The answer is actually yes.
While there is not a "gay gene", these traits:
1. Gender (what your body is)
2. Gender identity (what you perceive in your mind what gender your should be)
3. Sexual orientation
are ruled by different genetics and congenital development.
Your gender is related to the genetics for your genitalia and subsequent congenital development.
However, the other two are related to the genetics for the brain and subsequent congenital development.
OK, so here's where the problem lies...
>>>> Genetic chimerism
This happens when a person has two sets of genes. This happens when two distinct zygotes/embryos (twins) are close together in the uterus and they subsequently merge so one person is developed who has two sets of genes.
If the twins are identical, you can't even tell the difference because identical twins have the same DNA - the same genes - so it's a nonissue for the most part (except for the possibility of conjoined twins).
But if the twins are fraternal, then the two sets of DNA are distinct and the resulting fetus for one baby will have two distinct sets of DNA.
OK, now, here's the kicker...
What if the fraternal twins were one male and one female?
The resulting genetic chimera person is going to have 1/2 of their DNA being female and the other half being male.
And remember what I said - the different aspects of gender and sexuality develop in different parts of the body.
So, imagine a person born with male genetalia because the development of the genitals used the male DNA, but the person has a "female" brain because the development of the brain used the female DNA.
What's the result?
Likely a homosexual male and a rather effeminate one at that.
Similarly, so might have female genitalia but a male brain and you get a rather butch lesbian like k. d. lang.
But, there's no 100% this/0% that...
You could have both male and female DNA develop the genitals and that would give rise to a person known as a hermaphrodite.
Anyway, I hope you can see my point.
In a chimera, the person's body and mind development are a tossed salad of warring genes governing development in the uterus.
This is why you can have a zillion "genders" - you could have any degree of genetic mixing and thus lead to pretty much anything regarding genitals ("gender"), gender identity, and sexual orientation.
I think being homosexual or other gender related problems are an abnormal physiological birth defects like so many other defects that can occur in the complex body of human beings. I think it is genetic or the result of some kind of abnormal environment that the embryo was exposed to like other birth defects. Something in the brain, hormonal system or other parts of the body malfunctions and is not doing the job nature intended it to do.
Why is it "abnormal?" In my view procreation is the most important feature of any living thing and humans are no exception. Nature builds in features to help ensure that each member of the living community of the species has the maximum possibility and desire to procreate. So any defect that inhibits or diverts the natural procreation process is an abnormality and a defect in the normal healthy function of the species.
I think this also explains why so many people are repulsed by homosexuality. It's the same way they are repulsed by say someone with a deformed arm or leg or a disease (contagious or not) that manifests itself in a way that is visible to others. I think this is because nature imbues living things with a natural tendency to shun those individuals with visible deformities as part of its method to ensure the survival of the fittest and prevent their introduction into the gene pool. In fact I think the fact that so many people are disgusted by homosexuality and other gender related abnormalities is one of the best pieces of evidence that it is in fact an abnormal defect that nature has given a defense mechanism against. It is normal to be repulsed by this. What is abnormal is to NOT be repulsed. It is similar to having an immune system that is not working.
What are my own personal feelings about homosexuality?
1. I defend everyone's right to engage in sex in any way they please with other consenting adults.
2. I believe it is a birth defect and feel a sense of sympathy towards homosexuals and other people with gender related defects in the same way I feel it for people with other kinds of physiological defects.
3. I realize my view pisses some people off, but so be it. I must tell it the way I see it and I have a right to do so just as you have a right to express your view with which I will not interfere.
I went with a quick "NOPE."
and then realized you meant something like- is it possible that a person is born being gay, and indeed, not asking if we (gag community) are gay, lol
I think the same applies
and here's why!
Kids aren't born with sexual preferences IN GENERAL- comes later, AFTER puberty and they are developing hormonally,
So if this applies in *general- it applies to the specific category of 'same-sex preference.'
It's like asking this (lol I'm trying not to laugh at myself):
can a baby be born being able to eat doughnuts?
answer would be 'no.'
In *general, a baby cannot eat solid FOOD, until they've reached about 6 months old.
(this would be the equivalent of puberty in kids and their sexual abilities/preferences.
SO
a baby cannot eat the specific doughnut, which would be a type of food or option to be preferred.
So to conclude: No food. No sexual preference. Until they reach proper age.
I hope this is pretty clear, and you know what, the haters can keep on hatin' lol
i mean the same could be asked-- are you born straight? you are who you are. sexuality is not learned its wired into who you are. ask yourself, is being straight learned behavior? are you born straight? I haven't been active with a guy yet, but i am straight i never even questioned it and it wasn't learned behavior. though i think these days so many things are a trend you never know anyones motives. look how many celebs claim to be Bi yet never even dated a same sex partner, i call it suspect.
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What causes sexual orientation. ?
Sexual orientation is a natural part of who you are — it’s not a choice. Your sexual orientation can change over your lifetime.
What causes sexual orientation?
It’s not completely known why someone might be lesbian, gay, straight, or bisexual. But research shows that sexual orientation is likely caused partly by biological factors that start before birth.
People don’t decide who they’re attracted to, and therapy, treatment, or persuasion won’t change a person’s sexual orientation. You also can’t “turn” a person gay. For example, exposing a boy to toys traditionally made for girls, such as dolls, won’t cause him to be gay.
You probably started to become aware of who you’re attracted to at a very young age. This doesn’t mean that you had sexual feelings, just that you could identify people you found attractive or liked. Many people say that they knew they were lesbian, gay, or bisexual even before puberty.
Although sexual orientation is usually set early in life, it isn’t at all uncommon for your desires and attractions to shift throughout your life. This is called “fluidity.” Many people, including sex researchers and scientists, believe that sexual orientation is like a scale with entirely gay on one end and entirely straight on the other. Lots of people would be not on the far ends, but somewhere in the middle.
How many people are LGBTQ?
LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning.
Although researchers try to study how many people are LGBTQ, it’s very difficult to get an accurate number. This is because gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual identity, and sexual behavior are complicated for people. Let’s break it down:
Gender identity is who you feel you are inside and how you express those feelings through how you act, talk, dress, etc.
Sexual attraction is the romantic or sexual feelings you have toward others.
Sexual identity is how you label yourself (for example, using labels such as queer, gay, lesbian, straight, or bisexual).
Sexual behavior is who you have sex with and what kinds of sex you like to have.
Sometimes all of these things are in line for a person. For example, a woman may feel attracted only to women, identify as a lesbian, and have sexual relationships with only women.
But these things don’t always line up. Not everyone who has sexual feelings or attractions to the same gender will act on them. Some people may engage in same gender sexual behavior but not identify themselves as bisexual, lesbian, or gay. In some situations, coming out as LGBTQ can provoke fear and discrimination, and not everyone is comfortable coming out. For some people, sexual orientation can shift at different periods in their lives and the labels they use for themselves may shift, too.
So it’s difficult to measure how many people are LGBTQ when sexual orientation and gender are so complex for so many people. And not everyone feels safe or comfortable telling someone else that they’re LGBTQ.
Recent research suggests that 11% of American adults acknowledge at least some same-sex attraction, 8.2% report that they’ve engaged in same-sex behavior, but only 3.5% identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. This shows that what people feel or do is not always the same as how they identify themselves.
I think it has a lot to do with your relationships with your parents and child hood... I me a prefer to be to only have sex with hot sexy super models... but that hasn't worked out for me, but I still have sex.
No seriously, I think some people are probably more prone from birth to become gay, and for a lot of them they can't remember a time in which they weren't ever gay. But seriously I am 46 and I can't remember much past the age of 6 to 8 years old to begin with, so were they born gay or not?
Honestly I was more willing to accept the argument 10 years ago and agree with it, but since LGBTQ I question everything to do with the subject. These people seem to think they can make up any thing they want and then expect the rest of us to subscribe to it in a way that makes them feel validated. So 10 years I was like what ever, live and let live, but since they want to do all this flag waving its made me rethink everything.
If you would of just took what was given and shut the heck up and go about your lives without all the noise I would not feel the way I do now about the subject. Stop projecting you life style on other people, just go about your lives like everyone else and more you want to be Pro-LGBTQ the more people are going to want to be Pro-Hetero and be more adamant about what they really thing about you, when they other wise would not of give a shit.
there are too many non genetic things in the history of gays. for example
There is a link between abused children and those kids ending up gay
46% of gays report being molested as children where only 7% of straight people report being molested as kids
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11501300
here is another study that points out the link between homosexuality and being abused as a child (either sexual or physical) the study goes on to say it is difficult to prove a causal link but certainly something is there
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3535560/
https://stream.org/yes-childhood-sexual-abuse-often-contribute-homosexuality/
Could be. Definitely not an expert, nevertheless some time ago I have read that homosexuality could be result of hormonal disbalance withing mother's womb.
Something about if the mother produces not enough/too much of some hormones, it kind of switches sex genes responsible for the brain development of the embryo. So the baby then has XX or XY body with its brain chemistry resembling the one of the opposite sex.
Or something like that, has been a while since I read it. So don't know whether it was proven or disproved.
In today's society with the advanced of technology that we have now and also what most Doctors will say that are in the Science Medical fields, there is no reputable Science evidence that a baby is born gay. Most people will debate and argue by saying that being gay is an eight but not everyone are on the same page. I believe when you are growing up, is what you pick up on (meaning your learning something as your own interests as well as your own preferences) especially on what you are exposed to or even experience.
In my experience, homosexuals are created during childhood. They are not born that way.
During my life, I have spoken with a range of homosexual men. I worked in the media for decades. I was surrounded by them.
One of the things that they had in common was that, while they were children, they were molested by homosexual men.
What I have read on the subject proposed that, as children, the ongoing molestation created a link between sexual pleasure and being handled/fellated/sodomised by a man.
When puberty came, they continued to associate sexual pleasure with other males.
That is why Democrats et al. are so committed to indoctrinating children into the homosexual agenda.
Yes. People think the environment makes you this or that but that's not true.
I've never had any gay influence in my life and yet when I was 15 I had a hard crush on a class mate in high school. So, if I didn't have any gay influence or even seeing anything gay related, how come I had a crush on another guy?
Another evidence that the environment is no factor whatsoever is that in the first 15 years of my life my mother was trying to brainwash me with her imaginary friend in the sky and yet that never worked. Following the stupid logic of those people from the first passage, I should have become a dumb sheep because my environment was religious. And yet I didn't. Which, once again, is an evidence that the environment has no influence whatsoever on what you become later in life.
Straight people were born straight.
Gay people were born gay.
Bisexual people were born bisexual
Asexual people were born asexual.
In all cases, symptoms of these start at varied ages, ranging from 5 to 15 on average, but the genetic elements are in place during fetal development to predetermine which type of attraction will eventually occur for an individual (with exposure being the trigger), as it is for all types of preferences, be they taste, smell, sound, sight, etc.
I am 100% sure that plenty of people are born gay. But I'm also convinced that some people are just open minded and don't care about what people think.
The worst part is that society seems to put so much pressure on everyone, especially men to "be straight" or at least "come out of the closet" when it's not always like that... Bisexuality is a thing, and doesn't need to be a big deal.
The way I see it, gay or straight it's who you fall for, it's who you feel comfortable with, it's who makes you happy.
It's just labels that cause a drift, you could be straight for so long then come across someone of the same sex who you are comfortable around that makes you feel safe that developed a bond, an attraction and that attraction broudens and sometimes cancels out the opposite sex you were attracted to unless you are bi.
In the end I don't think it's a matter of choice or not a choice it's where your attraction and feelings pull you towards
I think because it's being pushed in the media as normal nowadays , more of the younger generation is starting to open up to the idea of experimenting with the same sex. It's the same thing with the whole pronoun craze, it's become a trend cause if you look on peoples social media accounts they have the "he/him" "her/they".
You aren't born gay, as babys and children have no sexual desire or sexual orientation.
But you sexual orientation is decided as early as birth and can't be changed as easily as some people claim.
Watching a gay cartoon character has no influence on your sexual orientation.
i think you're probably born gay. cause if being gay was a choice that would mean you could change that choice. and that would mean conversion therapy should work but it doesn't.
maybe even more logically speaking: i think people wouldn't choose to be gay, cause that doesn't really give them any advantage. in some countries it can even get you killed. like why would one "choose" to be gay?
Yup, most people don't know, but gayness is not an only-human trait. Aprox 12% of the flies, yes, flies are gay. Same thing goes for many other species.
The scientific explanation is relatively simple. sexual preferences are defined by one organ, the brain, you can have a feminized brain within a male body, which is decided before you are born.
This does not explain why every gay people is gay, it also depends on culture. The greeks used to have a culture that encouraged an homosexual relationship between athletes and philosophers, there was even an army composed of gay soldiers that was considered among the strongest ones.
So when putin says that there are no gays in russia, he is partially right. Culture plays a role.
Most people that I've spoken to have told me they know they are gay and new it from a young age. But was in denial especially if their environment wasn't so open to it.
Other say they never had to think about it, it organically happened they grew up like everyone else and brought home a same sex partner and that was it.
I would rather believe that then think you are abused into liking sex with the sake gender.
Life isn't really that complicated. We as humans make it that way.
s Yes, I do believe that people are born gay. You can't choose to who you're attracted to. Besides whom would want to make their life difficult and being discriminated, beaten up or even being killed? No one in their right mind, so no "decides" to be gay to face all of these problems and threats.
im not so can only guess.
I suspect some develop/born that way... whyI don't know. some are coerced into such confusion by emotional/physical experiences.. e. g. abuse or emotion projected upon someone can influence how they feel about themselves. Lastly... hormone disruption influences the above and influences all these variety of identities issues.
But is that a fact... nope.
I doubt anyone (male) would outright CHOOSE to be gay. Women, sure; most of them are already gay anyway. But men? Men wouldn't CHOOSE to be homosexual over having women in their life. I don't think gayness is a choice. Otherwise, I'd 100% *choose* to be asexual and not deal with any of y'all.
I've heard that one way that can cause a guy to be born gay is if his mother is going through stress at a certain point during her pregnancy, and it causes the male's brain to become more feminine. I forget where I heard that, but I think it was scientists that found that.
You can be born gay. You can also be turned gay by trauma (not necessarily sexual trauma - it could also be physical or emotional abuse) up until around 6 years of age, when the brain "locks in" your sexuallity. This comes from several studies on the subject.
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