Welcome to the Man2Man Alliance!
If you're new to The Man2Man Alliance, you need to know that since 2010 we have, in our writing, put the words "gay" and "straight" in quotation marks, that we do the same, most of the time, with the words "homosexual" and "heterosexual," while referring to folks, where appropriate, as either gay-identified or straight-identified -- without quotation marks.
To understand why, it's crucial that you read Sex Between Men: An Activity, Not a Condition.
Again, it's critical that, if you haven't already, or haven't in a long time, read Sex Between Men: An Activity, Not a Condition -- you read that article before you read this one.
Because, in addition, Sex Between Men: An Activity, Not a Condition fully explains terms like heterosexualization and sexual orientation -- terms which we often use in our articles.
So -- please read Sex Between Men: An Activity, Not a Condition before reading further.
Clicking on this link -- Sex Between Men: An Activity, Not a Condition -- will open that article in a new window, and you can easily return to this one -- when you're done.
Bill Weintraub