OK, I'm 59, female, straight and I don't even claim to understand being gay. But it seems to me that WHO the person you love IS, as a person, is far more important than what their plumbing is like. Male or female is just the "wrapping on the box"- what's important is what is inside the box. Just remember there is a big difference between love and lust. Love has very little to do with sex... really! If it is love, go for it! If it is just lust on the rebound, it's still OK to go for it, but go a bit slower. Keep your sex safe, no matter who you're with. They may be a sweetie, but you are "going to bed" with every partner that they had that didn't wear a condom. I wouldn't play the odds- STDs are nastier than when I was a kid. Until both of you get tested, use a condom! Sexual preference is a bell curve with 'prefers opposite sex" as the midline "norm" and "prefers males" and "prefers females" as the ends of the curve. If people are honest, most will admit to being attracted at some time in their life to someone of the same sex. Whether they act on it or not, is totally another story. You're young, follow your heart, just be careful! OK?