Quote Originally Posted by Alric View Post
I have never seen anything to show that sexual orientation is a static unchangeable thing. Peoples interest do change, and you can gain or lose sexual fetishes through life. You my be a breast guy then switch to loving legs betters. A straight person can become bisexual, and while it might be uncommon people do go from straight to gay, or from gay to straight.
Uncommon being the key word. And that factor of uncommonness does beg the question of is it a true transition and change in preference, or a moment of self-realization?
Normally changes in things like that are so gradual that they are not easily noticeable, but it can and does happen. A person that suddenly notices they are gay, may really have at one point enjoyed and preferred the opposite sex.
Sure, they may have enjoyed it, or have perceived to enjoy it, but it is also very well possible that the person had no idea how awesome sex was until they realized they were gay. In other words, they were gay all along, but never realized it.
Since it can change, it make it seems even less likely that things are set at stone at birth.
Again, does it change, or is it self-realization? A man who becomes bisexual, for example, perhaps never slept with men before because he never thought about it, had never been introduced to the concept. Then, upon a bit of thinking, he realizes it was probably something he could have started enjoying a long time ago. Have you ever had a moment when you went "what have I been missing?!"? This phenomenon is most prevalent in the sampling of new things, food making a great example. Perhaps you go to a new restaurant that serves a dish you've never heard of. You taste it, and it's the most awesome thing you've ever had. It blows everything else you've tasted out of the water. Or, try an activity. Maybe rock climbing gives you an adrenaline rush you never thought possible. It isn't that your preferences changed, it's that you were introduced to something totally new and realized how awesome it was.

Also, you can be homosexual without actually loving a person. If you have great gay sex, but have no other feelings for them, you are still gay. Just like a straight person doesn't have to love their partner, neither does a gay person. Now I am not saying most people are like that or anything, but it does count.
As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions primarily to" people of the same sex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality
Any way, to get back on the abnormality topic. My entire point was that being gay is a personality trait and a preference, and no preference is ever abnormal because humans are individuals and we are all different and capable of doing whatever we want.
Ah, very good. I do believe I had you confused with someone else. Hey, we finally agree on something!