Do homosexual people really believe they are born that way??

Question

I really have nothing against homosexual people do what you do. My question is do you honestly believe that when you are born you are born homosexual? In my opinion I believe that it is a learned nature something that is created within your environment. And don't get all defensive it's a question.

And why do you believe this?

Answer 1

sensitive questions like this can drive people up down and through a wall. but i think it all depends on how they were brought up n raised. very hard to say

Answer 2

Yes.

I just don't believe that someone chooses to be gay. Although homosexuality more accepted than in years past people still lose family/friends over it and encounter alot of descrimination.

No I do not believe it is enviornmental you hear PLENTY of stories about gays/lesbians who grew up in strict relgious households and of heterosexuals who grew up with homosexual parents.

To elaborate on the "environment" argument what about those older homosexuals in their 40's 50's who weren't exposed to homosexuality as people in their 20's 30's are. The 20-30 years had MTV and various other outlets that made homosexuality a little more acceptable and "cool" more specifically women kissing each other or gay hairdressers makeup artists.

Answer 3

Well I grew up in a "normal" family and didnt even know what a gay person was! (I live in a rural town in South Africa).

I had my first girlfriend at 16, having never felt any attraction to the boys who were my friends.

I've never had a bad experience with a man, or been raped or beaten or even bad mouthed. I love my brothers and my father dearly.

But I still fell for a girl.
It was only after we'd been seeing each other for a year plus, that I finally got informed that, "You know what girl? Your a lesbian!"
My first reaction was, "No way!" I mean I was that naive.

So what created it in my enviroment?
I cant help believing this is how I was born and was meant to be.
My view anyway!

Answer 4

Yes, I would say that most homosexual guys and gals probably believe that they were born that way. Although there are many theories on how we acquire our sexual orienation, gay people tend to gravitate towards the biological theories (gene or pre-natal hormone involvement). Why? I tend to beleive that is the easiest and most logical thing for them to believe in. Most probably don't want to contemplate that anything in their environment (parental upbringing, etc.) might have had some influence. I don't think they want to start playing the blame game.

My belief: Any sexual orientation is probably the end result of both biological AND social forces, not just one kind of force alone.

Answer 5

Most gay people say that they were born gay, and since some have attempted to not be gay due to discrimination and persecution and realized that it is something that cannot be changed, they would be the ones most knowledgeable on the subject.

Scientific researchers have shown that being gay is based on biological and genetic factors.

Even the ultra conservative president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has said that scientific research "points to some level of biological causation" for homosexuality & "I am absolutely confident that a large number of homosexuals are telling the truth when they say they did not choose that orientation."

An October 2004 scientific research publication stated that scientists at the University of Padua have found that women tend to have more children when they inherit the same genetic factors linked to homosexuality in men. This fertility boost more than compensates for the lack of offspring fathered by gay men, and keeps the “gay” genetic factors in circulation.

Another study published in Human Genetics in February 2006 examined X chromosome inactivation in mothers of gay sons and mothers whose sons were not gay. Researchers found extreme differences between women who had gay sons and women who did not.

A Canadian university study published in June of 2006 stated that, although researchers have known for years that a man's likelihood of being gay rises with the number of older biological brothers, that the new study found that the so-called "fraternal birth order effect" persists even if gay men were raised away from their biological families.

Answer 6

When i lived in Texas a few years back...most all of my friends were gay.

they all knew that i did not condone their lifestyle, but I liked them for the person they were not what they did.

But...not one of them ever told me they were born that way,...and at one time or another most of them confided that "If I had not been told I was gay growing up I wonder if I would be gay."..."I wonder if I had not been raped when I was 10 by a man if I would be gay"..."I know i was not born this way, I am just having fun with it" ...and numerous other conversations.

I do believe that it is a choice of lifestyle BUT that being said, I do not think it is necessarily a conscience choice. It seemed in all the people I knew in this lifestyle that there was something in there background that crossed some wires. Many did not know their dads very well, many did not have a good relationship with their dads.

I do not think that it is just one day they wake up and say "I am going to be gay"..not do I believe that they can just up and decide to stop.

Answer 7

Well, I would say that some do believe they are born that way. Some don't. I am not homosexual, but I believe it is both inherent and learned behavior. There are some people who want to be gay and do it to be different, but, there are many people who fall in love with someone who happens to be the same sex. Even some animals in the wild have homosexual encounters. Some mate for life. Variety in the animal kingdom, it's easy to see it in our kingdom!
In close, Happy hunting for answers! It isn't easy.

Answer 8

Firstly, you are not homo, so don't talk about your feeling about being homo. Secondly, professional not yet confirm about the cause of homosexual, so we can't prove that homosexual is nothing thing about DNA. And in human history, we can see that since there is civilization, no matter what time, what place, what cultures, there is homosexual in different societies, so we can't say that particular of culture and environment will cause homosexual.

And talking about homo people, since they are the person in the matter and they believe that the gene is inside them, I think that is the most reliable source of info we should believe, at least, currently till there is more scientific proof coming out.

Answer 9

Okay, f*cktard, being gay does not automatically make somone an adulterer or a murderer. It is a choice to be willfully ignorant. Who believes that Christians are born Christians? not being rude but this is the biggest load of rubbish i have ever heard. thats lyk sayin that you are born stupid its ridiculous, why would God create in the womb something so idiotic? any one out there agree that this is FIXED? You don't like gay people? Don't date one.

Answer 10

That's what makes this world a great place, we are all entitled to our opinions. My opinion is the complete opposite of yours, that gay people are born that way. The way I look at it is I know lots of gay people that were born into very religious homes, or at least very conservative homes and had no exposure to the lgtb lifestyle, yet found themselves attracted to the same sex and couldn't explain why. I mean, who would ever choose to lead a lifestyle where you (ie gay people) would be outcasts in the majority of the places they went.

Answer 11

According to a recent Mayo Clinic report, most gay and lesbian people think with the left side of their brains...versus most heterosexuals that use the right side predominately. Thus leading to an extrordinary revolution as to the way people think they are predispositioned. So, the short answer is, yes. They do.