Is everyone gay

Nontraditional Love. Ample evidence suggests that estimates of the prevalence of non-heterosexuality obtained using conventional survey methods almost certainly underestimate such prevalence.

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Love is All You Need?

MSO scores also distinguished people by SO self-label (M_Straight = 5.3, SD = 2.7; M_Unsure = 9.0, SD = 2.7; M_Asexual = 9.1, SD = 2.5; M_Other = 9.2, SD = 2.3; M_Bisexual = 9.3, SD = 1.9; M_Gay/Lesbian = 13.9, SD = 2.3; H = 454,072, p < 0.001) (Figure 3).

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ed. Because SO is an integral part of one’s self-concept, self-labeled straights who stray from their prescribed sexual inclinations are in conflict with both their sexual identity (a part of the self-concept) and societal norms, whereas self-labeled gays/lesbians who stray may be in conflict only with their sexual identity (Larson, 1981; Thibodeau and Aronson, 1992).

Through much of his career, Sigmund Freud insisted that bisexuality was the natural state for human beings.

Sex Res. 35, 10–18. A past study by the Pew Research Center found that nearly nine in ten partnered-bisexual people are currently dating someone of the opposite sex.

Is it Social Media?

Another possible explanation for why women have experienced the most dramatic growth in LGBTQ identity is social media.

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