Do you believe homosexuality is genetically inherited?

Question

I totally disagree to the scientific claim that "homosexuality" is genetically inherited.
I have a very strong natural belief that homosexuality is a choice not heriditary.

Answer 1

I do not believe it is genetic.

I am not sure if they chose the feeling but you can only act on purpose.

Answer 2

Looks like the rocks are just turning over on this one.

First of all, I've never heard a "scientific" claim that homosexuality is genetically inherited...sounds like something that homophobes dreamed up to argue against why gays and lesbians should not be allowed to have biological children (it's usually paired with the contradicting claim that it's learned, which is why, the argument goes, they shouldn't be allowed to adopt). Frankly, those two arguments are BS.

A few posters have rightly pointed out the distinction between something being genetic and something being genetically inherited. Sometimes people are just wired differently, no matter if their parents were straight or gay. The only choice involved is whether you are going to be true to yourself or live your life in the closet. No one would "choose to be gay" in a world apparently filled with so many ignorant people: we just choose to be happy despite the narrow-minded views of others.

Finally, you claim to "have a very strong natural belief that homosexuality is a choice not heriditary (sic)". Are you really claiming that when you were born you had this belief? Seriously? Are you sure THAT wasn't a choice or something that was fed to you as a child? Ridiculous and completely hypocritical.

Answer 3

I believe it's a personal decision that stems from past experiences or lack-there-of and enviornmental circumstances.
I really don't think homosexuality is inherited, although I did see a piece once on the Discovery Channel about the process of a developing fetus. Apparently, there can be a glitch, like a couple of seconds of delay, when the gender is being established (when the cells are being distributed) where some of the hormonal aspects that are usually added aren't. It's a theory in the process of being studied. So, this is possibly the cause for girls who feel like they're supposed to be a boy at a young age and vice versa. Lack of the proper hormones...
It suggests that someone can be born leaning toward the other gender, but it doesn't suggest that people are born homosexual.
So, all in all, even having seen that, I still think it's a decision one makes and it's completely in their control.

Answer 4

It is not genetic, and it is NOT a choice. It is like a birth defect.
The current theroy is that anti-bodies from the mother "attack" the expression of masculine factors. It is supported by the observation that a boy is more likely to be homosexual depending of how many older brother he has.

Now, about YOUR belief: what is it supported by? You're a biologist, perhaps?

Answer 5

How can say its a choice? I am assuming you are a male heterosexual - could have gone either way and liked guys just as much, but just "chose" to like girls instead? Even if it were a "choice", by what are your choices defined, do you mean to say that there is no genetic component? I think you need to go back to church, and leave scientists alone. Let me guess, you dont believe in evolution either, right? You brainwashed people need to see that science is based on FACTS and EVIDENCE. But I dont expect religious people to see that science is right, because for the most part, they are irrational, and refuse to look at the world objectively. The only thing they know is "our book is right because God wrote it...and God cannot be wrong". Well good argument!

Answer 6

not enough of the human genome to really make a 100% true answer. It is possible, or it might be a result of environment/friends/values etc. In todays age, the generation of about 16 to around 20 has grown up around gay/bisexual etc most of their lives and it is nothing they havent seen or experianced before. It has become more trendy than anything else. I think you fall in love with someone it doesnt matter if they are same sex or different sex - the problems are almost all the same lol. However, being a homosexual is another stereotype that i wished beyond anything that people did try to avoid. You curse when an asian person cuts you off in traffic, when someone who is black is standing in an alley with a hood over his head looking pretty damn intimidating, when a white guy is emmulating every other culture than his own, etc etc. I hate seeing a gay person who is so self absorbed in themselves that they put on an act of sorts - speaking differently than they normally would, and generally acting "the part". I know that not all homosexuals do this - and some that do do it are simply acting the way they want to and arent acting... its the ones that act OVERLY any stereotype that pisses me the hells off. If I were asian I would strive to be the best driver on the road - it wont change the world but at least it might change a few minds. Now this has probably touched a nerve with some folks and this was NOT meant to be a racist comment of any kind! I have friends who fir descriptions I previously described and rag on them about it but all in good fun. I was simply trying to say (in a long winded manor) that acting like a stereotype only adds to the rediculus views that some of us have about certain groups. So, all my love and respect go out to those that I just cussed out - it was honestly nothing personal.

Answer 7

Those that believe that homosexuality is genetically inherited are still in the throws of denial. The mere implications of genetically inherited homosexuality are as ludicrous as the belief that there is genetically inherited beastiality, and that would be a defense in court as beastiality is against the law. C'mon, does anyone really care if one guy perfers another or a girl perfers another? No. But we are constantly barraged by the justification giving same sex preference blame to something that we cannot help like blaming it on the moon or the weather or some other smoke screen that cannot be proved to justify what they like. If they do not like what comes with the preference of same sex then stay in the closet. Stop blaming everything but their being gay. It is just not that big of a deal and it does not matter how or what you blame it on, so stop pushing all of the crap on straight people. I am like you and convinced that it is a preference not an affliction. I think that it is sad that they try so hard to preach their preference on others in continuance of their denial as those of us that are straight really do not care. We do not hang a sign around their neck saying "Hi, I am gay!". We are not prejudiced to their sexual preference so I say just shut up and be gay and leave it alone, there are too many really important issues in life to deal with other than same sex preference unless they are just attention whores. Kind of makes you wonder and we all know that science is just an opinion of those that find a claim that cannot be disputed with factual analysis and stands until disproved. Seems to me that we should be looking at genetics for really important things like birth defects in children or genetics for cancer or curing disease instead of needless expenditure of money for genetics attributing to gaydom. Give me a break from those in denial as I no longer have enough bread crumbs to get home!

Answer 8

Well, the idea that it is a "choice" is just silly. It's well established in medicine that homosexuals often begin having feelings for the same sex at a very young age, even when they have no exposure to gay culture, etc. I mean, why would anyone choose to be part of a persecuted minority?

That leaves either genetic inheritance/modification or behavior that is unintentionally learned in childhood. The latter would be behavior so deeply a part of the person's psychological make up, that there is no way for them to dismiss it or extract it.

There are also studies that suggest it could be a result of imbalanced hormones in the mother's body during pregnancy. (and probably any number of other bizarre biological combinations).

Answer 9

I personally believe in some cases it is. We've studied about this and the 23rd chromosome is the basis of your sexual preference. Moreover, Genes play a role in homosexuality but it doesnt absolutely dictates your sexual orientation. Several factors should still be considered such as the environment, childhood experiences, free will and the like.


read about this...
Dr. Collins succinctly reviewed the research on homosexuality and offers the following: "An area of particularly strong public interest is the genetic basis of homosexuality. Evidence from twin studies does in fact support the conclusion that heritable factors play a role in male homosexuality. However, the likelihood that the identical twin of a homosexual male will also be gay is about 20% (compared with 2-4 percent of males in the general population), indicating that sexual orientation is genetically influenced but not hardwired by DNA, and that whatever genes are involved represent predispositions, not predeterminations."

Answer 10

I do believe that it could be genetics, It is NOT a choice. A person cannot choose who he or she is physically attracted to, they can only choose to deny the attraction or not. There is a lot more in those studies than just what scientists think.... just because they say inherited does not mean that the parent are gay as well it means the chromosomes did not form as they do for heterosexuals.....

Answer 11

I feel that it is genetic but who cares it is what it is. Except it. To the romans sex between two men was the same as sex between a guy and a girl. They had no mores about marrage being between a man and a woman.

Also
There was this guy at work who was totally gay there was no denying it. He was older maybe 50-60 and he was married. I felt bad for this guy. I'm sure he loved his wife very much and wouldn't trade her for the world. But I feel he was living a lie because society pushes gays out and makes fun of them and says they are evil or what not. I feel would have been a lot happier with some **** on the side.