Wiki how to be gay

It all started with a question. During my junior year of college, I went on a school-sponsored mission trip to South Africa to learn about apartheid. Turns out, it was a gay awakening. The admission process was fairly simple. To my surprise, I—a "straight" woman with an affinity for Hailey Kiyoko music videos —had landed myself on the queerest mission group on campus.

We spent each day of the trip embedded with a native tour guide who brought us to historical landmarks and introduced us to community leaders. When 6 p. We could do whatever we wanted. One night, after our mission leaders fell asleep, my new friends and I played a game that I like to call, "Who Are You Really?

Blank stares.

In Praise of wikiHow's 'Am I Gay?' Quiz

Clearly an overstep. I didn't have an answer. We sat in silence for a while, until someone politely chimed in with a new question. The night went on, and while others revealed their late-night confessions, I focused on lowering my heart rate. Meanwhile, Erinn and her unflinching gaze tracked my every move.

There was no way I was going to let some girl on a mission trip question my sexuality. I could do that on my own. At the time, I was about 87 percent sure I was straight. I knew girls were hot—but in an appreciative, women-are-art, type of way. My romantic history was slim, but purely hetero.

If I wanted to prove I was straight, I needed evidence! Empirical data, if you will. A couple weeks later, after we returned from Cape Town— how did you know you were straight? The first thing that popped up? A wikiHow quiz. Actually, the wikiHow quiz. Headline: "Am I Gay?

Take this quiz to find out! Over the past 18 yes, 18! At the time, of course, it was complete nonsense. Not even the most advanced A. Nevertheless, the "Am I Gay? When I arrived at the homepage, I was greeted with a cheery message. Then, I was instructed to click through 12 prompts.

I lied on each and every answer.