Call It "Romantic Changeability" - Gay boys are born that way, but maybe girls see it differently? The WaPo explores heteroflexibility as a female phenomenon. As the Post puts it,

Recent studies of relationships among women suggest that female homosexuality may be grounded more in social interaction, may present itself as an emotional attraction in addition to or in place of a physical one, and may change over time. Young women also appear to be more open to homosexual relationships than young men are. In one recent national study, more than twice as many girls as boys reported being attracted to the same sex at least once.

(By the way, can anyone else imagine, as described in the article, having stood in a "diversity circle" in high school -- let alone stepping forward when the leader called for gays and then bisexuals to move inside? Kids these days!)

Anyways, queer confusion and equivocation makes great fodder for the bigot brigade. They love to say our "lifestyle choice" is all about indoctrination, recruitment, and media influence on impressionable youth. In our own defense, we've concocted this assertion -- as much political plank as scientific theory -- that being gay is genetic. It's a position born of our feelings of insecurity about who we are and uncertainty about our right to love whom we want. I look forward to the day when the "why" of homosexuality isn't relevant -- let alone necessary -- to granting us social acceptance. If, as the Post declares, a generation of girls is growing up with a more flexible sexuality, maybe that day isn't so far off.