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.
Contents:
- BEG GAY NOT A CHOICE: SCIENCE CONTRADICTS BEN CARSON
- IS BEG 'GAY' A CHOICE? SCIENCE SAYS Y (BUT NOT THE WAY YOU'RE THKG)
- WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
BEG GAY NOT A CHOICE: SCIENCE CONTRADICTS BEN CARSON
Many scientific studi suggt that people don't choose to be gay, ntrary to the claims of Republin printial hopeful Ben Carson. * being gay not a choice *
Ben Carson, a retired nrosurgeon and printial hopeful, recently apologized for a statement which he said beg gay is "absolutely" a an terview on CNN, the potential 2016 Republin printial ndidate mented that "a lot of people who go to prison, go to prison straight, and when they e out they're gay, so did somethg happen while they were there? "Sce then, he has apologized for the divisivens of his ments, but hasn't backed down om the notn that beg gay is somethg people scientists would disagree.
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IS BEG 'GAY' A CHOICE? SCIENCE SAYS Y (BUT NOT THE WAY YOU'RE THKG)
But some gen may make beg gay likelier.
WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
For stance, a 2014 study the journal Psychologil Medice showed that a gene on the X chromosome (one of the sex chromosom) lled Xq28 and a gene on chromosome 8 seem to be found higher prevalence men who are gay.
That study, volvg more than 400 pairs of gay brothers, followed the 1993 report by geicist Dean Hamer suggtg the existence of a "gay gene. " Other rearch has found that beg gay or lbian tends to n fai.
It's also more likely for two intil tws, who share all of their gen, to both be gay than is for two aternal tws, who share jt half of their gen, to both be homosexual. A 2012 study proposed that epigeic chang, or alteratns marks on DNA that turn certa gen on and off, may play a role homosexualy.