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born gay or not

Scientists have unvered the strongt evince yet the bate of whether people are 'born gay'.

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ARE WE BORN GAY?

The theory that people are "born gay" has been ed to argue that sexual orientatn is siar to race - that "gay is the new black." Based largely on this premise, the proposed "Equaly Act," which is currently unr nsiratn Congrs, would treat sexual orientatn exactly like race unr feral civil rights laws. But is te that sexual orientatn is termed at (or before) birth? * born gay or not *

Will our child grow up to be gay or straight? ) and adult homosexualy. But on the other, he totally wrtl wh the image produced by the ia that one might be "born gay, " of a ltle male neonate appearg wh illy pk diapers and graspg a Barbie doll.

Plörl pared self-clared homosexual or heterosexual inti adults to their memori of genr nformy childhood. First, by ncentratg on the left si of the graphs, the rear n see that there is a segment of adult gay men who remember beg highly genr non-nformg as kids.

But there were a signifint number of genr-nformg men who, nohels, veloped a gay or bisexual inty adulthood.

IS A PERSON ‘BORN GAY’, OR IS BEG GAY A LEARNED BEHAVR?

Born gay--is this a proven or unproven ncept? Do a new ad mpaign which a uple births a lbian baby reflect that we're born gay? * born gay or not *

Maybe we n agree that the image evoked by "born gay"—that ltle girl neonate appearg wearg overalls and graspg a toy tck—do not help thk through qutns of sexual sire and inty. Beg gay is not a choice for people. What we do know is that there isn’t one sgle gene that explas homosexualy.

The most nvcg data about the geic basis of homosexualy om lookg at tws.

CLIL STUDY CONFIRMS PEOPLE ARE NOT BLOGILLY “BORN GAY”

Beg gay has a lot to do wh geics. Some of the bt evince that homosexualy has a strong geic part om tw studi. Tw studi of homosexualy have shown that intil tws are about twice as likely to both be gay pared to aternal tws.

THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

This means that beg gay is partly geic, and not simply somethg that a person learns or choos.

IS ANYONE BORN GAY?

If the DNA sequence were the only thg termg whether someone is gay or not, we would expect intil tws to match 100% of the time. If one tw is gay, the other is gay about 50% of the time as well. What other factors might fluence whether someone is gay?

When lookg at large fai, scientists saw that men wh lots of olr brothers were more likely to be gay.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BEG BORN GAY?

Men wh lots of olr brothers are more likely to be gay. Of urse, this isn’t the only environmental explanatn for how people are born gay – there are plenty of men wh olr brothers who are not gay.

MDG THERAPYMENTAL HEALTH AND POP CULTURE MEETMA MENUSKIP TO PRIMARY NTENTSKIP TO SENDARY NTENTHOMECONTACTABOUT (SORT OF)NOVEL “MDG THERAPY”SCREENPLAYDISCLAIMER/PRIVACY/COMMENTS POLICY SEARCH POST NAVIGATN ← PREV NEXT →BORN GAY–OR NOT: PROVEN OR UNPROVEN? DO IT MATTER?

And there are plenty of gay men wh no olr brothers!

ARE YOU BORN GAY OR IS A CHOICE? SCIENTISTS MIGHT HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER

Even though the evince is pretty strong for homosexualy beg partly geic, some people don’t accept .

The argument monly go: If gay men and women are ls likely to have babi, they won’t pass on their gen. So any “gay gen” should disappear. Ergo, beg gay n’t be geic.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* BORN GAY OR NOT

Clil Study Confirms People Are Not Blogilly "Born Gay" .

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