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Was having this conversation with some new friends earlier and was curious. When did you guys figure out your sexuality/identity or whatever? Was there a person that helped you or a particular moment or event?

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[–] x-ray@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Right around when puberty started hitting, I suddenly no longer had any attraction to girls. Before that, I used to have crushes on girls. Then, I started looking at gay porn, telling myself it was gross but I kept coming back to it. Pretty quickly, that was the only porn I was watching, and I started having crushes on boys at school.

There were signs when I was younger. I think I had crushes on boys but didn’t know that’s what it was because I didn’t know it was a thing. I was more feminine, had mostly girls as friends, played with dolls, etc. Other people knew I was gay before I did.

[–] StrahdVonZarovich@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Although many are loathe to admit it (including myself) porn has helped a lot of people figure out theyre not straight