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Question

I asked a question 30 minutes ago to see what answers I would receive. Out of the 15 answers 5 realized why I asked this question. The other 10 were very sincere in their answers and I thank them for that and apologize for misleading them. Out of the other 5 answers I received answers such as, "instead of trying to annoy these people why don't you just mind your own business", and "#@$# you suck at metaphors". The national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism says that alcoholism is a disease, cannot be fully cured and can be inherited but a person's surroundings has the biggest effect. I've heard homosexuals say that homosexuality can be inherited because they have an uncle who is gay, they always have the urge and they're going to be one all of their life. My question to the people who would like to answer without calling me names is, is it possible that homosexuality is a disease that has no cure yet, honestly? Please keep an open mind and don't shoot it down without thinking.

Answer 1

There is ample evidence that being homosexual is a genetic predisposition.

There is ample evidence that being alcoholic is a genetic predisposition.

There is ample evidence that being a violent criminal is a genetic predisposition.

You are still talking about lifestyle choices here as all three chose which way they will go with their predisposition.

Answer 2

I don't think it's a disease, no more than blue eyes and blonde hair is one. It's just a way a person is born. If it's a disease wouldn't the cases be closer in region, or culture, or race? But it's not. People of all different colors, races, cultures, and religions are gay.
I don't think it can be helped or needs to be because it is not a sickness, or an imbalance, nor is it inherited. Yes, I have gay family members, but I've been a lesbian for years and I just found out that they were gay. My mother is straight, my father is straight (just because they married doesn't make it so, I had a friend who's mom had 5 children, then fell in love with one woman and they have been together for nearly 6 years).
I believe I answered your other question, I hope I was not too rude. But being gay-whether it's a choice (which in my case it was not, but I suppose some people do make a choice) or whether it's something a person is born with, inherited, or even if it is a disease that can be cured, who is it really hurting? Aside from the people who are gay and hide it for years, or the ones who are tortured or murdered for coming out? Who does it really harm outside of that fact? I know children raised by gay families who are 100% straight and have no abnormalities whatsoever.

Answer 3

Well, I honestly feel it gentics has something to do with it. That somewhere during the development as a fetus the genes are altered. Does this make it a disease? No. Does it make a birth defect? No. It makes it part of the person we become.

Alcholism is a disease. However it is also something that happens due to an outside souce. Alchol is not something that is in your body, it's something that is put into your body. It is a big difference.

Last. Typically disease is something that the person has wants to cure. I know most gay/lesbians would not change who they are. If there were some sort of cure for being gay. I can also tell you that most would not take the cure, and it should never be developed.

Answer 4

Studies have shown over and over again that when there are identical twins that are raised together or apart, and one is gay 90-100% of the time the other one is gay as well. In fraternal twins raised together the range is merely 20-30% which greatly supports the theory that homosexuality is genetic! Alcoholism and homosexuality are two very different things. From a young age you tend to know that you are attracted to the same sex, but you don't have a yearning for alcohol naturally. Alcoholism develops over time. Homosexuality is always there whether or not the person can accept that.

Answer 5

If it was a disease, I would be DIS-EASED.

I am totally eased, happy and care-free. Gay, to be exact!

I'm also a recovering alcoholic. 16 years.

There is in NO WAY anything remotely close to the two.

I have no gay family members, and I don't really care why I'm gay.
I'm perfectly happy.

No correlation at all between alcoholism (a disease of the body coupled with an obsession of the mind) and homosexuality (not a disease, and not an obsession....it just IS).

Answer 6

IMO, being GLBT is just a part of who someone is. It does not cause harm to them mentally or physically just from being that way, so I don't see it as a physical or mental "disorder." Being black or having systic fibrosis are both genetically linked. Just because they're both genetically linked does not make them both diseases. As for the "cure" part, we're on the verge of genetic manipulation in humans. With that sort of technology having brown eyes could be said to be a disease that could be sured. To tie this all back together, most people would say that having brown eyes or being black is not a diease. I say neither is homosexuality, even though it may be genetically linked and may be able to be "cured" in the future.

Answer 7

I see your point . I do believe that homosexuality is inherited and can in certain situations be the cause of a person upbringing or environment as a child . In most cases as proved by a study done in the 90's by John Hopkins medical center , gay men and women who have felt the attraction for the same sex from earliest memory have a inherit gene that no heterosexual man or woman has . So Yes in certain cases your theory could prove true .

Answer 8

No because if it where a disease there would not be so much evidence of it occurring in places that no outsider has ever visited before.

Also there is some debate as to weather alcoholism is truly a disease.

Answer 9

Its not a disease, but most likely a chemical imbalance, or perhaps the person was a female in a past life, became a male in the next but just perfered being a female and stayed that way. You can't help what you are no matter what.

Answer 10

the word "disease" carries a very negative connotation. "condition" works ok.
Cause? most likely prenatal hormone exposure. that's the latest I've heard.
can this be changed? most likely, down the road, it's possible, I THINK.
BUT, should it be? currently? no, since the only way it's treated now is denial ("don't wear your glasses. That way you won't see guys to lust after.") or at best like a 12 step program.
The 12 steppers call themselves "Ex-Gay" but they are still gay, deep down to the bone. They are choosing to try to not behave gay (gay-ly?) They'd be better off curing the trauma of their overly restrictive religious upbringing.
In the future, perhaps, since we'll be able to do anything, like rebuild brain tissue, cure cancer, grow wings (Like I said, anything) it should be possible thru hormonal treatments to change orientation. We'll be able to make lefties right-handed too. But WHY?
This may be POSSIBLE, but is it worth it? Well, I'd say no way for myself, but look what transexuals go thru. Thousands of dollars in painful surgery to get their bodies to match how they feel they should look. Hormone treatments can carry some NASTY side effects. tiny testicles, anyone?
You'd have to really HATE being gay to go thru that. Easier, healthier, to adjust to being gay.
My main adjustment was realizing that gay folks are individuals, and what others assume I'll be like is their own problem.
Better to concentrate on curing the drug addicts and mental patients.