If you could take a pill that would turn you straight, would you take it?
If you’re already straight, you’ll have to sit this one out. 
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December 31, 2008 at 3:55 am
Absolutely not….i mean even thought right now i’m in the closet, i wouldn’t change the person i’ve grown to love….i love myself, and i dont think i could bring myself to do something like that.
December 31, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Yes.
Even though i am totally fine with myself, and I have no problem facing who I am. I would still take that pill.. Cause everything would be a hell easier… And sadly, thats the truth.
December 31, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Hey Davey, I think you should totallly do a talky blog response to these comments!
Please!
December 31, 2008 at 4:08 pm
definitely definitely definitely
December 31, 2008 at 4:04 pm
well being gay has allowed me to become so much of a better person. i feel like because i was so different and prosecuted for being me i am way more tolerant and understanding than i would have been if i was born straight. i feel like that was the biggest plus of being gay. but if i could take a pill now i would still be tolerant and a good person.
I think if i did that it would make myself think that i did not love the way i was made or accept myself or that i think i was doing something wrong when i was not.
I think life would be easier as far a relationships with friends and family and i would have a broader selection of people to date without any anxiety (“is he gay?!”).
I feel like my high school years could be so much better if i was straight because i have no relationship going on until i come out.
Davey tells us not to identify as gay or male or anything because we are everything. but at the same time i think i do identify as gay and its a big part of me that i don’t want to change.
Overall i think i would not choose to be straight.
Besides i like the idea of doubling my wardrobe by dating someone my size haha. and being able to use words like fabulous and fierce
December 31, 2008 at 4:11 pm
also… i think i would have a much deeper connection with any of my boyfriends because we would have all gone through the same experience of being gay and coming out and all that.
January 1, 2009 at 10:55 am
It would be weird to live with ‘gay’ in ur mind all ur life and suddenly go and change everything… Getting to know urself regardless of ur preference is though… Id probably be too scared to try that out. So no.
January 3, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I would take a pill, just to be normal because the world now is not even good at all and people jugde so harshly. any thoughts?
January 4, 2009 at 8:16 am
No way
i am proud to be gay and that is the way the universe made me and i intend to stay that way!
plus i love being gay
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January 4, 2009 at 4:06 pm
no!
January 4, 2009 at 10:57 pm
To answer the original question. Maybe.
I sometimes get really envious of my straight cousins when I see how it has paved the way for them to easier relationships. While stereotypes are wrong, they often provide ready made roles to play. Even at work men who are married often get preference because are considered to have more “responsibility”. They also fit in more easily at business socializing, and social events.
As a teen I couldn’t imagine being alive for very long without being married. My parents have one of those story book marriages where they complete each other almost perfectly. Since getting married to a guy was unheard of back then I could see no point in living.
I also was afraid of rejection and even being beat up or murdered if I came out to the wrong person. Especially while I was in the Army. Back then LGBTs were given Dishonorable Discharges and in some cases sent to Leavenworth. Your discharge was stamped with a code number that labeled you as Queer anytime you had to show it for job applications, benefits, or ID.
Sometimes I grow weary of having to decide who to come out to, when, and how. If I let people know more about me first they see me as a whole person and are more accepting. Learning how a person thinks also helps. Then you can give them information that will make it easier for them to accept.
But then, saying yes is the same as saying the stereotypes and prejudice are acceptable.
So after some thought I say NO! Soldier On! and fight for your rights!
We must win this battle for hearts.
January 5, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I am gay. If I took a pill to be straight I would be straight. But I wouldn’t not because I think I like being gay, I like being me. Anything that takes away from me being gay is not me. I do not define myself as solely gay but it is a major point of what I happen to be. I have dated girls and in fact loved them. But never sexually. I liked girls as they are cute but never enough to be completely sexual with them. This is how I know I’m not bisexual. I do not take the idea of being gay lightly I chose to define myself as gay because I like guys, more than girls i.e gay. Questioning my sexuality or whether it was a right decision isn’t difficult but it is accepting society’s standard of gay conversion to heterosexuality through “treatments” to become straight. I am not equally attracted to men and women thus I will not call myself Bisexual. Bi= means two. Equal in desire anything other than this meaning or definition muddles the word. Sex is natural but we can’t just jump and fly as we can’t stop breathing air in exchange for water. It is not natural nor right to say become straight with a pill and also stop calling yourself gay if you may of had a past desire or association with women because that in itself makes you “bi” no it does not. It just means i was trying to accept what I was and trying to conform to societies standard being straight I didn’t want to. Your New Years Conversion to Heterosexuality “lite” is a cop out for your desire to be normal! If you had any idea how insulting it was to read how you are not GAY! Because, of your friend’s words. Words mean a lot and stop trying to change them to make you fit your box because words are shared by all of us. Agreed to mean the same thing to each of out minds! Gay – means you like men over women. Bisexual – means you like both equally. If the meaning doesn’t fit you than make a new word or stop trying to force your friends foolish ideas in all of our heads!
January 6, 2009 at 10:02 pm
i would never do that i love bieng gay and that is apart of whom i am i love guys and im very glad that i am a guy man
January 9, 2009 at 4:36 am
Reading these has definitely brought to mind what a blessing being gay has been. I like the answers which talk about how it makes one aware of other minorities. Those who know me well always comment on my level of compassion for others, especially the hurting or disadvantaged. In truth, my being gay has played a large role in giving me that awareness of and sympathy for minorities of any sort.
But at the same time, I am a simple, imperfect human being, and I am so weary of the struggle. If actually given a choice to have an easy life with no struggle, with no burden like this to bear, I don’t think I’d have the integrity to refuse it.
Yes, I would take it.
Of course, I recognize that we can never go back. You can never unlearn something. Perhaps it would be easier also not to instinctively challenge the gaping holes in my religion, not to notice the obvious flaws that my people collectively and deliberately ignore. It would be easier not to empathize with and be angry over the plight of the oppressed.
However, once you have learned to hate injustice, once you have learned to believe in equality and love for all, there is no going back.
In a perfect world where those two dreams could be realized, no, it wouldn’t matter.
But if somehow I was given this choice, the weak me would take it…
May we all dream of and strive for a world where being who we are isn’t the cause of grief for any living soul.
Thanks for asking the question, Davey.
January 15, 2009 at 9:01 am
I still need to hide who I really am, i still need to pretend that i’m straight in front of family and friends.
Though I’ve come out to some of my friends, and the other gay guys. but, thing is, I haven’t come out to my parents n family yet. I’m fret that they wouldn’t accept who i really am- that I like both men and women-.
Eventho there has been some thoughts of: “nooooooo i dont wanna be what i am right nowwww!!”
but anyhow, I wouldn’t un-gay myself. It is who I really am. It defines me.
January 17, 2009 at 9:12 pm
God made me this way. I am just as I should be, so No.
June 12, 2009 at 1:35 pm
omg yes
i know people think its wrong but i would rather be straight
i feel like im missing out on the best things of life like marriage and children
i dont think there is anything wrong with been gay at all but i believe i should be straight but for some reason i cant help but be drawn to men :\
hopefully i can grow to like women because at the momment im unhappy with who i am
June 12, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Strip the guys and girls away from your life: you need to be happy with yourself before you can be happy with someone else.
If ‘marriage’ and ‘children’ are the only reasons you want to be heterosexual, then you have bigger problems in the world. As you’d be aware, its now being legalised [slowly] all over the world for same sex partners to do just that.
But also, consider sexuality to be fluid; there is very strong evidence to suggest that while alot of people get a mindset of ‘i am gay’ or ‘i am straight’, many people also find that they swing from one to another throughout their life.
June 12, 2009 at 2:10 pm
thanks
they arent the only reasons but i feel they are most important
i am only 17 i have never actually done anything with a guy
and the thought of it is confusing
i am beggining to think that it is just the thought of been gay that i like because when i am with girls in person the whole thought of been gay leaves my mind
i wish i could just just decide either one way or another
maybe its just a phase, apparently lots of guys go through it
but at the moment i dont know
i know that a few years ago i never even considered that i was gay
but because most of my friends are girls they joke and say ‘your gay’ and i think it has just lead me to believe myself that i might be.
June 17, 2009 at 1:16 am
No. It would simply be another way to make people boring and identical. Without gay people, most of art, music, and entertainment would be boring as heck. Not to mention that I’d be destroying the wonderful person I am
June 17, 2009 at 10:58 am
Karl,
Just keep in mind that starting a family is a 20 year commitment of your time and money. Do not take it lightly. Are you ready and willing to share everything in your life with a wife and children? Be sure you are ready for that before getting a girl pregnant. The number one cause of Poverty in America is fathers who have left their family without an income.
My neighborhood is full of unsupervised children who do nothing but cause trouble. Their adult lives will be filled with crime and misery. All because someone started a family and did not follow through with the responsibility.
June 18, 2009 at 4:41 pm
being gay is going against “the man”.they want everyone to be the same so people will shut up.i like being gay and i want to get to a place were i can stand up for gay people and other people with similar issues
September 22, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I would take it so fast!
As a catholic, it has always been very difficult for me to reconcile my religion/faith with my sexuality. I have gone through a lot of self-hatred and depression because I don’t seem to fit into my own life and I am unable to fulfil any of the life dreams I had when I was younger such as working in the church, counseling others, or having children. Also, my church orders celibacy for me which is very difficult to manage and living alone is tough too. I often find myself resenting couples I see on the street because I know I am not allowed to have that connection.
September 22, 2009 at 2:43 pm
davey you should make a poll. too many responses!
i would never take it! so no for me
September 22, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I would not do any such thing. For all those people that say being gay is what makes them who they are I think that is sad. My sexuality does not define me, who I am, or what I can or can’t do. It only affects what others think of me…and I find that rather unimportant anyway as I know more about me than they do.
November 23, 2009 at 7:44 am
I would, in a heartbeat. I hate having gay tendencies
December 5, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I would in a heart beat. To be stright and not hidding and not having to deal with the dissconfert of being gay. To be normal and love a woman and have children and not hidding any part of yourself. To be socialy accepted and like yourself fully and not have to worry so much about what ur like bc ur stright like everyone else. No more nights wishing u were never gay. I would do it. Its not naturally human, and what I’ve been raised to know is that I’m going to hell so what’s the point of living a good life whenu can’t buy ur way into heaven bc ur born the way you are. U might get pissed reading this but I think being gay is a birth defect and if just my chromosomes were all in line I could be fully happy.
April 14, 2010 at 10:42 am
I am 14. I am a Christian. I have been attracted to many girls in my life but in the last few days I have been overcome with a feeling of guilt. I have had thoughts that are abnormal to me which are making me question myself if I am gay. I have always wanted to get married and have a big family. I don’t want maybe being gay to get in the way of that. I also have a very close and loving family that would support me no matter what. But ifeel that if I were gay, I would be letting my parents and especially my dad down. I have been in kind of a depressed mood the last couple days. I’m not me right now. I also love being a Christian. I wan to know, can I be gay and still be a Christian? Will god still except me?I just don’t know what to do
April 14, 2010 at 10:59 am
Ultimately, you have to do what you feel is right, make sure your ideals about a home and a family are not the product of what you have been taught, but rather what you actually want for yourself. And if I’m not mistaken, every kid goes through a sexual identity stage, figuring out who your attractions might be toward is just a natural part of development
June 24, 2010 at 10:53 am
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees i would give anything to become straight cause i’m a bisexual and it feels so wrong…
July 26, 2010 at 4:46 am
i agree with princip
July 26, 2010 at 4:49 am
ur right im youung and ur words gust changed my life thanks jessav
July 26, 2010 at 4:51 am
why even think about that love ur self
July 26, 2010 at 4:53 am
u should choose gay or strait make up ur mind man
July 26, 2010 at 4:55 am
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July 26, 2010 at 10:51 am
No one should have to choose gay or straight if they are truely bisexual. Some people in this world are. I know this to be true because a few of my best friends are TRUELY bisexual.
July 26, 2010 at 11:01 am
I, personal, would not take the pill. I have known I was into Men since the beginning of 2008 when I was in 8th grade. I am currently going into 11th grade and I am an open gay man. Since coming out to my parents and family this year, 2010, I have learned a lot about myself and my family. My goal in life is to educate people on being gay (Like Gay Education) and help parents understand the coming out experience for their children. To conclude, if I took the pill I would not have wanted to educate people and there would still be more homophobia in the world