Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
First of all, thank you for great advice, i will take with me what you said, and learn from it.Let me start by saying it's always hard to truly understand what somebody else is struggling with. That is why we really should avoid judging, and why we should avoid giving advice unless it is asked for -- and even then be honest and say that our advice is only our opinion, and might not work for you.
And truthfully, I'm not sure what you are struggling with. The desire to put on makeup? Well, the "metrosexual" era seems to have passed, but a lot of urban men were using makeup then, although they tried to make it as "masculine" as they could. In my own case, while I am gay, and have basically always been gay, that was never something that interested me. I've never felt like a have a "feminine side." I am a man who only likes sex with other men. (I'll say this part in lingo, so that it's not too offensive: while I generally like to "pitch," I've been known to "catch" sometimes, and enjoy it, too, with the right person.)
Then again, you say you don't really identify with being sexually interested in men -- although you hint you might get there for the right personality. I honestly don't know what that really means in your case. Maybe you are experiencing bisexual stirrings, maybe you've repressed other yearnings completely (as you did with make-up). That is pretty common for people in families or communities who are generally unaccepting. Nobody wants to be rejected by those close to them. And that kind of repression can become a habit, and very hard to break out of.
I had the great advantage of never having been brought up in a family at all, nor in one community, and certainly not a community that cared about such things -- so I never felt the need to hide my real self. When I was asked in high-school if I was a "fruit," (that was a common term for gay at the time) my response was, "No, I'm the whole &$%## orchard!"
If I were to give you any un-asked-for advice, it would be this -- proceed very cautiously. Make sure whatever you do, you do safely. I mean that in every way. I suspect you may be vulnerable to some emotional hurt, as well as the ever-present threat of STDs.
As far as i have read about people with sMe feelings and e perien es as my self, i would say i am probably closer to Pansexual than pure Bi-sexual.
As you may have read before in things i written in RF, i used to have a fear of other men in my past, i now understand this fear could have been from me supressing certain feelings and being afraid of how people would react to me if i openly showed a form of interest in men,.
My family has been non existing in understanding LTBTQ+ comunity. So i may had some fear there too.
But this summer until now i have opened up a lot more about my true feelings, and yes i am in a relationship with a Bi-sexual woman, and she has helped me a lot to open up about how i feel.