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Contents:
- WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
- IS THERE A “GAY GENE"?
- SEARCH FOR 'GAY GEN' COM UP SHORT IN LARGE NEW STUDY
- THERE’S (STILL) NO GAY GENE
- IS THERE A 'GAY GENE'? THE PROBLEM WH STUDI NNECTG GEICS AND LGBTQ INTY
- WHAT DO THE NEW ‘GAY GEN’ TELL ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN?
- THERE’S NO ONE ‘GAY GENE,’ BUT GEICS ARE LKED TO SAME-SEX BEHAVR, NEW STUDY SAYS
WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
Why are people gay? Are they gay by choice or is beg gay geic? Are they born gay? Learn about the and reasons for beg gay. * a gay genes *
Estimat as to the number of gay people the populatn range om 1--20 to 1--10, so why are some people gay?
Are they gay by choice or is beg gay geic?
IS THERE A “GAY GENE"?
Is there a 'gay gene'? The problem wh new studi nnectg geics and LGBTQ inty * a gay genes *
The simplt answer is to look at the fn of the word "gay.
" The term gay is a synonym for homosexual, which is fed as, 1, 2. In other words, 5-10% of people experience same-sex sexual attractn or behavr; of urse, this don't speak to what mak people gay.
No one knows for certa why any dividual is gay, but the current thought is that beg gay is not a choice. (read: Cure the Gay: Gay Conversn Therapy – Real or Hoax?
SEARCH FOR 'GAY GEN' COM UP SHORT IN LARGE NEW STUDY
) The reasons people are gay are both physlogil and psychologil. Why Are People Gay?
Morn science is workg to show that geics is one of the of beg gay, although some science nflicts this area. "In recent years, evince has accumulated that a homosexual orientatn is hered.
Study of fay history reveals that homosexual men have more homosexuals their fay tree than do heterosexuals. The precise gen volved the of beg gay have not yet been intified but they appear to e om the mother.
THERE’S (STILL) NO GAY GENE
Addnally, some studi have found that the bras om homosexuals differ om the bras of heterosexuals. Psychologil reasons also appear to be part of why a person is gay.
Acrdg to, what mak people gay may clu:5. A female-domated upbrgg a gay man's past, wh an absence of a male role mol. While psychologil factors may crease the likelihood that someone is gay, no sgle factor is known to e homosexualy.
Is Beg Gay a Choice? Consirg whether people choose to be gay is plex. It very much appears that same-sex sexual attractn is not a choice but actg on is; so if you fe gay as the mere prence of same-sex attractn, then om everythg we unrstand, beg gay is not a choice.
IS THERE A 'GAY GENE'? THE PROBLEM WH STUDI NNECTG GEICS AND LGBTQ INTY
If, on the other hand, you nsir someone to be gay only if they act on their same-sex attractn then beg gay n be nsired a choice pendg on an dividual's behavr.
Whether science n ultimately prove the blogy of beg gay or not, 's important to support all adults their choic no matter how they intify. Gay By Choice or Is Beg Gay Geic?, HealthyPlace.
“So, is there really a gay gene? But even more pellg is their argument that the different ways of beg gay also lead to different ways of beg gay.
WHAT DO THE NEW ‘GAY GEN’ TELL ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN?
For stance, the mon assumptn that all gay men are effemate is simply wrong. Fay studi dite that homosexualy clters some fai but not others. Different Ways of Beg Gay.
THERE’S NO ONE ‘GAY GENE,’ BUT GEICS ARE LKED TO SAME-SEX BEHAVR, NEW STUDY SAYS
Gay men often tegorize themselv to what they ll “tops” and “bottoms” ('s also possible to be a "swch").
Later-born mal are more likely than first-borns to be gay, but only as bottoms, not as tops. In other words, this pattern of rults would appear to place gay men at the two extrem of the “mascule” sle, wh heterosexual mal occupyg the middle ground, “bottoms” at the lower end, and “tops” at the higher end.
In sum, the data suggt that askg whether there’s a “gay gene” isn’t the right way to thk about the issue.