Is being gay genetic or a decision?
Being gay is something you choose to do
Ben Cerasi
Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: Opinion
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The evidence still seems to point out that there isn't an answer. In 1991, genetic researcher Simon LeVay, compared the brains of heterosexual men and women and to the brains of homosexual men. In his reports he found that there was a slight difference in the Interstitial Nucleus of the Anterior Hypothalamus (INAH3) in homosexual men and straight men. The end results were not conclusive enough to support the genetic theory.
Critics of the report also claim that brain patterns change over the years, which also points to the behavior and outside influences. LeVay admitted in an interview in 1994, "It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work." Since then, there have been numerous attempts to isolate and find a genetic cause for being homosexual, but there still isn't any conclusive evidence to be found which supports that claim.
To put it simply, being gay is a choice. It may not be an easy one, such as deciding what brand of shoes to wear or what movie to see, but it is still a choice. For example, no person is born knowing if they prefer whole milk or non-fat, it's through experience and experimentation that individuals discover their preferences. Opinions about the laws and morality of homosexuality will always be waged, but when it comes to genetics, it can be said that the case is closed.
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Ben
posted 10/10/08 @ 11:47 PM PST
Your information is from the 90's and it all said there is no conclusive evidence at that time that supports the theory that homosexuality is genetic. (Continued…)
dork
posted 10/12/08 @ 7:31 AM PST
if the evidence were conclusive this would be news, not opinion
Kelly
posted 10/13/08 @ 11:59 AM PST
You still need evidence that is relevant to support your opinion and persuade people to agree with your views. Duh. That's what debating is all about and opinion writing is similar. (Continued…)
kristine Kreidler
posted 10/21/08 @ 8:29 PM PST
Wow this is bad science/logic.
marry
posted 12/30/08 @ 7:16 PM PST
How is being gay a choice if it is then i guess people chose to be straight then.
Ice
posted 3/06/09 @ 3:22 AM PST
If I had the slightest chance of choosing I would choose to be hetro the little wife and kids package but I don't have that chance no matter what the author says!
Sorry to say but this blog is kinda funny and pathetic at the same time and is assuming things are one way because it's not proven to be the other. (Continued…)
Lisa
posted 3/08/09 @ 4:27 AM PST
My brother was gay (he passed away in 1998 on his 21st birthday from a heart condition) and I would just like to comment that I think some people do choose to be gay and others are born that way. (Continued…)
Mordekismom
posted 3/09/09 @ 5:23 AM PST
I am gay, and let me tell you, it has not been easy! Being gay is not a choice!!!! Why would anyone choose to be gay and go through all of the termoil that we go through?! I have been disowned by everyone in my family except my brother and I was teased and beaten up in school! If I wasn't born gay then why am I not straight? Why would I volentarily put myself through all of the discrimination and pain if I could just flip flop between being gay and straight?
Heather
posted 6/16/09 @ 11:14 PM PST
I would have to agree with Lisa. My girlfriend is gay and has said that she has always been into girls, never been sexually attracted to men. But me on the other hand, have always been with men. (Continued…)
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