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>In just the same way, a person who has said that he or she is gay in the past could change his or her mind. Perhaps he or she was wrong. Or perhaps "gay" is far too simple a term to describe their range of attractions.
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In the same way, a person who is commonly believed to be gay nowadays by his own actions may not in fact identify with the term. Even if s/he has said s/he is gay in the past, s/he may have been under pressure, or may have used it in a sense that was only appropriate to the context. Maybe s/he was wrong. Or perhaps the word "gay" itself is far too simple a term to describe their range of attractions.
For some reason I'm feeling exceedingly dozy at the moment, so please excuse the absence of my usual razor-sharp wit (/sarcasm). Er...
Speaking of which, I really resent the way that it's possible to get "out" of the closet, but never to get back into it. It's a type of homophobia that is just about politically correct and will probably never go away in my lifetime. Have a homosexual encounter in private once or twice and you might get away with it. But once it becomes public knowledge (and by which I mean *public* knowledge, not just known to a small circle of friends), woe betide you if you decide that homosexuality's not for you after all. People simply won't view you as "straight". You're at best "bisexual". Does it matter? Supposedly not, in this day and age. But it's a bit of a discrepancy.
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