ABSTRACT
Many years ago I read some psychological studies that argued that even for self-identified heterosexuals it is a natural part of their development to have gone through “bisexual” or even “homosexual” stages of life. When I read this, it seemed theoretically reasonable, but did not ring true in my experience. I have always been, I told myself, 100 percent heterosexual! The group process of analyzing my own autobiographical stories challenged the concept I had developed of myself, and also shed light on the way in which the institutional context of sport provided a context for the development of my definition of myself as “100 percent straight.” Here is one of the stories.
