[quote author=schrodi link=topic=37286.msg335799#msg335799 date=1297907778]
I don't think labels like gay and straight are very helpful. We are all on a continuum between the two, and we are all different. What works with one guy will be totally impossible with another, depending on where their brain is at that precise moment.[/quote]
I think the labels from gay to straight are VERY helpful. You could say we are all on a continuum and you would be correct, but those who say they are straight and those who say they are gay are on the absolute ends of the spectrum and I DON'T think people, especially men who call themselves "straight" will switch back and forth depending on "where their brain is at the precise moment." My husband is completely straight, and while he will engage in sexual activity in a group and do S&M activities in front of a mixed group, he won't do anything involving sexually touching another man (a three-way with another woman would be OK, but not with another man). On the other hand, I might avail myself of a good time with another woman if I find her spectacular in some regard (Madonna, Suze Orman, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Eleanor Roosevelt, I know, she's dead) even though I prefer to have sex with men.
So, the continuum goes something like this:
Straight/Heterosexual--will have sex only with the opposite sex
Bi-curious--essentially hetero but has interest in the same sex, but has never acted upon it
Heteroflexible--prefers the opposite sex, but will have sex with the same sex if the opportunity arises
Bisexual--enjoys sex with both sexes equally
Homoflexible--prefers the same sex, but will have sex with the opposite sex if the opportunity arises
Gay/Lesbian--will only have sex with the same sex
There might be further divisions, but I am not aware of any.
I have to re-iterate, it isn't a good idea to have sex with a gay person in the attempt to switch them to hetero.