Phillip Schofield 'comes out as gay'

Is it really any of our business. If he feels a weight has been lifted off his shoulders, good.

It may be a catalyst for someone else to come out to their family and friends.

"supposedly straight", you said it, they aren't straight, they're bi. And a 100% gay man is not attracted to a female and would not get an erection to **** her. any "gay" man that does is actually bi.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51414010

He has been married for many years and has fathered 2 children. Surely a 100% gay man would find it physically impossible to father 2 children?

The thoughts don't have to but I guarantee the act would, its just biology. And also this whole thing with Philip, you can easily lie to yourself and tell yourself you are something you're not.

A gay man doesn't have to get an erection from the sight of a woman to get an erection so he can **** her. The thought of men could do it, or the sheer physical sensation of whatever the woman is doing. Similarly a straight man could get an erection from the thought or image of a woman even if he is only in the presence of a man, or from the physical sensation of what the man is doing, and reach orgasm from the same things. If you're so sure one can't, go and get sucked off by a bloke with your favourite porn film on and tell me what happens.

haha oh you are very mistaken, theres been a looooooong history of gay men playing the straight role and fully too. they will sleep with women, marry women and have children with them. despite being 100% gay deep down. there are sooooo many examples of it. thats where the term 'being a beard' came from.

yes because they aren't actually gay men, they are bisexual men. please read the wikipedia descriptions above, it's very clear.

It would some pretty crazy imagination and almost trance like thinking to enable ****ing a man by thinking about a woman.

If I man tried sucking me off, even with other stimulation, I believe I would go limp.

Of course I can't prove this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51414010

As title, he has declared himself gay at 57. I'm slightly puzzled by this.

He has been married for many years and has fathered 2 children. Surely a 100% gay man would find it physically impossible to father 2 children?

I think he is actually bi-sexual (so to state he is gay is incorrect) or that his sexuality has changed at some point. If it's the latter then I wonder what causes this to happen?

I don't believe sexual orientation is a choice. It's a biological chemical reaction that we have no control over. For example, no amount of thinking or wanting could ever cause me to get an erection over a man.

You can't solve all your sexuality problems with Wikipedia

Would it? I'm sure you can **** your own hand by thinking about a woman. And anyway maybe Paul didn't have to just use his imagination and the physical sensation of whatever his wife was doing/what he was doing to his wife to get and maintain an erection. Perhaps they had a porn film on on the TV while they were doing it and he was staring at the man's ass the entire time.
I respectfully call bull****. It would be like Barbie and The Nutcracker with the kind of nuts you'd be busting. There would be a tidal wave of *** and you'd be wanted for manslaughter after drowning the guy with it.

You can go and get sucked off by a man like I said, and upload the film evidence of you not managing to get hard, if that's what would happen as you seem to think.

It’s not for any of us to say what Mr Schofeilds sexuality is, this is down to him to decide for himself.

A gay man doesn't have to get an erection from the sight of a woman to get an erection so he can **** her. The thought of men could do it, or the sheer physical sensation of whatever the woman is doing. Similarly a straight man could get an erection from the thought or image of a woman even if he is only in the presence of a man, or from the physical sensation of what the man is doing, and reach orgasm from the same things. If you're so sure one can't, go and get sucked off by a bloke with your favourite porn film on and tell me what happens.

I'm more getting at that when people are talking about self identity, definitions don't seem that much use.

Anyone who isn't LGBT can hardly imagine the social pressure exerted on this group. Despite our fledgling media presence (which is still mainly dominated by white gay men), we are discussing an extremley small minority of the population. Many LGBT people try to conform to the norm before even acknowledging within themselves that we are different. My opinion is that Philip Schofield is no hero, he did choose to lie to his wife for a period of time however he was, like so many others, under societal pressure. I am glad that he has come out as any time a public figure does it helps others come to terms with their sexuality. Also, sometimes people don't want to just label themselves.