Are people born gay?
positiveWhisper24
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Apr 12, 2015
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Some are born gay.
Some achieve gayness.
And some have gayness thrust upon them.
Seriously, though? The truth is that we don't know. But let me leave you this question: Does it matter? You should be allowed to love whomever you wish, regardless of whether it's genetic or a choice.
Anonymous
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Jan 24, 2015
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Personally I think yes, it is really based on genetics. You don't get to choose your sexuality per say. You can choose however to accept it or not :)
Philane
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Jan 25, 2015
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Are people born straight? We can't know. Maybe it's like your preference in taste, hard to impossible to change or maybe you're born that way. Either way, it's okay, and, to be hones, probably born that way.
starryRiver83
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Feb 15, 2015
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I think that people are born gay, but it doesn't mean that someone will necessarily know straight away all the time. Either way it is completely natural, whether someone is or isn't gay.
Aayla
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Jul 8, 2019
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Yes, sexual orientation are something innate, we are born with them. The idea that people can "become" gay is simply due to the fact that sometimes people need more time to find out what their sexuality really is, because social contexts raise us to think that heterosexuality is the norm. So people need to work on their self-awareness in order to realize they are not straight, and it can happen in different times on a person's life, but it simply something uncovered later, not something new thag has developed. Every orientation is innate, natural and perfectly normal.
BlueYozhik
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Apr 8, 2015
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There is evidence to believe that sexual orientation has a biological component. It certainly isn't something that people can easily change at will, if at all, and any attempt to do so through means of "corrective therapy" has been thoroughly discredited. So, to answer the question, "Are people born gay?": This may be partially true, but ultimately, if you do experience same-sex attraction, whether you're literally born with it, or it develops over the course of a lifetime through the interaction of experience and predisposition, you've likely got it for good. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Anonymous
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Jul 13, 2015
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Its how you view it, and how you view the topic. Most people know from a young age that they are Gay, Bi, Trans, for myself I know from a very young age that I liked only guys and was drawn to them in a sexual way.
Anonymous
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Apr 25, 2017
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I believe they've found that genetics are actually a part of your sexual orientation! That being said, I think it takes some people a really long time to realize and accept their sexuality, so not everybody will necessarily know from birth, and I would also say that personal experience may shape some of who you grow up to be
Anonymous
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Apr 8, 2015
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Some people say yes, some people say no. But to be honest, it doesn't really matter if a person is born gay or not. It does not change who they are, or what they are inside.
PhoenixMozza
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May 8, 2015
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There is evidence that supports that homosexuality can be biological, yes, but there's also evidence (most notably Kinsey's studies) that supports that sexuality can change over a persons lifetime. So to answer this question, it depends on the person.
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