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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused by this thread. It's seems contrary to the message we've been getting from the gay community for years. Namely that being gay is not a choice, a person is born gay or not, and external factors cannot influence gayness or "turn someone gay".

That doesn't seem to be true though in light of this discussion. [/quote]

The problem is that if you look at the scale of human sexuality, aka Kinsey, it is estimated that only about 10-15% of the male population is truly/fully homosexual (5 or 6 on the Kinsey scale).  These are men that exclusively had same sex relationships in the age range of 16-55 years.  Approximately 20-25% had a fully bisexual status (roughly equal homosexual/heterosexual relationships or 3-4 on the Kinsey scale).  Unfortunately, the difference between a 5 and a 4 can be blurry.  There are some that largely identify as homosexual that are slightly bisexual.  The numbers are approximately 5-10% for females having a 5-6 rating and 5-10% of females having a 3-4 rating.

OP's daughter may fall anywhere in the 4-6 range and still self-identify as gay.  Yes, it's possible that she can come out later as bisexual. It is possible that she's only been attracted to girls that she has met and not to boys that she has met, but may later in life encounter a man that she is attracted to.  That happens often with the bisexual.  Sometimes they don't even know that they are bisexual until they encounter the one or two individuals later in life that they are attracted to that counter their previous sexual experiences.  There are many people who believe that they are heterosexual, marry and have families, to later discover that they are attracted to someone of the same sex.  Most people label these individuals as closeted homosexual, but for some, they really didn't know until they met the key person.

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