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I have a curiosity, a question that has been lingering in my mind. I am a lesbian and I watch a lot of lesbian movies and a few episodes of the L Word. The majority of the women who play the roles of the lesbians in these shows are technically straight, yet they are so convincing in these movies. I know they are actors, it is their job to pretend, I just don’t get how they can perform the love scenes and kiss; I mean they really get into it, without having a desire, a curiosity, or something for members of the same sex. Hey, even straight guys have done it; look at Brokeback Mountain and Torch Song Trilogy. Are they actually bisexual and only have more of a tendency towards members of the opposite sex? Or are they just really great actors? I mean I know heterosexuals (guys and girls) who feel physically ill at the thought of performing any kind of homosexual act, even kissing. In some of my conversations with heterosexuals, who know me and are cool with my being a lesbian, they are just like NO, NO, NO WAY!! I guess I am technically bisexual with a really big tendency towards women. Being with a guy, although something I am not interested at all at this point in my life, does not make me physically ill. So my question is, for all of those straight actors and actresses who play homosexual roles, that is, roles that involve actual sexual contact with members of the same sex, bring themselves to do it? It is one thing to play a role as a homosexual and not actually have to do any romantic or sexual scenes, it is a different level entirely to actually kiss and touch someone of the same sex when there is no way you can be into it, especially if you are trying to come across as convincing. So how to you all do it? Meditation? Get drunk? Do you say “I think I can” over and over? How do you do it without wanting to puke?