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Thats a good point. I think the modern day concept of sexual orientation isnt completely accurate- the ancient world didnt have any such distinctions (in fact the Romans had a completely different view on what sex and manliness meant). Pigeonholing somebody as gay or straight or whatever doesnt work all the time. Anectdotal: I was friends with a guy for many years and he was a devoted family man with three kids and a churchgoer, I recently called up his wife because we lost touch since I moved overseas and his wife now tells me he turned gay and they divorced. Wow.
There's quite a bit of scientific evidence that most people have varying degrees of homosexual urges. We just happen to live in a culture that's historically been so anti-gay that most of us either forget about or even suppress those urges as we grow up. (Not all cultures in the history of humanity have been like this, however.)