
I rank being gay as one of the greatest spiritual lessons of my life. I would say being gay ranks up there with having kids or overcoming an addiction.

All three situations are huge lessons for the soul.

As Christina Aguilera sings:

"THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME STRONGER!"
May 12, 2009 11:13 PM GMT
No, reasons being:

1. Easier life without violence/hatred/ignorance, the fear and eventual pain of losing loved ones/friends, and spiritual confusion/angst.

2. Non-questioned Marriage and my own biological children.

3. No lying, hiding who I am out of fear/anxiety of being beaten-up, hated or bullied.

4. Easier time with puberty (relate to your dad and buddies) and self-esteem issues

5. Dating / Prom / First kiss / Social Normality / Open life without peering & gawking


...but then as I write this, I sound ungrateful and stupid, because being gay has forced me to really stare into that mirror and look at myself and the world around me.
As with any hardship, you are forced to grow up faster and deal with what's happening inside, to recognize "signs" faster and to become self-sufficient. Oddly enough, it taught me to listen more and speak less. Spending time alone for being out-casted at such an early age has made me a stronger person. Lastly, there are many children without loving parents/care-givers and many gay couples are ready, willing and begging to adopt.....that is very commendable and selfless.

Thank God it's not a choice...I don't know what I'd choose now.
Maybe it's not such a silly question by any means.
MercuryMax Posts: 242
May 12, 2009 11:18 PM GMT
Yes, i'd still wanna be gay....I like having something to fight for such as gay rights. But can i come back with the genetics of a black man....it seems like they can get into shape so much easier.....mmm so sexy...just thinkin about their bodies....brb gotta take a breather.

May 12, 2009 11:21 PM GMT
I for one really would not care. So long as I was born a male!

Being born a homosexual in most parts of the world today is no issue at all. No like when I was born in the homosexual dark ages.

So long as I was born a male agin, I really don't care!
fruits Posts: 134
May 12, 2009 11:22 PM GMT
Guys do you know that it will be way much easier for the younger gay and bisexual generation years from now , by that I mean People who are currently in their teens and children . Things are changing in a big way, some of you may not see that but things are definetly changing guys .
We are now more visible to the heterosexual world than before


Was it easier for gay people to l'et their voices heard 20,30 years ago compare to now?, the answer is no. So there are a lot of progresses that have been made. Now it's much easier for someone to occupy any high positions in the U.S and say he is gay for example. So gay people just have to keep making their voices heard, keep making noises, and keep fighting.
BrewerBen Posts: 75
May 12, 2009 11:27 PM GMT
RunintheCity saidI don't care, but dammit I wanna come back with superpowers.


Me too! Superpowers Rock!!!
May 12, 2009 11:34 PM GMT
Yes I would want to be again, good or bad, just grab life from the balls and go for it.
DuluthMN Posts: 141
May 12, 2009 11:52 PM GMT
No. You can come up with whatever snarky comments you want, but I would never, ever want to come back as a gay person. From the time I came out at 14 and discovered how cruel and manipulative other gay people are, then to turn around and see the ugliness of mainstream society in terms of the validity of our relationships (all the while knowing how impossible it was going to be even to find one in the first place), I began to realize something - not only do I have little support and understand from straight society, I have even less from gay men - because most gay men can not stand to see another gay man happy. If they see another gay man unhappy or socially maladjusted, he is deemed bitter or crazy or stupid, and ridiculed. There is no winning. And there is no safe sense of place to really be yourself as a gay person.

I was told there would be this great diversity of gay men out there. Nearly 20 years into this and visiting many major cities (and living in four) I have seen, for the most part, men who model their behavior, mannerisms and tastes after straight snotty women. To be frank, I did not come out so I could be around women in mens' bodies. Not at all. And if that means I'm going to be alone from here on out, well, I guess that's the breaks. In some ways I feel misled by these gay people I met when I first came out, who I know were just trying to help and make me feel more at ease with the situation, but I really feel betrayed...everything they said to 'expect' never happened....even when I got out there and did the work to get involved with many different parts of the gay community. Maybe in another 50 years things will be different. But right now, there's just too few of us. And within that 'too few of us', too many subscribe to the stereotypes and play 'the bitch' because it gets them attention and they find it amusing - but fail to realize that men who are attracted to other men are just that - attracted to other men, not men who act like women. Already our options for finding love and companionship are whittled down to almost nothing - it doesn't help that the few scraps that are out there have to act and behave the way they do. Call me what you want, but after almost 20 years of seeing this, I am not gonna lie about what's really out there.
May 13, 2009 12:15 AM GMT
....not a choice and it is hell growing up but I would want to be myself again with the "wisdom" we all acquire along the way, with the courage to accept myself earlier in life and make better choices for myself earlier in life!
May 13, 2009 12:18 AM GMT
Tamwings: very well said!

Nat
t_montana9 Posts: 43
May 13, 2009 12:22 AM GMT
I would say I would especially if I was so lucky as to find the same love of my life that I have now! What I've experienced with him is something totally special and nothing like I experienced when I was dating women.
LVJim Posts: 31
May 13, 2009 12:37 AM GMT
YES! I'm crazy about men - the way they look, feel, smell, taste...yes! There are drawbacks in our society but even in my twenty-something years when it was tougher it was still a life I would not want to change. One learns and adapts in any situation...I did three years in the Army with plenty of sex and an honourable discharge - no pun intended. You have to grasp the full measure of high times and deal as best you can with the rest of real life that is included. Being gay is something that I've always thought of as a blessing - this will be one of my favorite incarnations.
TexSportsNut Posts: 57
May 13, 2009 12:42 AM GMT
DuluthMN expressed it far better than I could have.
Amen brother, amen!
May 13, 2009 12:45 AM GMT
It's not being gay that is a problem....it's the homophobic world. If I were born again, it's the world that I am born into that I would want changed ...
fruits Posts: 134
May 13, 2009 1:00 AM GMT
DuluthMN saidNo. You can come up with whatever snarky comments you want, but I would never, ever want to come back as a gay person. From the time I came out at 14 and discovered how cruel and manipulative other gay people are, then to turn around and see the ugliness of mainstream society in terms of the validity of our relationships (all the while knowing how impossible it was going to be even to find one in the first place), I began to realize something - not only do I have little support and understand from straight society, I have even less from gay men - because most gay men can not stand to see another gay man happy. If they see another gay man unhappy or socially maladjusted, he is deemed bitter or crazy or stupid, and ridiculed. There is no winning. And there is no safe sense of place to really be yourself as a gay person.

I was told there would be this great diversity of gay men out there. Nearly 20 years into this and visiting many major cities (and living in four) I have seen, for the most part, men who model their behavior, mannerisms and tastes after straight snotty women. To be frank, I did not come out so I could be around women in mens' bodies. Not at all. And if that means I'm going to be alone from here on out, well, I guess that's the breaks. In some ways I feel misled by these gay people I met when I first came out, who I know were just trying to help and make me feel more at ease with the situation, but I really feel betrayed...everything they said to 'expect' never happened....even when I got out there and did the work to get involved with many different parts of the gay community. Maybe in another 50 years things will be different. But right now, there's just too few of us. And within
that 'too few of us', too many subscribe to the stereotypes and play 'the bitch' because it gets them attention and they find it amusing - but fail to realize that men who are attracted to other men are just that - attracted to other men, not men who act like women. Already our options for finding love and companionship are whittled down to almost nothing - it doesn't help that the few scraps that are out there have to act and behave the way they do. Call me what you want, but after almost 20 years of seeing this, I am not gonna lie about what's really out there.


There are a lot of true to what you wrote, but know that it is now that a lot of people are being open with their sexuality, now it's much easier to discuss homosexual stuffs on the media etc. So it is a step by step process as time fly by, it will be much easier for people to feel more comfortable about homosexuality, and more people will be able to proclaim who they truely are . There are a good number of gay and bisexual people out there and of course some of them are still in the closet because of where they are, their environment etc. It seems like you still have residues of pains inside you. You need to l'et that go , try to see things in a more positive way , have another view.
May 13, 2009 1:03 AM GMT
Without hesitation...yes.
Being intimate with another man is like nothing else.
And being in love with a man seems to complete my life and bring it full circle.
Cheers,
Keith
baldone Posts: 280
May 13, 2009 1:13 AM GMT
without a doubt yes...but, i would have wanted to realize alot sooner than i did so as not to cause all the hurt that this has caused, but yes, would not want to be anythng else...the feeling of a mans arms around you cannot be beat.....
May 13, 2009 1:17 AM GMT
My first thought is YES! Of course I would like to be gay again! But there is something better: being gay right now!

I love, love, love, love, LOVE to have been able to live through these times of change, when the contrast between what "should be" and "what is" is still strong enough that I never take things for granted; but the momentum of change is such that it is so enjoyable to see the prejudices die in real time and be able to bring my own ideas and experiences to the table to fill the void that the prejudices leave when they go.

Also I love all of the things that I had to learn to deal with growing up gay. All the things I had to rethink, to question, to change and the conclusions to which I arrived: invaluable. All the decisions that now get to be made not because it is tradition or what is expected, but because it is what I, seemingly against the odds, want and desire.

Also, there are so many beautiful persons among us gay people. Learning to appreciate myself and others like me was a crash curse on learning to see what's good and beautiful in others persons despite one's preconceived ideas.

As far as being "born again gay", I dunno. Perhaps the future "being gay" will be so conventional that it will never be the same that today. But if I were to have another shoot at life on Earth, I will never mark the "Not gay" box. Just for curiosity's sake, I liked the answer of the member who said he would return bi! :-) Variety is the spice of life... lives.

(Edited for clarity's sake)
May 13, 2009 1:19 AM GMT
YES!!!!! Once is not enough
SFNavigator Posts: 40
May 13, 2009 1:54 AM GMT
No I wouldn't want to be gay, but I would want to be a woman, so I could have all the cock I wanted. Hell yes, I would want to be gay, there is nothing wrong with what we are, what we stand for, and what we want in life, it's what everyone in life (gay or Str wants. It's called EQUAL RIGHTS!!
ErikTaurean Posts: 1582
May 13, 2009 9:14 AM GMT
Absolutely.
May 13, 2009 11:34 PM GMT
After more thought - still yes, for a lot of the reasons others have stated, but also because being gay has opened my eyes to the way people pre-judge eachother. It would have been very easy for me, with a white, middle-class background, to slide through life thinking everything was pretty great. Being gay has made me aware, broken down a lot of walls I'd never have seen through otherwise, and in quite a few cases, made me both aware of who my true friends are, and just how good they are.

May 14, 2009 12:13 AM GMT
If I was born again I would not want to be a human being. I would need a change. Maybe a sperm whatle. I love calamari.
SportingChanc... Posts: 154
May 16, 2009 8:59 PM GMT
I have no preference one way or the other.

You are who you are. If You-now were born again, You-reborn would be a different "you", so it wouldn't really matter to You-now what You-reborn would be. If the central dogma of our self-esteem-positive-thinking-Oprah-you-go! quasi-religion is that the greatest love of all is "learning to love yourself", then learning to love and express a "yourself" who is straight is no less important than learning to love and express a "yourself" who is not straight.

Some people seem to think you can have both gay exceptionalism and gay assimilationism. I'm unconvinced.
May 16, 2009 9:10 PM GMT
GREAT question... Listen i have an amazing life as a proud gay man, but to wholly round out the experience, i'd come back as a straight broad to get all those HOT guys that wouldn't chance it before !!!!!
May 16, 2009 9:24 PM GMT
No
May 16, 2009 9:50 PM GMT
im married bi have 2 kids. I cant stand being bi its so fucking difficult - Im supposed to be this totally straight content married man - Im assuming it would be much easier if I was 100 percent gay or 100 percent straight as I cant out myself as Bi as the commu nity I live in , the schools my kids go to, wouldnt accept it would judge me judge my wife and my kids - its a fucking nitemare - im out to my wife - always have been since oursecond date 12 yrs ago but I hate hiding this part of myself from eveyone else - any helpful comments more than welcome - big love to all u guys out there xxx
ShawnTX Posts: 2449
May 17, 2009 4:17 AM GMT
Absolutely. And I also want the ability to fly.
May 17, 2009 4:30 AM GMT
RuggerATX saidYes. It slows the aging process.

I'll drink to that!
My straight brother looks at least 10 years older than me and only 14 months separate us...
EastCoastNAZ Posts: 115
May 17, 2009 4:49 AM GMT
Do I choose what the world is like, too? If I can choose the world to be accepting of homosexuals, then yes. If it's today's world, then no way.
May 17, 2009 4:55 AM GMT
i agree with mucslequest.....there is nothing better FOR ME, than having a hard male body going at it.
I've had sex with men and women....women need softness
i need hardness.....really hard grappling sex
flip flop me and i flip flop you and on we go to cum
the best....again....for me
charlitos Posts: 2665
May 17, 2009 4:55 AM GMT
yes and my name would be Madonna
May 17, 2009 4:58 AM GMT
no way, this life has caused me so much inner termoil. HELL NO!!
There is a way greater percentage of monogymous women than men. Most women are inherantly monogymous, as ong as they have security, and I wouldn't have to go to the gym every goddamn day!!
bennyboy Posts: 22
May 17, 2009 5:10 AM GMT
For all those that say yes, they would come back gay...bullsh*t! If presented with a choice, and knowing what you would have to deal with in life as a gay man in modern society, most would choose to be straight.

I like men as much as the next gay guy but if i had a choice...it would be straight. Sorry, it's the reality of things.

EastCoastNAZ Posts: 115
May 17, 2009 5:17 AM GMT
LOL. Bennyboy, you posted what I really wanted to post, but I censored myself. And for those that say that being with a man is the best thing, I couldn't agree more. But if you came back straight, you wouldn't miss it. You'd feel the same way about a woman.
charlitos Posts: 2665
May 17, 2009 5:34 AM GMT
bennyboy saidFor all those that say yes, they would come back gay...bullsh*t! If presented with a choice, and knowing what you would have to deal with in life as a gay man in modern society, most would choose to be straight.

I like men as much as the next gay guy but if i had a choice...it would be straight. Sorry, it's the reality of things.



youre stuck on "stage 3"...one day probably someone will have the power to make you see how amazing you are, the way you are.
zakariahzol Posts: 1963
May 17, 2009 5:36 AM GMT
After all the humiliation , ridicule, and hell I go thru as a kid, probably I would like to be straight for a change. However if I indeed gonna be gay again, please let me be born in gay liberated western country like Canada or gay friendly cities like SF and Sydney.

This didnt mean I am not a happy gay men in this life , though. I just think you guys get it easier that me.
Chizzad Posts: 921
May 17, 2009 6:13 AM GMT
Well yes since I am dating a guy and have been "reborn", dislike that term by the way. Preference is, in my opinion, not a choice and you can still be a Christian and gay if thats what you want.

(well maybe not the reborn you were talking about LOL)
TEXASHEAT Posts: 42
May 18, 2009 12:41 AM GMT
I would have to say no only to see what marriage and fatherhood feel like.
May 18, 2009 12:51 AM GMT
MercuryMax saidYes, i'd still wanna be gay....I like having something to fight for such as gay rights. But can i come back with the genetics of a black man....it seems like they can get into shape so much easier.....mmm so sexy...just thinkin about their bodies....brb gotta take a breather.



not all of us baby. just look at my small ass. i wish
caesarea4 Posts: 2080
May 18, 2009 2:26 AM GMT
bennyboy> bullsh*t! If presented with a choice, and knowing what you would have to deal with in life as a gay man in modern society, most would choose to be straight. I like men as much as the next gay guy but if i had a choice...it would be straight. Sorry, it's the reality of things.

I think some people answered the question as if they would somehow retain what they already learned (about being gay) in this life. Not that they would again find themselves clueless at 8 and 12 and 16 and 20.

In the sense that it would be much easier, we wouldn't wish it on anyone else that they be gay - especially if we can't control what society they are born into (Iran? Egypt? Saudi Arabia?). I think some people addressed this by saying they'd change the world rather than themselves, or where they were born.

But there is one intangible that prevents me from taking the easy "no" answer. That's the growing process that we went through in first coming out and seeing the world from a different vantage point.

Back in my "coming out class", one of the guys described this as "cocoon".
Would I want to miss out on that transformation and growth?
May 18, 2009 2:32 AM GMT
If I had to come back and I had to be human then yes I would want to be gay.
May 18, 2009 2:38 AM GMT
I would. I was also asked what I would think of being born again as a woman. My response was, "I'd probably be a lesbian." Does make me extra gay?
bigmusclepaul Posts: 27
May 24, 2009 7:37 PM GMT
Definitely. But I'd re-think the geek / porn-star mix. I'm way too geeky...
May 24, 2009 9:22 PM GMT
Pfft, no.
TRT3 Posts: 42
May 25, 2009 12:22 PM GMT
Yeah you are who you are and you can't help it
bigtimefun Posts: 13
May 28, 2009 4:51 PM GMT
Hell yeah
mynyun Posts: 205
Jul 06, 2009 10:26 AM GMT
Yes I would want to be reincarnated as gay. Because I am going to make being straight illegal in the near future so being gay is going to be SO IN and everyone will look down on all of the heterosexuals and breeding will become mundane and a burdensome task only to keep the race going.
syd_hockey_79 Posts: 524
Jul 06, 2009 10:27 AM GMT
Nope, not at all. My life would be alot easier if I were straight.
mynyun Posts: 205
Jul 06, 2009 10:30 AM GMT
ScottPensacola saidNO. I feel robbed being gay. I really missed out on having a family. A good relationship with my father and brother and having kids. Not giving my mom grandkids. Not being able to have the oportunities straight people have in terms of public interaction. Having countless torturous crushes on guys throughout life and not being able to do anything about it cause you dont know if they are gay or not. Straight guys can go up and ask a girl no problem but not us if we see a guy we like. Having to hide one's affection for each other so as not to put my past bf's in harms way. Being totally frustrated through high school cause I grew up in a small ass redneck town. Having to fake who I was for years. Being ostracized and ridiculed; forced out of living situations cause redneck neighbors found out and tormented us daily including telling the managers we were child abusers and trying to frame us for being pedophiles. Listening to neighbors say they are going to shoot us in the face and make it look like a robbery gone bad. Having lugnuts loosened and losing a couple of tires on the interstate. Yeah, I love being gay.


Though I haven't went through quite this much I can relate to a bit of it. Small redneck town stuff and being closeted in high school and such.
But when I think about being gay this kind of stuff comes to mind. So of course I'd want to come back as gay and go thru it all again. [insert sarcasm here]
phosphorescen... Posts: 7
Jul 06, 2009 10:42 AM GMT
I'd make the entire human race bi, that way, there's no confusion for anyone!
Jul 06, 2009 12:25 PM GMT
Yes! I love being gay. When you're straight society has expectations that you'll get married, have kids, buy a house for the family, etc. When being gay you don't have all of those pressures. People who are straight are able to see from growing up what a typical family looks like so they have almost like a guide of what to do when they get older. Being gay adds a twist, you need to then think outside of the box & be creative in things like making a family. It forces you to be more open minded.
Jul 06, 2009 12:39 PM GMT
gayboyinla saidYes! I love being gay. When you're straight society has expectations that you'll get married, have kids, buy a house for the family, etc. When being gay you don't have all of those pressures. People who are straight are able to see from growing up what a typical family looks like so they have almost like a guide of what to do when they get older. Being gay adds a twist, you need to then think outside of the box & be creative in things like making a family. It forces you to be more open minded.


This. I realized that being born outside of what people consider 'normal' is probably the best thing that happened to me. You tend to just push past the thousands of years of crystallized 'traditions' and just see things for what they are. At least that's what happened to me, heh.

So yeah, I'd prefer to be gay. It closes a lot of doors to me in society, but it sure does open the mind.
Jul 06, 2009 1:02 PM GMT
Hell no. I only want to come back as my cat! She has it made!!
Jul 06, 2009 1:16 PM GMT
nope- this gym thing is just too much work
Jul 06, 2009 1:18 PM GMT
Yeah because it's what I am and all I know. I'm sure being straight would have its advantages but I'm happy being with who I am.

I would definitely come out sooner though if I had it to do all over.
BiGymGuy Posts: 582
Jul 06, 2009 1:19 PM GMT
Nope.
Koaa2 Posts: 917
Jul 06, 2009 1:25 PM GMT
For sure, can't imagine not being able to suck dick! Love being gay and out. I think I have a better life as a gay man.
Jul 06, 2009 1:39 PM GMT
Koaa2 saidFor sure, can't imagine not being able to suck dick! Love being gay and out. I think I have a better life as a gay man.


you can suck dick as a straight man you know.. well at least sorta straight
bilxxx Posts: 10
Jul 06, 2009 1:59 PM GMT
phosphorescent saidI'd make the entire human race bi, that way, there's no confusion for anyone!


I love being gay.....but I love this answer! There are some str8 boys that make me weak in the knees!! Is it that they are forbidden fruit or are they super f'ing hot? Who knows!
jarhead5536 Posts: 1255
Jul 06, 2009 2:24 PM GMT
Hell yeah! I feel a little sad for the guys that have said no. It says to me that they are pretty unhappy with themselves on some level...
Jul 06, 2009 2:43 PM GMT
No. But I'd want to be open-minded and accepting of all people.
Jul 21, 2009 9:38 PM GMT
Definitely straight, I can't tell you how many times up to this point in my life I have tried so hard to make it work with another girl. Also I very much want to be able to raise kids, coach my son's football, baseball, or whatever sport he decides to play's team, and just be an overall good dad (and hopefully not have any daughters- haha (just kidding))... Not likely to happen unless they come out with a gene altering device or some 'cure' for an attraction for men.
Halfstep Posts: 532
Jul 21, 2009 9:51 PM GMT
I've done being gay. I'd like to try something new.

Other wise God would accuse me of being a one trick pony.
Jul 21, 2009 9:51 PM GMT
It's not a silly question. No way would I choose to be gay. Not that I am not comfortable in my own skin, because I think I am very well adjusted. However, I wouldn't choose to be gay if I had a choice.
princealberto... Posts: 30
Jul 21, 2009 10:02 PM GMT
I'd have problem coming back as a fag
Jul 21, 2009 10:11 PM GMT
Since I've spent most of me life being the only poof in the village. living in the real world, as a poof.

I think next time it would be nice to be a fully fledged member of the heterosexual club, and be a breeder. So maybe not. But I would not now pop a pill that would turn me into a straight man.

But so long as I come back as a man, may it be a heterosexual, or a homosexual, so long as I'm all man. Could not deal with having a dripping mucus membrane; yuk.
Seeks6_Pack Posts: 27
Jul 21, 2009 10:11 PM GMT
How about being born as a girl... Ha, ha, ha!!! That's reduntant, too, right?!!
I've been extremely happy being gay and would definitely, 100% sure, want to be born gay, again, again, and again. My friends & family accept me & love me and that's all that matters. Society with its imperfections can suck it! Ha, ha, ha!!
Jul 21, 2009 10:41 PM GMT

I guess I would still be. 'Cos being gay gave me more than peripheral vision. Being gay acquainted me to the finer things in life that are often taken for granted. I think I wouldn't have appreciated my life more if I were a hetero / breeder.
McGay Posts: 5115
Jul 21, 2009 10:43 PM GMT
McStraight would be a stupid name.
Jul 21, 2009 10:50 PM GMT
I thought my only option when born again was Christian! bu-dum-bump- ching!!!!!!
antelope Posts: 683
Jul 21, 2009 10:53 PM GMT
Abso-frickin-lutely Yes! Being gay is a wonderful gift. Yeah, it makes life harder, but that's why gay guys are better. Being gay gives you a much richer life than straight guys could ever have.
Jul 21, 2009 11:35 PM GMT
Seeks6_Pack saidHow about being born as a girl... Ha, ha, ha!!! That's redundant, too, right?!!
I've been extremely happy being gay and would definitely, 100% sure, want to be born gay, again, again, and again. My friends & family accept me & love me and that's all that matters. Society with its imperfections can suck it! Ha, ha, ha!!


Considering we now have women who take injections, and have medical procedures done to create the facade of being a male. I'm not sure it is redundant.
Jul 21, 2009 11:53 PM GMT
I am who I am today because I am gay (and a born-again Christian BTW). But I think I would answer NO, as I want a family and believe that children should ideally have a childhood with both a mom and a dad. Meanwhile, I'll make do with who God has made me ;-)
ChilaxinJOCK0... Posts: 270
Jul 22, 2009 2:54 AM GMT
HELL NO