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Why would,nt it also apply to another of the same sex?

Of course it would apply. The problem is that equating attraction with lust is a category error. The kind of thing that leads to a complete denial of the worth of the human body (ala gnosticism). It is a profoundly Islamic concept that leads to things like treatment of women like a necessary evil.

You are attracted to food but the sin comes in what you do with that attraction. If it turns into an obsession and you fixate on cheeseburgers you have sinned. But simply because a cheeseburger whets your appetite it does not man you have sinned.

God created men and women and and all things beautiful. I can say that both Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are physically attractive human beings without doing anything more than recognizing God's handiwork. But if I were to take that to the next level via lust (toward either of them), I would be sinning.

Of course it would apply. The problem is that equating attraction with lust is a category error

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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

So maybe you can explain to me the point of what Jesus said.

God created men and women and and all things beautiful. I can say that both Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are physically attractive human beings without doing anything more than recognizing God’s handiwork

P.S i will just say that i believe this conservation had a little more to do with it than simply thinking some one is attractive.

I don,t know who those people are but yes, just thinking some one is attractive is not lust.