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Is Gayness Genetic?

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littlea53

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Today I watched the episode of Family Guy where Peter gets a Gay Gene. That got me wondering. Is Gayness Genetic?

Honestly, I think it is a choice. If a person is born gay and it is a gene, the gene wouldn't be able to be passed because of the inability to reproduce and pass down the gene. Think about it. If a Homosexual is born with a gay gene, and falls in love with another Homosexual, how are they going to carry a baby? They aren't able to. So I believe Gayness is chosen be it at a young age, high school, mid 50's, whenever it shall be.
 
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Kingsley

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No.
I didn't chose to be gay, or I would be straight. I seriously think all gays were born that way, I mean I remember being a little kid and thinking some guy I saw on tv was attractive. I've never been sexually attracted to females. I think everyone that thinks being gay is a choice is obviously a straight person. Ask many a gay and they'll tell you they were born that way. Also, there has been investigation into the gay-gene theory and it was dis-proven.
 
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Megaton666

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Yes, in most cases it's genetic, in others it depends on birth order. But honestly it doesn't matter. They shouldn't be discriminated against either way.
 
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CSolarstorm

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In my experience, it really seems like it. One of my moms came from a Seventh Day Adventist family (super-orthodox religious) and even as her brother and her were on opposite sides of the coast, they both ended up gay.

We're also pretty sure my other mom's father is gay. He could have just been exceptionally effeminate, I suppose, but old photos show he was really, really close with his guy friends. It wasn't the age where somebody could come out back then.

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I didn't chose to be gay, or I would be straight. I seriously think all gays were born that way, I mean I remember being a little kid and thinking some guy I saw on tv was attractive. I've never been sexually attracted to females. I think everyone that thinks being gay is a choice is obviously a straight person. Ask many a gay and they'll tell you they were born that way. Also, there has been investigation into the gay-gene theory and it was dis-proven.
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If they were born that way but it's not genetic, what do you think the cause is? Also, that investigation only shows so far that no studies have found a gay gene in order to prove that saying there is one is a fallacy. But it did not actually disprove the idea that a gay gene exists, because another study could come along and succeed.
 
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Sadib

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How could anyone take a thread with "gayness" in the title seriously? People who thinks homosexuality is a choice, that gay people are only gay because it's easier than being straight, are bisexual themselves.
 
Meowth City

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What! Did you seriously get the idea to make a thread from watching Family Guy? I don't think homosexuality is genetic AT ALL! I am bi and no one in my family has ever been gay and I certainly didn't choose it either. Why would anyone actively choose to be gay if your life would be easier if you were straight. Not saying there are not peaks to being gay, but what about in the past when it wasn't acceptable to be gay [in fact illegal]? It is NOT a choice. It's true that Family Guy makes jokes about that all the time, but they're just jokes not facts. Sarcasim is lost on some people. As for passing down the suppose 'gay gene', have you ever heard of insemination? Science makes it possible for gay parents to have kids.
 
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Tropios

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SunnyC said:
If they were born that way but it's not genetic, what do you think the cause is? Also, that investigation only shows so far that no studies have found a gay gene in order to prove that saying there is one is a fallacy. But it did not actually disprove the idea that a gay gene exists, because another study could come along and succeed.
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I have no idea what is the cause, but it's not a choice. You can't chose what you fall in love with. If it was a choice, then why want a lot of gay people to be straight when they start to get those feelings? You're not gay and you have no idea what it is like
 
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bel9

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Lol Punnett square and "bred out"

Heterozygous can be beneficial in certain situations (i.e. sickle cell anemia/malaria in the tropics) so the argument "it would be bred out" falls flat right there.

Not to mention that brothers and sisters of the homosexual individual would still possibly carry the genetic information for the homosexuality.

If sexuality is genetic, then it is probably more than just a simple "punnett square."

Also, there could be a number of hormonal factors in the mother that could play into sexuality as well.

Eitherway, pretty sure it is more than just "a choice."
 
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Casual

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Recessive genes, OP.

That being snarkily said, I believe there are a number of factors that might cause someone to be gay, such as a boy having more estrogen than testosterone or a girl who likes "masculine" things such as fixing cars or fiddling with electronics which might naturally segue into preferring boys as friends and being curious and/or not understanding about girls.

Regardless, the notion that someone wakes up one morning and says "Today I feel like boning another guy" is complete ignorance. Every homosexual and bisexual person I've met has been curious or uncertain their entire lives regarding their sexuality, myself included. Whether or not these uncertain or "different" feelings were caused by an outside source, I can't say. But using myself as an example, I have always found other girls attractive and preferred having male friends because I understood them better. Later on I had a case of gender confusion as well. I was raised in a very devout Christian household and yet the feelings were there even then.

More interesting, though, is that 16 years after I was born my mother discovered her biological parents (the people who raised me had adopted my mother) and I found out my great aunt was lesbian. So it's quite possibly genetic, considering I was a raging dyke already by then.
 
Drake Pokétrainer

Drake Pokétrainer

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I think it's psychological and develops when the person is really young.

For an instance, I know identical twin sisters where one of them is straight and the other's bi while they're genetically the same.
 
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Dear Insanity

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I'll counter those saying that you're born gay/bi by saying that my aunt is bisexual, and she always tells me it was down to her choice. That may just be an odd case however.
 
Drake Pokétrainer

Drake Pokétrainer

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Casual said:
Do your homework!
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Do it yourself. I said they're genetically the same, so does your article. The question is also if being gay is genetic. So please read the articles you send yourself before making comments like that.

Identical twins behave different because of their experiences, surroundings, the people they know, etc...

Which is pretty much what I said, it's not genetic.
 
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Casual

Dance till I drop
Drake Pokétrainer said:
Do it yourself. I said they're genetically the same, so does your article. The question is also if being gay is genetic. So please read the articles you send yourself before making comments like that.

Identical twins behave different because of their experiences, surroundings, the people they know, etc...

Which is pretty much what I said, it's not genetic.
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A study published in the March 2008 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics offers further explanation, even challenging the accepted notion that identical twins have identical genetic profiles. The research found changes in the DNA sequence between identical twins, reflected in Copy Number Variations (when a gene exists in multiple copies.) The research did not confirm whether these changes occur during fetal development or as twins age.
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Absol6028

What did you say...?
Honestly, how can 'gayness' be genetic? It's a choice you have. You can choose to be attracted to another male or you can choose to be attracted to a female. It's all about prefence.

I know some guys who are gay themselves. They don't have gay parents or anything about that. It's their choice so how could it be 'genetic'? Maybe if their parents were gay and they grew up around it, then that may, keyword: MAY, be different. But honestly,. I don't see how gayness is 'genetic'

It's a choice of your own. Genetics has nothing to do with it IMO
 
Drake Pokétrainer

Drake Pokétrainer

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Casual said:
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That also happens with other people. Your genes usually change a little during your life cycle. However these changes are rarely big (except if you develop genetic diseases) and pretty much couldn't be the reason why someone's gay.
 
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Casual

Dance till I drop
Absol6028 said:
Honestly, how can 'gayness' be genetic? It's a choice you have. You can choose to be attracted to another male or you can choose to be attracted to a female. It's all about prefence.
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Just like how I choose to like certain foods or be turned on by certain genders OH WAIT. :1

You can choose whether or not you want to date someone of the same sex, but you cannot choose what your body is inclined to like. You can't choose to be attracted to anyone. You just are.


Drake Pokétrainer said:
That also happens with other people. Your genes usually change a little during your life cycle. However these changes are rarely big (except if you develop genetic diseases) and pretty much couldn't be the reason why someone's gay.
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Maybe the gay gene is small, who knows. I'm not saying it's genetic or otherwise though, I'm simply saying it's more likely than what the OP suggests.

That and identical twins being completely the same thing kind of irked me but I'm not disagreeing with your point. I'm just bein snarky so sorry if I came across like a know-it-all.
 
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ebilly99

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Absol6028 said:
Honestly, how can 'gayness' be genetic? It's a choice you have. You can choose to be attracted to another male or you can choose to be attracted to a female. It's all about prefence.

I know some guys who are gay themselves. They don't have gay parents or anything about that. It's their choice so how could it be 'genetic'? Maybe if their parents were gay and they grew up around it, then that may, keyword: MAY, be different. But honestly,. I don't see how gayness is 'genetic'

It's a choice of your own. Genetics has nothing to do with it IMO
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You don't chose who you are attracted to, And that is why christian camps that "Reform" Homosexuals fail. We are who we are, and while there is a million and one things that determine who we are attracted to it is never a choice. (Ps amounts of estrogen while devoloping is also a player in sexual orintation.)
 
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Grei

not the color
Oh my God. Not this again. This debate will spiral into a flame war against a troll, mark my words.

Also, I feel like "The Gayness Gene" as a title isn't exactly... correct.

Anyway, like everyone here has said so far, it's not a gene. Studies have proven this, and it's been common knowledge for quite some time among the people who aren't complete idiots.
 
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