# How gay are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795 "2004-11-20T03:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/1 "2004-11-20T03:49:47Z")
Take [the test](http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/G/gayometer/gayometer.html) and see. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/2 "2004-11-20T03:59:36Z")
16%. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/3 "2004-11-20T04:00:57Z")
“23% Gay. I’m open minded between the sheets but rarely show my gay side when on the streets.” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/4 "2004-11-20T04:01:13Z")
53% – I _am_ bi so that sounds about right. A few questions were irrelevent. (Eg. Elvis handsome or beautiful?.. Butt ugly IMHO.) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/5 "2004-11-20T04:02:16Z")
I scored 36 percent gay. “You might act straight mate, but I bet your mother always knew…” That pretty much seems accurate for me (I guess). ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/6 "2004-11-20T04:02:45Z")
10% ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/7 "2004-11-20T04:03:26Z")
It says I’m 40% gay, which is supposedly _too straight_. “Loosen up my straight mate, these days women like a man with softer edges to grab onto”. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/8 "2004-11-20T04:06:33Z")
I’m 36% gay. Straight laced girlie girl with a hint of butch. It’s because I know how to change the oil in my car, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/9 "2004-11-20T04:06:51Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > It says I’m 40% gay, which is supposedly _too straight_. > > “Loosen up my straight mate, these days women like a man with softer edges to grab onto”. Same answer I got, but for 23%. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/10 "2004-11-20T04:14:22Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I scored 36 percent gay. > “You might act straight mate, but I bet your mother always knew…” > That pretty much seems accurate for me (I guess). Ditto for me. I was kinda hoping I’d be gayer. I’m thinking the Britishness of the test skewed the results. I don’t have a favorite footballer, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/11 "2004-11-20T04:14:36Z")
I got 36%. Same comment as \*_Eleusis_’. My wife seems to think I’m pretty masculine. Hang on, I’m gonna go check. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/12 "2004-11-20T04:19:46Z")
33% I’m a straight-laced girlie girl with just a hint of my butch side sometimes popping out. Yeah. That sounds about right. (I like power tools - what can I say? 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/13 "2004-11-20T04:20:12Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Ditto for me. > > I was kinda hoping I’d be gayer. I’m thinking the Britishness of the test skewed the results. I don’t have a favorite footballer, for instance. That could be, I don’t know any British football players. I don’t even know most of the players in the sports we call football here. I’m thinking that NOT knowing sports should make a person gayer (?). Anyway, I am atoning by watching and singing along with the Wizard of Oz for the billionth time right now. That should push the points up some. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/14 "2004-11-20T04:25:31Z")
16% - Sorry boys, but I’m definitely a plank. I have to figure the first two questions decides the issue and the rest are just fine tuning. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/15 "2004-11-20T04:25:46Z")
53%. Not bad for a bi-girl. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/16 "2004-11-20T04:27:36Z")
63%, quite open-minded between the sheets and just a little bit butch when out on the streets. That’s pretty accurate, although I was thrown by the Elvis question (I agree with **Eats\_Crayons** , neither). ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/17 "2004-11-20T04:44:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Congratulations! You’ve scored right in the middle and are a happy and well adjusted hetero babe! My mother would be so proud… 😉 The only question I hesitated on was #18: “Do you prefer to have an orgasm or make someone else have an orgasm?” How is a girl supposed to choose? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/18 "2004-11-20T04:48:54Z")
26% I have absolutely no idea how that happened. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/19 "2004-11-20T04:51:32Z")
23% Loosen up my straight mate. 23% is higher than I expected, is it the shaved head at regular intervals? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795/20 "2004-11-20T04:57:46Z")
20% gay. Probably about right, since I actually really like the idea (my best friend and I would make a great gay couple if it weren’t that neither of us is), but sadly, the mentality and physical attraction just aren’t there…at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-are-you/275795.md?page=2)