I used to mimic shampoo commercial models by using my towel as long hair.
I was scolded for it, so I guess that forged my mentality that being gay is bad. I don't remember exactly when I realized it, but when I used to watch WWE (then-WWF) I got turned on by some wrestlers and none of them were female.
The Lady Marmalade/Rock DJ comparison mentioned earlier applied to me too.
I was grilled about my sexuality during the junior year of high school because I hung out too much with the gays.
But I was in denial for the whole time I was in high school, and the first two years of college. I came out to some of my closest friends around 7-8 years ago, but I never wore my sexuality on the sleeve. If somebody asks, I'll answer truthfully, but nobody ever has.
I guess through the years of high school/college I realized it's not something that's bad, and that's who I am, and if anybody had something to say about it, that's their problem, because you can't change a person if that's who they really are. I had the "accept me for who I am, or gtfo" attitude, pretty much.
And I'm sure my parents and some of my other family members know, but I was never scolded for it the way I was 20 years ago, so it's whatever.