# So who's your same-sex crush? (Or opposite-sex, if you're gay or lesbian.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353 "2009-06-20T00:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/21 "2009-06-20T11:11:16Z")
I have a boy-crush on Hugh Grant. I don’t want to do anything with him, but I wouldn’t mind if he stood around in his underwear and talked British to me. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/22 "2009-06-20T12:09:06Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’m bi, but mostly prefer women, and my most recent same-sex crush was on Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy in _Star Trek_. Haha, that’s one of my most recent opposite-sex crushes. 😉 Another one is Reza Aslan - one upside of this mess in Iran is that he’s been on TV a lot. :o ---
**Author:** ![mhairi2222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mhairi2222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhairi2222)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/23 "2009-06-20T12:14:43Z")
Without a doubt, Katherine Moennig from the L-Word. She is hot! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/24 "2009-06-20T13:04:09Z")
Whoa, am I really the first female-type person to post Angelina Jolie? I’m as heterosexual as can be (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but I think Angelina Jolie is _smokin’._ ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/25 "2009-06-20T14:50:27Z")
Kate Winslet… though I’m not sure I qualify for this question because I’m bi… BTW, Jolie, in my opinion is so overrated that I’m not attracted to her. Yeah, she’s pretty, but when I think of her, I can only summon a feeling of apathy. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/26 "2009-06-20T15:04:51Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > Kate Winslet… though I’m not sure I qualify for this question because I’m bi… I couldn’t think of a way to phrase the OP that would let truly 50-50 people play. But being attracted to Kate Winslet isn’t evidence of bisexuality so much as it is evidence of having eyes. > [@](#): > > BTW, Jolie, in my opinion is so overrated that I’m not attracted to her. Yeah, she’s pretty, but when I think of her, I can only summon a feeling of apathy. I don’t think she’s especially pretty, but my tastes may be strange. I don’t like the way her face is put together; her lips seem out of whack. And her boobs are way too big for my taste. Nice legs, though. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/27 "2009-06-20T15:25:45Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I couldn’t think of a way to phrase the OP that would let truly 50-50 people play. But being attracted to Kate Winslet isn’t evidence of bisexuality so much as it is evidence of having eyes. > > I don’t think she’s especially pretty, but my tastes may be strange. I don’t like the way her face is put together; her lips seem out of whack. And her boobs are way too big for my taste. Nice legs, though. She always looked like a Picasso painting or something to me. All the parts are there, but something’s not quite right… What I meant is, I don’t really have crushes that go against my sexuality, as this post is geared towards. But for Kate, I’d jump through hoops and move to Massachusetts just to marry her. My ex girlfriend was a lot like her… curvy in all the right places… red wavy hair… but my ex was crazy. I’m thinking Kate keeps that all in control. (or at least I’m hoping…) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/28 "2009-06-20T15:48:26Z")
I would crawl 2 miles over broken glass just to stick pins in Cheryl Cole’s poo ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/29 "2009-06-20T16:59:32Z")
The closest I think I’ve ever come is when I said of the Pierce Brosnan/Julianne Moore movie _Laws of Attraction_, “This is the first movie I’ve ever seen where I think I’d be equally happy to fuck either lead.” (Technically, it was also true of the Pierce Brosnan/Salma Hayek film _After the Sunset_, but I’d already used the line by then.) ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/30 "2009-06-20T17:59:24Z")
[Vincent Cassell](http://sobogosse.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/vince-mon.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/31 "2009-06-20T18:02:37Z")
> [@pulehoopo](#): > > Russell Brand. > > It’s the way he’s effeminate but shagged hundreds of women and his way with words that does it for me. Yeah, I agree with Russell Brand. And that he seems like a genuinely good person who may be an ego maniac but isn’t out to be mean. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/32 "2009-06-20T21:24:09Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > I would crawl 2 miles over broken glass just to stick pins in Cheryl Cole’s poo You’re gay? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/33 "2009-06-20T21:27:46Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’m bi, but mostly prefer women, and my most recent same-sex crush was on Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy in _Star Trek_. > > > [@ErinPuff](#): > > > > Haha, that’s one of my most recent opposite-sex crushes. Mine, too. I loved him - I HATE flying! But I have to! Ex-wife took the whole goddamn planet! ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/34 "2009-06-20T22:18:18Z")
I have a girl crush on my UPS driver. She’s so fabulous and hot. And when she brought the box from Microsoft to return our Xbox for red-ringing she came in and helped my fiance pack it up and took it right that day. She said that she does that a lot. How cool and dreamy and nice is that? As far as celebrities, does me as a het female having a crush on a gay guy count? Because I love Stephen Fry. He’s so handsome in Jeeves and Wooster and even as the rather older, rather corpulent fellow he is now I crush on him while watching QI. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/35 "2009-06-20T23:24:42Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Joan Jett! > [An older video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELpxApT8Kc) > [A newer video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HONFeMNXW0U) > > And just for fun, the Runaways doing [Mama Weer All Crazee Now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RTipAZuMRI). Oh YEAH!!! She’s my second fav performer, right after Alice Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/36 "2009-06-21T00:28:46Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Yeah, I agree with Russell Brand. > > And that he seems like a genuinely good person who may be an ego maniac but isn’t out to be mean. His character in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” was so perfect - a rich, attractive rock star sleeping with the girl you can’t get over, but a genuinely nice guy so you can’t hate him. The montage of his helping the Mormon kid was classic. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/37 "2009-06-21T00:32:23Z")
Juliette Binoche, especially in the _Unbearable Lightness of Being_ era. Incidentally, my new gynecologist looks EXACTLY like Taye Diggs. It was a little unnerving when I walked into his office, having no idea what he looked like before that. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/38 "2009-06-21T00:34:54Z")
Annie Lennox. Specifically [Annie Lennox in the “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” video](http://lyricsmusic.name/img/posters/78/262280.jpg). (link goes to pic, not video). Hubba! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/39 "2009-06-21T00:38:06Z")
I don’t want to do anything, other than stare, but I saw a picture of Queen Latifah in a makeup ad in a magazine yesterday. She is so, so, SO beautiful, and I’ve thought so forever… ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/40 "2009-06-21T04:20:25Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > His character in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” was so perfect - a rich, attractive rock star sleeping with the girl you can’t get over, but a genuinely nice guy so you can’t hate him. The montage of his helping the Mormon kid was classic. Is that montage from Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Do you have a Youtube link? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353.md?page=3)