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I have always think homosexuality wasn't a choice and that they were born that and stuff.But my teacher said it was.So what do you thiink?And im still for gay rights and all those stuff and i have gay friends so yea!

[Angxizzle]

...i feel like this is going to cause alot of arguing like another thread that was kinda simliar to this one.

[iAM_Vindicated]

i think it depends.. i truly think that some people are born homosexual. haven't you heard of children who display signs of homosexuality at a very early stage in their life? i.e. male child playing with barbies and experimenting with girl clothes and makeup.

and then there are some people who make the choice of being homosexual through adolescence.

i don't think that there is only one answer as to how people become homosexual.

[daedalus]

This is a pointless discussion. It will just reduce to "you are an evil person..how the bloody hell can you support that," and the "NO U" arguments.

My position is this: I don't care. If a state wants to criminalize sodomy they can do it. If a state wants to legalize gay marriage they can do that too. You can do whatever the hell you want, but do it through the legislature, don't try to pull the equal protection bullocks and try to get judges to legislate from the bench.

inb4 mini cooperstorm.

[pocketsoul]

If homosexuality was a choice, I doubt that the suicide rate of homosexual teenagers would be where it is. I get seriously irked when people think that homsexuals can be 'converted'. You try changing your sexual preference and see how that works out.

[hihihi]

maybe sometimes, people subconsiosly "choose" to become homosexual, like they didn't really choose but if they grew up differently or somewhere else with different people maybe they wouldn't have become homosexual but bisexual or hetrosexual depending on the situatin.

[MythnoonA]

I have always think homosexuality wasn't a choice and that they were born that and stuff.But my teacher said it was.So what do you thiink?And im still for gay rights and all those stuff and i have gay friends so yea!

it's your teacher's opinion I guess. Has he ever even known any gay people? I agree with you. That's what I think too--after knowing gay men since I was little)--my best male friend in high school, and others, on top of months of research for a school paper. I think you get what you get, like eye and hair color. I'm not a scientist with evidence--it's just a feeling I have. eThe male people I've asked have said something similar--they knew they liked boys at early ages--the avg was between 8 and 11. Playing with Barbies and even makeup doesn't necessarily mean a kid could be gay--after all, there are many hetero men who are famous for playing at being women---and have been for centuries. Some *may* be gay--but that doesn't mean they were influenced by surroundings, or the way they were brought up. Nothing can make you gay, or anything else.

maybe sometimes, people subconsiosly "choose" to become homosexual, like they didn't really choose but if they grew up differently or somewhere else with different people maybe they wouldn't have become homosexual but bisexual or hetrosexual depending on the situatin.

sometimes people are in certain situations where there may be experimenting going on because of their living situation--like at an all-boy's school, or jail-other male only things-some guys may really be gay--but others adapt to their surroundings and go with what's available.

If homosexuality was a choice, I doubt that the suicide rate of homosexual teenagers would be where it is. I get seriously irked when people think that homsexuals can be 'converted'. You try changing your sexual preference and see how that works out.

that, and tons of other examples. I'll never understand how someone can even think that way--saying it's a choice a person makes--why would someone choose to be something that could get him kicked out, ostracised; beaten....or worse.

[faydradonovan]

A couple of years ago I took a human sexuality course at school and my professor was talking about this study that suggests that gay men are attracted to the same pheromones as straight females.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...0_gayscent.html

Personally, I don't think its a choice at all. I have a cousin who knew he was gay at a very young age and everyone in my family could tell. He was treated really badly by his stepfather and by his classmates because of it. He even went so far as to "fake" date one of my sister's friends so that he wouldn't get picked on at school. (The girl offered to fake date him, he wasn't deceiving her.) It makes me really sad to think someone would have to live a fake life just to be treated like a human being.

[Malice_Kaiser]

NO IT'S NOT A CHOICE.



End of story, y/n/m?

[Phaze5ive]

If it weren't a choice, how do you explain bisexuals? They were coded to like both women and men? Evolution is progressive, not regressive.

It's a lifestyle choice based on nurture and development, like being fat. Yea, you might be genetically predispose, but genes don't make you stuff your face constantly.

[emceej]

in my opinion, no it's not a choice. it's not like a person wakes up the next day and says "oh i think im gay." it doesn't really work that way. some people are born to be gay or straight. it's not a choice.

Personally, I don't think its a choice at all. I have a cousin who knew he was gay at a very young age and everyone in my family could tell. He was treated really badly by his stepfather and by his classmates because of it. He even went so far as to "fake" date one of my sister's friends so that he wouldn't get picked on at school. (The girl offered to fake date him, he wasn't deceiving her.) It makes me really sad to think someone would have to live a fake life just to be treated like a human being.

yeah my friend was like that. i knew him for as long as i could remember. he got teased and made fun of because of the way he acted. his parents treated him like an outsider. but he told me that he rather get teased and called a disgrace in his family rather than living a life to be someone he's not. so i support him. he's really a nice guy and it's sad to know that people treat him rather differently.

[k9krazy123]

like the earlier post. Why would someone choose to get beaten up and stuff?

[IlikeChicken]

No, I can't believe people still think we have some "gay switch" or some stupid mini cooper like that.

Hey look I'm getting turned on by guys now!! NOW IM NOT! NOW I AM AGAIN!

Yup

[Haneul~]

people here are right ~
my best friend is Gay ~
most people who are gay are bisexual first..
is just they don't accept it
but..
is not a choice you born with it ..
and no oen can change that ~ .

[DOVAHKIIN]

Threads about homosexuality never get anywhere.