In an exclive terview wh PkNews, Jeremy Corbyn talks gay rights, the AIDS epimic, Madonna or Cher, and is held to acunt historic lks to Iran.
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NO, JEREMY CORBYN WASN'T BEG OFFENSIVE BY SAYG THAT PEOPLE 'CHOSE' TO BE GAY
Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailDpe all the furore surroundg Jeremy Corbyn’s latt gaffe, that people “chose” to be gay, the argument that the Labour lear is somehow an ignorant homophobe is tth is, I have no ia why I’m gay, and while would be nice to thk that I was “born this way”, and geic studi strongly suggt this may well be the se, shouldn’t matter if ’s a “liftyle choice”, to borrow a phrase that’s been thrown at me by relig iends.
I’ve never met anyone that claims to have nscly cid to be gay, but that don’t mean ’s not what did Corbyn really mean when he said, at an LGBT History Month lnch event, that he stood by those who choose to be LGBT any form? And que ankly, beg openly gay n still be an absolute chore.
I unrstand the mere suggtn that 's a choice n be troublg, pecially as this reasong is ed to jtify uhil practic such as gay nversn therapy.