What does it mean to be homosexual?

A friend on Facebook recently posted the following question and I want to share my reply.

Q: What does it mean to be homosexual? It’s a broad question, but I’m looking for broad answers. It’s a serious question I have been asking myself after reappraising my relationship with God and Jesus and The Bible.

A: I assert that it means nothing. To be homosexual is simply a state in which you find yourself for just one aspect of your being. You are first and foremost a human being with all the wonderful attributes that suggests. Furthermore, you are ...a unique human being so there is no person like you who has ever existed or will ever exist again. Even within the limited area of being a "homosexual man", there is no other like you. No need to sweat it or be anything other than true to yourself.

A better question therefore would be, "How would I conduct myself in life in all areas of my life if I were being true to myself" and then in so doing you find that special person who you are in its purest form and in that God will be delighted as you expand him through the expansion of yourself.

For me, being gay is an important aspect of my being but just one aspect of many: I am so much more than "a homosexual" (as if my whole life revolves around sexual gratification with a man!). I am a healer, a writer, a lover, a caring human being, a teacher, a pupil, a nature lover, a linguist, a recovering lawyers (as I like to joke). In fact, so many things.

In a nutshell, be yourself, be true to yourself, in all areas of your life and though life will throw challenges at you, you will be happy and fulfilled...if you choose it. This is true of everyone, "homosexual" or otherwise. The perceived division of gay and straight, of us and them is false, an ugly illusion. We all have a unique gift and such concerns about being "homosexual" only serve to confuse or hide our true nature.

For what it's worth, I won't believe that a loving God or his special envoy, Jesus, have any concern over our sexuality, only whether we lead a life of being true to our heart (here not meaning the romantic sense of the word but our very essence) and thereby good to others.

I hope this helps.