I was 21 years old and spent most of the summer working construction to make extra money for college. Nick, 38, who identifies as a “straight male” But regardless of that, they’re still a great reminder that you can add “human sexuality” to a list of things that simply aren’t black or white. (Check out all 25 stories here.) Are they the real deal or just make-believe? Not sure. The site Gu圜ounseling claims it reached out to its community of users and asked its non-gay users to share stories of their “first gay experiences.” Below we single out 10 of our favorites.

The scale ranges from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual), and everyone falls somewhere on it. These stories of non-gay guys’ “first gay experiences” are also a sparkling clear reminder that a person’s sexuality is hardly ever “straight” or “gay.” Way back in the late 1940s, noted professor and sexologist Alfred Kinsey spoke about his “Kinsey Scale” in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.