Scientists say that being gay isnt a choice

Many scientific studies suggest that people don't choose to be gay, contrary to the claims of Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson. Despite these numbers, many people still consider homosexual behavior to be an anomalous choice. However, biologists have documented homosexual behavior in more than species, arguing that.

Since the s, however, major medical associations in the U.S. have labeled homosexuality as a normal counterpart of heterosexuality. Those medical associations have proposed that their homosexuality-is-normal claim is based on “scientific evidence.”. There is no single gene responsible for a person being gay or a lesbian. That’s the first thing you need to know about the largest genetic investigation of sexuality ever, which was published.

Stop calling it a choice: Biological factors drive homosexuality

While there’s no single “gay gene,” research suggests that biological factors play a big role in sexual orientation. People don’t choose to be gay, just like they don’t choose to be straight. It’s simply part of who they are. Understanding this can help create a more accepting society for everyone. Exploring Sexual Orientation.

Early gay rights activists compared sexuality to religion - a crucial part of our life that we should be free to practise however we like Credit: Ignacio Lehamann. Instead he found, after extensive scientific and legal analysis, that it was impossible to draw that conclusion.

Moderators are staffed during regular business hours EST and can only accept comments written in English. Or hoarding cats? At the time, the American Psychological Association still listed homosexuality as a disorder and psychologists and psychiatrists were trained on ways to treat it. At the time that I was searching for a problem, that popped out. How such gay genes get passed down from generation to generation has puzzled scientists, given that gay couples cannot reproduce.

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The identical twins were far more similar than the fraternal twins. Ask yourself that question. Abuse in childhood seems to be a pattern looking at my gay friends. But there are still legal protections for them. There have been numerous studies designed to determine whether or not homosexuality has a genetic cause. What was your motivation?

Sign up to our newsletter Newsletter. Why we need more gender-neutral words Should six-way marriage be legal? If you can, sorry, but you are not heterosexual, you are bi-sexual. Ancient Egyptian rock art discovered near Aswan may be from the dawn of the first dynasty. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. It shows it is largely genetic because the experimenters used a control group. If born that way, would that mean the end of the human race?

When I first said I chose to be gay, a queer American journalist challenged me to name the time and date of my choice. Epigenetics: environmental factors and genes interact. A person is no more born a homosexual than they are born a heterosexual. Boston University moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. The new finding is consistent with multiple earlier studies of twins that indicated same-sex attraction is a heritable trait.

Not very much. A bit disturbing. Brandon Ambrosino is a freelance journalist. These desires suggested to me a queer identity, which I at first reluctantly accepted and then passionately embraced.