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If I think I might be gay, shouldn't I try it out to see if I am? We do NOT recommend trying it out. Having sex with another person of the same sex will not tell you whether you are gay anyway. What it will tell you is that your body is designed to respond to physical and sexual touch, and that sex can be enjoyable and pleasurable. And that by itself won't tell you whether you are gay. As well, if you do not want to be gay or same-sex-attracted in your adult life, it would be best not to experiment sexually. Such experimentation builds a connection in your mind between (sexual) pleasure and being with someone of the same sex. This makes change a bit harder than for someone who is attracted to the same sex but has never acted on it. It may also reduce the possibility that you will experience your sexuality becoming more and more heterosexual in orientation by itself as you grow up. * Note: Some confusion about sexual feelings is normal, particularly in the early teen years when one is going through all the changes of puberty. A survey of 34,000 students in Minnesota found that 25% of students age 12 said they were "not sure" about their sexual orientation. By age 17, only 5% of the students were still "unsure". Almost all of those who had been unsure now felt they were heterosexual. |
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