He did also say in Daddy's Boy (I'm sure it was that one), I don't have the exact quote but it was something like: "I'm not saying you're gay, I'm asking if you had sex with him" to a patients friend who is brought in. He doesn't obviously think sexual behaviour is necessarily a determining factor of sexual orientation :wink:

quoting myself: I think he was joking around rather than making a serious statement about sexual orientation. As far as that goes, I just defer to whatever the person's own description is, if they have one. Obviously that's not possible with House being a fictional character. But from what we've seen onscreen, he's attracted to women. Aside from the comments he makes about Cuddy and other women, he and Stacy were together for five years. I didn't say that he's not attracted to men as well, just that it would be difficult to argue he's completely uninterested in women, based on what we've seen onscreen. So it would be difficult for me to think of his character as gay. I would venture that he's bisexual. This is just my opinion, of course. I ought to add that I don't find descriptions such as 'heterosexual,' 'homosexual,' or 'bisexual' to be inherently offensive. I defer to however people choose to describe themselves. Because House is fictional, I can't defer to it. Somehow I can't imagine that House would be concerned with what other people think of his sexual orientation. Actually that's true of many people. In Daddy's Boy, he was trying to find out if the patient had sex with the other guy displaying symptoms, not to force the guy to out himself. His orientation wasn't the question - if he stated that he was gay, that still would have not answered House's question. He needed to know specifically if he had sexual contact with the other guy. I'm a total House/Wilson shipper, BTW, but don't think his past love for Stacy or attraction to Cuddy should be completely dismissed.

About Daddy's Boy, I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't saying that House was trying to out him, because that has nothing to do with House/Wilson. I meant that House didn't automatically assume that because someone could have had sex with someone of the same sex that they were gay. I think the question of whether or not the patient was gay was not relevant to the information House needed - he was only trying to find out if the patient had sexual contact with the other guy. I know that many people believe House was making a statement about his feelings about sexual orientation, but I think he was just trying to get information out of the patient in his usual fashion. When the patient replied, "I'm not gay," House then said, "I didn't ask if you're gay. I asked if you had sex with ." Only that piece of information was relevant to his diagnostics. If the patient was gay and had sex with scores of men, it still wouldn't have mattered to House's case. He needed to know specifically whether he had sexual contact with that particular guy who displayed symptoms. House seems indifferent to sexual orientation except for the usual male lechery concerning lesbians.

Yeah... I'm not saying he was making a statement of his own sexuality. I thought I made that clear :? I mean he was making a statement on sexuality in general.

I think most people would agree with you, that House was making a statement about sexual orientation. However for some reason, it just seemed to me as if he was trying to get the necessary information to treat the patient rather than offer his opinion about sexual orientation. Of course we'll never know House's intentions with this remark, thus is the nature of fiction.

Thirteen's bisexual, that is why she denied being a lesbian, because she isn't one. As I mentioned, the scene in Daddy's Boy was in my opinion (not fact, just opinion about a totally fictional character) was House trying to get information, not House sharing his opinion on the nature of sexual orientation. However, all the characters on House are completely fictional, so what to me seems like House trying to get information necessary for his diagnosis is to someone else, House making a statement about sexual orientation. Likewise with him joking around with Dr. O'Shay. Interesting that Dr. O'Shay assumed House was hitting on him, though. But House denies he's gay. However, he doesn't deny being bisexual ;) and that's how I view him. Because it is fiction, isn't it okay for us to have different interpretations of House's dialogue? An offhand remark that means very little to me can be a statement of House's opinion on sexual orientation to someone else. We can't possibly have any basis for disagreement since it is ficiton.

One of the few things House it totally non-judgmental about is sex between two consenting adults. Even in Love Hurts, he said Harvey was a little bit of a freak, but his main concern was that the asphyxiation would kill him eventually. The fact that House's attitude toward sex is "whatever turns you on" does not mean that he is gay or bi. It is quite possible to be exclusively heterosexual and feel that way (just look at most of the members of this forum, for example.) But I do think it means that House would not be bothered by it if he and Wilson were to realize their attraction to each other included the physical. Even if their first encounter were to be of the "one drunken night" variety, I don't think he'd feel bad about it the next morning. He'd just decide if he were interested in a repeat performance, Wilson-willing.

Interesting that Dr. O'Shay assumed House was hitting on him, though. It's interesting what that implies about O'Shay's opinion of Wilson's sexuality. :angel:

Asking another man you barely know if he wants to come home and watch a soap opera with you is pretty darn gay, unless you know House is addicted to "Prescription Passion." Somehow I doubt Wilson watches with him, although they have discussed watching "The L Word" with the sound off. They usually discuss women, how hot they are, whether or not some doctor knows the woman he's dating is a trannie, etc. Typical guy stuff. Except that neither of them is a typical guy, and wouldn't be comfortable with a typical guy. They're both really weird in their own wonderful ways and complement each other perfectly. And I think House has seen so much of life's extremes, he is pretty unshockable, and really, the only things he is judgmental about, IMO, are religion and dishonesty. I don't have a problem with either of those.

*blows the dust off this thread* Mmkay. As many of us may know, Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law star in the upcoming release of Sherlock Holmes. In this quick newsflash, Downey admits his "man crush" on Jude Law (who will always be that little bitch Bosie to me), but also says this: Appearing at the Comic-Con conference, the Iron Man star suggested that the central love affair in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adaptation is between the male co-stars. "It's called circumstantial homosexuality," he joked. Given the infamous Holmes/House parallels, what are your thoughts?

Oh I've always maintained that the relationship between House/Wilson, whether you see it as platonic or not, is the main love story of the show. The feelings between them are enduring and deep no matter how they're classified.