[Samseau]

(06-13-2015 11:11 PM)Mr. Wolf Wrote:  

I usually love reading this forum, but I am surprised by the anti-gay sentiment here. People are born gay; it's not a choice. My brother didn't "choose" to dress up as Wonder Woman at 4 years old, or to clomp around the house in our mother's shoes and clothes. It's just something he felt he needed to do. The fact that I couldn't believe he was doing that shit, and that it upset dad to no end is just a further testament that being gay is not a "choice" and it is not an easy burden to bear.

What you're seeing is a tipping-point function. Once someone has a beloved family member who is openly gay, they see things differently. See Dick Cheney. His putting Wolf Blitzer in his god-damned place after bringing up Cheney's gay daughter for no good reason is classic frame-control:

https://youtu.be/LL-q5vvaDmw

I can't believe I missed this post.

I used to think being gay was genetic. But now I know that is false. The research on genetic twin studies puts the "gay gene" theory to rest:

http://www.hollanddavis.com/?p=3647

Quote:

Eight major studies of identical twins in Australia, the U.S., and Scandinavia during the last two decades all arrive at the same conclusion: gays were not born that way.

“At best genetics is a minor factor,” says Dr. Neil Whitehead, PhD. Whitehead worked for the New Zealand government as a scientific researcher for 24 years, then spent four years working for the United Nations and International Atomic Energy Agency. Most recently, he serves as a consultant to Japanese universities about the effects of radiation exposure. His PhD is in biochemistry and statistics.



Identical twins have the same genes or DNA. They are nurtured in equal prenatal conditions. If homosexuality is caused by genetics or prenatal conditions and one twin is gay, the co-twin should also be gay.

“Because they have identical DNA, it ought to be 100%,” Dr. Whitehead notes. But the studies reveal something else. “If an identical twin has same-sex attraction the chances the co-twin has it are only about 11% for men and 14% for women.”

Because identical twins are always genetically identical, homosexuality cannot be genetically dictated. “No-one is born gay,” he notes. “The predominant things that create homosexuality in one identical twin and not in the other have to be post-birth factors.”

Dr. Whitehead believes same-sex attraction (SSA) is caused by “non-shared factors,” things happening to one twin but not the other, or a personal response to an event by one of the twins and not the other.

For example, one twin might have exposure to pornography or sexual abuse, but not the other. One twin may interpret and respond to their family or classroom environment differently than the other. “These individual and idiosyncratic responses to random events and to common environmental factors predominate,” he says.

Full research here:

http://www.mygenes.co.nz/PDFs/Ch3.pdf