would you agree with me that if your ''born gay'' then being homosexual is genetic ?

Question

cause how else can you be born gay if its not genetic ? I believe its genetic anyway. Do you have any other theories on why people are homosexual ?

Answer 1

In 1996, The Advocate, a gay and lesbian magazine, asked readers what they believed the potential impact would be to the advancement of gay and lesbian rights if a scientific discovery is made that proves a biological basis for homosexuality. About 61 percent of the magazine readers asserted that such scientific research would advance the cause of gays and lesbians and lead to more positive attitudes toward homosexuality. For example, if one can be born gay, much like being born with blonde hair or brown eyes, then a fair society could not possibly condemn such an individual as being unnatural or immoral. To that end, gay activists and the liberal media have actively encouraged and pushed the idea that homosexuality is inherited and unchangeable, and researchers have diligently sought the scientific evidence to back up that claim. Unfortunately for the pro-homosexuality movement, the vast research on this subject has failed to establish any scientific evidence that shows a purely genetic basis for homosexuality.



Read the rest here

http://www.gotquestions.org/born-gay.html

Answer 2

I am not a scientist and if I was and I knew the answer to why homosexuality happens, I would not be publishing it here on YA.



I would publishing it in a international science magazine and so become a respected scientist over night.



When we say we are bone gay, we are not claiming its the result of any one or some other thing/'s, what we are saying is, what ever the reason, its NOT one of choice, this is how I was made.



Do you demand a blind person show why he is blind before you will treat him with dignity and respect?

Answer 3

I agree with people over here.

I don't think it's genetic (so far, no "gay gene" has been foung, though it doesn't mean it won't be found).

Nevertheless I do believe it's biological/physiological (which it's not the same as genetic).

Hormones and how you develop in the womb, I believe it's the right answer.

That's why we ARE born this way...

It's said that certain parts of the brains "work" different in gay people (like the part that controls sexual attraction, obviously).



Just check this out. And get in Wikipedia "Biology and Sexual Orientation" for more info (I took only part of it from that webpage).



Biological differences in gay men and lesbians

Physiological

Some studies have found correlations between physiology of people and their sexuality. These studies provide evidence which they claim suggests that:

Gay men report, on an average, slightly longer and thicker penises than non-gay men.

Gay men and straight women have, on average, equally proportioned brain hemispheres. Lesbian women and straight men have, on average, slightly larger right brain hemispheres.

The VIP SCN nucleus of the hypothalamus is larger in men than in women, and larger in gay men than in heterosexual men.

The average size of the INAH-3 in the brains of gay men is approximately the same size as INAH 3 in women, which is significantly smaller, and the cells more densely packed, than in heterosexual men's brains.

The suprachiasmatic nucleus was found by Swaab and Hopffman to be larger in gay men than in non-gay men,[56] the suprachiasmatic nucleus is also known to be larger in men than in women.

The startle response (eyeblink following a loud sound) is similarly masculinized in lesbians and bisexual women.

Gay men and lesbians are significantly more likely to be left-handed or ambidextrous than non-gay men and women; Simon LeVay argues that because "[h]and preference is observable before birth... [t]he observation of increased non-right-handness in gay people is therefore consistent with the idea that sexual orientation is influenced by prenatal processes," perhaps heredity.

A study of 50 gay men found 23% had counterclockwise hair whorl, as opposed to 8% in the general population. This may correlate with left-handedness.

Gay men have increased ridge density in the fingerprints on their left thumbs and pinkies.

Length of limbs and hands of gay men is smaller compared to height than the general population, but only among white men.



Anyways... I hope this helps.

Again we are born this way ('cus I remember having sapphic feeling since I was very young, but I didn't recognize them as such) but biologically/physiologically speaking... not really genetically.

Answer 4

I don't think there's a such thing as a gay gene to sum everything up, but what's most speculated is that



Hormones (innate) + Environment/Experience = Sexuality.



Which sounds kind of believable since their was a study on the brains of gay men and when it came to attraction their level of activity was very much similar to that of women attracted to men. I couldn't really find much on lesbians, but one thing I do know (and that has been stated by various professionals) is that sexuality is not a choice.

Answer 5

I agree we are born Gay but don't believe it's genetic, just as much luck of the draw as being right or left handed, something to do with the chemical balance we receive in the womb and the way whatever part of our brain that deals with sexuality grows Xx

Answer 6

Katherine is correct: scientific studies suggest that a depletion of certain hormones in the womb could be the cause of homosexuality, particularly in gay men with older brothers.



Your question "what about men" makes no sense: men or women we all start in someone's womb.



"Genetics" is not a word up for debate. It refers to the specific gene code created by the mother and the father, both of whom contribute a portion of the baby's genetic strand and chromosomes. There is no gay gene; there are indications that sexual orientation is determined in the womb, perhaps due to hormonal changes.

Answer 7

i agree with everyone else.

i think it would also be interesting to research homosexuality as a sexual "fetish." interestingly, those with particular fetishes, such as the foot, actually come in contact sexually with feet during infancy, which influences sexual arousal (i.e. erections); which essentially leads them to be turned on by feet and not breasts (for example). so maybe, in some cases, little boys--infants--are exposed to penis at a very young age, thereby "creating" their sexual orientation then, which makes them identify themselves as gay or wtv. this basically shows that the first 6 years of life last forever because the brain wiring, the brain stimulation, is so important at these ages

Answer 8

No, sexual orientation is not genetic. It's congenital.



"Sexual orientation, like gender, is determined by the neural configuration of parts of the cerebrum, and is hardwired into the brain prior to birth, while the fetus is in utero. Although genes do play *some* part, sexual orientation is, despite many recent claims (made mostly by those defending the fact that homosexuality is natural), *not* (atleast not entirely) a genetic condition; rather it is a *congenital* condition (meaning it is determined during pregnancy), most likely the result of ambient hormonal conditions in a mother's uterus during gestation acting on genetic predispositions possessed by the fetus. Sexual orientation is, also like gender, an innate and immutable psychological characteristic, and *any* sexual orientation is a perfectly normal, natural, healthy aspect of human sexuality (all 9604 possible combinations, although sexual attraction, being essentially nonquantized, is technically capable of existing as an innumerable number of combinations, and is represented on the spectrum by integers merely for the sake of convenience in measuring). In fact, sexual orientation has evolved over tens of millions of years to specifically exist *as* a spectrum, and not as diametrically opposed polar absolutes as was once believed, with populations diversely spread over the entire area, because variation in sexual orientation is beneficial for the survival and welfare of social species. Ratios of sexual orientations remain constant within a species, and only change over long periods of time, due, like all evolutionary changes, to environmental attrition based upon whatever percentages happen to benefit that species most greatly at that particular point in time. A mother who has a statistical tendency to produce a certain percentage of nonheterosexual offspring will, *for whatever reason*, be more successful at propagating her genes to future generations than a mother who produces either a greater or lesser percentage, and this is all evolution needs for variation in sexual orientation to take a foothold and eventually become, as it has in humans, an intrinsic biological quality of a species."



--From: "The Sexual Orientation Spectrum": https://sites.google.com/site/alexisbrookex/sexual-orientation-spectrum

Answer 9

I don't think you understand what "genetic" means. Sexuality is innate; it's a result of the way your brain forms as you're developing but it is not caused by chromosomes or genes. So it is not "genetic".

Answer 10

it is both homosexuality is genetic you cant help it you are born with it. When i was little i never wanted to be gay i wanted a wife and kids but i am 15 now and perfictly happy with being gay. good luck

Answer 11

The other possibilities are prenatal hormones and epigenetics which is the alteration of gene expression during one's lifetime



It's mainly genetics and prenatal hormones that have been pointed to by research

Answer 12

NO

but conversely the complete failure to find a gay gene

a gay series of genes

a gay sequence of genes

or a gay combinaition of genes

helps me to conclude that the" born gay" crapola is a bunch of hogwash

and the gay gene was simply a fabrication by activists looking to justify an unpopular behavior choice.

Answer 13

I have always been gay, so I assume I was born that way. What others say is irrelevant to me. I know what happened in my case. People can debate it all they like. ''Water off a ducks back'' to me.

Answer 14

It could have something to do with the chemical composition of the womb, not the genetic composition of the person

Answer 15

Homosexuality may not be genetic but it is definitely acquired prenatally.

Answer 16

Behaviour and choice is what make a person "practice " homosexuality. How can you be born a rapist? or a masterbater? Or a mass murderer?

Answer 17

I always thought it was some chemically thingy in your brain.