Our sexual orientation is as much a part of us as is our skin, hair or eye colour. It's there when you are born and nothing you can do will change it. Heterosexual people will remain that way (except of course when the six-pint rule applies, and that is "What's the difference between a straight man and a gay one" to which the answer is usually "About six pints on a Friday night..." - you'll have to work that one out for yourself!), and Gay people will also remain that way unless they're silly enough to try to convert - and those are the ones who suddenly find after twenty years of marriage and three kids that they can control their true feelings no longer and thus ruin the lives of their wife AND children - and all because they weren't honest with themselves in the first place! As for bi-sexuals, it's the old story - they're just greedy and want it from all directions, and for God's sake stop writing the word 'people' as ppl or pll - this is NOT a text phone! ! !
2007-10-04 23:49:00
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Of course it isn't a choice! Think about it...did you ever make a decision to be straight? We're exactly the same as you, and we didn't get a choice in the matter any more than you did. Do you think that maybe if you found the right guy, you might turn gay? Of course not! And likewise, I don't think that I'd "turn" straight if I met the right guy. It's common sense, you just have to turn it around and look at it from your own perspective.
2007-10-04 14:57:29
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answered by Kaybala 2
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Get your information from the people who know.
Source 1 - LGBT people. We know we did not make a choice.
Source 2 - Science and evidence. The AMA and APA have stated as a body that orientation is inborn, not a "choice," and does not change.
These sources should trump any rumor, gossip or dogma you are presented with.
I can have all the kids I want - my parts work just fine. Just like many straight people, I CHOOSE not to.
Good luck!
2007-10-04 11:12:20
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answered by Anonymous
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We are all born with our own personal sexual orientation. This does however change over times not basically but in emphasis also it can be suppressed at least for a time. So a lady who is really a lesbian can marry and have children by suppressing her lesbian inclinations and later give way to them. We are all different and the permutations are endless
2007-10-04 11:01:20
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answered by Maid Angela 7
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Listen only to gay people. We will all tell you the honesty of the truth.
You are born gay, but not everyone realizes it at the same time. It's a journey that we must all take together. Some people will fight what they feel. Some will just deny it. Ultimately, at one point or another, you accept it.
No one chooses this life. Why would they? Those that think it's a choice, are in my complete and total VALID opinion...idiots. If you aren't gay, it's easy to think that it's a choice. But those of us on the other side of the battlefield.....we know the difference.
2007-10-04 11:01:26
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answered by Oberon 6
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Scientific researchers who specialize in human sexuality have shown that homosexuality is linked to biology and genetics.
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.
A 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.
Another scientific study said that researchers have known for years that a man's likelihood of being gay rises with the number of older biological brothers, but the new study found that the so-called "fraternal birth order effect" persists even if gay men were raised away from their biological families. Anthony F. Bogaert, Ph.D., professor at Brock University, said "The research suggests that the development of sexual orientation is influenced before birth."
The older-brother effect was constant regardless of whether the men were raised with natural, adopted or stepbrothers. It also didn't matter if they weren't raised with their biological mothers. If gay younger brothers and older brothers don't have the same home environments, what do they have in common? "They shared the same uterus, the same womb, the same mother," Bogaert said.
2007-10-04 11:09:52
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answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7
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I am not sure how to address this question as there have been tons of studies done on the fact that homosexuality is not a choice. Straight people cannot turn gay!
2007-10-04 11:00:50
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answered by Tom W 4
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No, straight people cannot become gay
likewise
gay people cannot become straight.
Bisexual people actually do have a choice if they want to make one.
All the evidence I know of shows that it is inborn, see my answer to this question for some interesting details:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Alig4tchlvsEidcRGPOgqtjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071004063919AARG4pI&show=7#profile-info-t6uQYbs9aa
If you have further questions, feel free to email me directly, if I don't know and can't research the answers - I can refer you to colleagues who probably can.
Have a pleasant day and thank you for asking.
Kind thoughts,
Reyn
believeinyou24@yahoo.com
2007-10-04 11:29:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Honey, the ONLY people who say we are not born this way are people who were not born this way.
We are gay.. not sterile.
No, straight people can not turn gay. Youre safe.
When you want the right answer... ask the right people.
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2007-10-04 11:06:31
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answered by Anonymous
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people are NOT born homosexual. that's just nonsense. so now for some crazy reason they amount of homosexual people skyrockets. look at the last 200 years. remember much about homosexuality in history class? but now that gay chromosome is really common. ridiculous
2007-10-04 11:28:02
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answered by Anonymous
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