Gay Ecstasy Use
Ecstasy Use and First Homosexual Experience
One of the major findings of this study is that ecstasy use was associated with the first homosexual experience of many of the sample. Further, the use of “X” is reported to enhance the user’s sexual drive. Most of the users had their first sexual encounter with someone of the same sex while on “X”, which then reoriented their sexual preferences to bisexual or homosexual. Of the 25 people interviewed, almost half considered themselves either homosexual or bisexual.
The respondents note that “X” was an important facilitator for initial homosexual sex. One comments on how the scene facilitated his first homosexual experience:
I think that the first experience with any drug will determine if you do it again. I had a great time the first time. I had just turned 18 and we went to a dance club, and my friends all got some “X”. I think the thing I like most about it was the total loss of inhibitions, but I still felt like I was in control of myself. The first time I tried it I wanted to do everything; that was also the first time I had a homosexual experience…. I had thought about it, but the “X” just gave me the courage to do it. The scene does have a lot of homo and bisexuals, but I didn’t feel pressured into it…. I think the scene just provided me with the chance to meet people who were like me.
Two others, who consider themselves bisexuals, also had their first gay experience after the first time they tried “X” at a rave. The first states:
I was 16. I started going to raves… One guy was a dealer and he gave me a “sample” for free. I liked it a lot; it was the best feeling I ever had. It totally took over my sex drive, and that is when I started having sex with both men and women…I am not sure if I would be bisexual if I had never done “X”. It wasn’t really something that I planned; it just kind of happened and I liked it. I do not think I would have had the opportunity if I hadn’t gone to the raves, because I never knew anyone like that before I went. I really only have sex with men once in a while, and when I do I am always on “X”.
Another, commenting about the first time he tried “X”:
I was 17 and went with some friends to an underground rave… we all decided to try it. I had a great time! It made me feel like I was good to party all night, and that’s what we did. We met these people who looked like rave regulars, they took us to an after hours party, and they had all kinds of drugs. We stayed up the whole day doing more “X”, coke, and some people were doing heroin. Then the whole party turned into this big orgy. That is when I had my first bisexual experience.
Two females note that it opened them to lesbian experiences. The first reported:
…I just started doing it a lot more often. I would say that it made me closer to my roommate, and this was when I had my first sexual experience with her…. We were X’ing at the time, but I thought that as we got closer that I was falling in love with her. The drug just gave me the confidence to make this kind of move.
For another, it was her first sexual experience:
I had just moved into the apartments on campus (UTSA) and I was pretty shy, the complete opposite of my roommates. About two weeks after school started, I came home to a party in my apartment. Another roommate asked me if I wanted to try “X”. She said that she got it free for giving this guy a blow job. All four of us took it. I felt really good and didn’t realize how much beer I drank, because of the “X”. After everyone left we all stayed up and talked. One thing led to another and I had my first sexual experience ever, not to mention with a girl.
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