This. My mom was "lesbian" for a time period. She was molested as a kid and later severely abused by the men she was dating. She equated men with the negativity and dated women. She has since figured out that lesbians can be just as abusive as men and has just sworn off relationships all together. It's sad, but she says she doesn't have the money for "real" therapy that she would trust, so she will just live out the rest of her life alone. She is quite happy doing as she pleases, but, personally, I'd miss the companionship. She says she's never really had that, so she doesn't miss it.

I also went through it in high school. I was raped (and no not the libtard rape, but the held down and forced kind). I was quite scared of men after that because they were so easily able to physically overpower me. I tried dating women. It didn't last long because, like my mom eventually discovered, I found that although physically they weren't as scary, they were more emotionally manipulative. I was also always more attracted to guys. My relationships after that were with men (abusive ones). Eventually, I did talk therapy (we're talking at age 34) and got my head on straight and have been in a great relationship (with a guy) for almost ten years.

My best friend in high school was a gay guy. He was molested as a kid. He never told me the details but I was able to infer from some of the stories. He eventually killed himself around age 30.

I think a ton of it is psychological. There may be some physiological - hormones from things like plastics, soy, parasites, but from my experience it seems to be mostly trauma.

This. My mom was "lesbian" for a time period. She was molested as a kid and later severely abused by the men she was dating. She equated men with the negativity and dated women. She has since figured out that lesbians can be just as abusive as men and has just sworn off relationships all together. It's sad, but she says she doesn't have the money for "real" therapy that she would trust, so she will just live out the rest of her life alone. She is quite happy doing as she pleases, but, personally, I'd miss the companionship. She says she's never really had that, so she doesn't miss it.