Sexual Orientation

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Bisexual: 'they think I'm always having steamy threesomes!'

Sexual Orientation
“They think I’ll randomly have sex with them and get a girlfriend along for a three-way.” Shantanu, Smitha, Revant, Yasmeen and Ashley have two things in common: they’re all bi-sexual, and sick of people assuming they’re confused.

I have never felt an erection or need for sex!

Sexual Orientation
I didn’t believe that a human being could live without sex. But a friend of mine convinced me that people can indeed be asexual. Let's hear what he has to say!

Confused about my sexuality

Sexual Orientation
I don’t know if I’m gay or straight or bisexual. It's so confusing. I’ve ended up hating the very thought of sex, so much that I now practice abstinence. I’ve been with both men and women. I think I prefer having sex with men – I’m not sure.
 

My bi boyfriend might marry – should I leave him?

Sexual Orientation
I'm gay and my boyfriend is bisexual. He thinks he "might" marry a girl if his mom pressures him. We've been together for three years now. He still can't commit. Should I stay with him or break up with him now? Ankush, Bangalore

When I made love to a girl for the first time!

Sexual Orientation
“I had always been attracted to women, but I never thought I was a lesbian,” says Avni. At school she thought being a lesbian meant “having short hair, wearing oversized boyish clothes and generally being a social outcast”.

Can gays turn straight?

Sexual Orientation
If a gay person decides to become straight, can he be successful? After trying various sex acts with different females, he could first become bisexual then slowly turn heterosexual. At least some if not all gays would be cured. Sumit, Gurgaon

Circumcised men have more orgasm trouble

Sexual Orientation
Orgasm difficulties are more common among circumcised men and their partners, a recent Danish study found. Men who’ve been cut were three times more likely to have problems climaxing, says researcher Morten Frisch.

Gay and living together in India

Sexual Orientation
“The neighbours might think we're just roommates. I haven’t told them anything – I’m not a very social person anyway.” You need a thick skin to live in India as a same-sex couple.