What causes people to be homosexual?

Question

What causes people to be homosexual?

Answer 1

I've been with my lovely wife for six years and we married last year. Nothing "causes" anyone to be gay. There are many theories out there, but they're still only theories. Sexual orientation is innate.



Unfortunately, there are many people who choose to believe our sexuality is a choice. Why would anyone choose to be something that causes such controversy and hatred?



The American Psychological Association says it is just as natural as heterosexuality.



Here is what the American Psychological Association says about homosexuality: http://www.apa.org/topics/sorientation.html



The American Psychological Association is not the only one. The following organizations have done research separately and happen to all agree that homosexuality is just as natural as heterosexuality:



American Psychological Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Counseling Association

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Anthropological Association

American Psychoanalytic Association

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology



Also check out: "Is It A Choice?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liAlLNA9cbY



EDIT: Looking at your previous Q&A's on Y!A, I see you're probably only looking for answers that reaffirm your ignorance. Too bad.



@ Hotch: My thoughts exactly, LOL! ;D

Answer 2

I also don't know why this is in the disabilities section - it should be in the cultures and groups "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender" section...



But anyway.. no one knows why people "become" homosexual. There is a strong belief that it is in the DNA makeup.. but I don't know that I necessarily believe this.



I found out on Facebook that my partner's youngest brother was in a relationship with a male. I spoke to my partner about it, and he was in denial for quite a while.. he said it was a practical joke, or maybe (because his brother is a little "alternative") he was just experimenting.



I refused to believe this. I had always had my suspicions that he was gay, but while my partner chose not to believe it there was not much we could do about it.



He spoke to his middle brother about it, and his middle brother took the viewpoint that "it's his business and he can do what he wants" - point was that he hadn't told his parents, yet there it was on Facebook for all their overseas relatives to see.



Eventually his youngest brother told my partner that he was dating a guy, because (and this is his reasoning, not mine and not my partner's) "all the girls I meet are so superficial, they are drama queens and they nag. I can't meet a decent girl, but he gives me everything I need. I'm really happy with him".



So he is claiming that the reason he is dating a guy is because women just aren't cutting it but (and again, his words not mine) "I could swing either way" telling us that he's bisexual and it's a case of meeting the right woman.



There are other men who say the feeling of being attracted to a female has never even entered their head. They just feel attracted to men. I guess this is the same for lesbian females.



I think this is a debate which will continue to be fought.. nature or nurture.. no one actually knows.



Edit: Thumbs down brigade are out again are they? Every post has at least one thumbs down, most with 2 or more. *sigh*

Answer 3

I'm going to give a very politically incorrect answer here, so be prepared. Attractions are developed. All babies are born without any sexual preference whatsoever. It's a mystery how attractions originate, but they usually start happening around 10 or 11. Children this young aren't usually sexually attractive, they just begin to have feelings of attraction to other humans, yes even to teachers. What decides if they are heterosexual or homosexual has a lot to do with influences. Not so much conscious influences, but unconscious influences. It's all about what they have developed an interest in. We know this because some kids are not attracted to either sex, and some are attracted to things I won't mention. It's like a person who becomes good, or a person who becomes evil. There are no evil babies, they only become evil. I know some people will argue brain evaluation, but no one knows for sure what causes the brain to develop one way the another. So the bottom line is that each person's brain develops a certain way. Why do you think most kids hate spinach. By the way, this is just my opinion.

Answer 4

To "pass" gay? If it have been genetic does not you already "be" gay? besides, no, sexuality is developmental. it relatively is shaped via years upon years of exterior stimuli. to assert that sexuality is genetic is like asserting that having a foot fetish is genetic, too. don't get me incorrect, nonetheless, lesser minds who might take this answer wrongly. when I say that sexuality is developmental i'm no longer asserting that's a decision. some human beings think of i'm asserting that. I call them idiots for it, biting the hand that feeds them. the essential certainty is that whilst genetics do play a minor place in figuring out somebody's sexuality, genetics have approximately as lots to do which incorporate your sexuality as your character, that's additionally debated. "Nature or Nurture?" What makes a individual who they're? Sexuality is a factor of that. yet in accordance with own adventure... might you prefer to understand what made me pass bisexual? Porn. the thought-approximately 2 adult males kissing replaced into relatively repulsive, bodily repulsive; i might actually get a gagging feeling in my abdomen. i replaced into consistently raised to be open-minded and whatnot, yet I basically discovered no sexual attraction in besides to adult males. yet, as already shown, porn desensitizes. think of, for a 2d. Did you think of vaginas regarded sexually arousing in any respect once you have been 13 and observed your first one? of course no longer, they have been gross, until, of course, you observed lots greater of them. There are patently many greater issues that shape a individual's sexuality than basically pornography, nonetheless, i'm basically utilising it as an occasion and a style of non-public adventure. Be nicely. Sexuality isn't a decision, in spite of the undeniable fact that it's not genetic the two.

Answer 5

More importantly, what causes allegedly straight homophobes to spend their lives concentrating solely on the homosexual community.



I've seen you trolling LGBT, methinks you doth protest too much.

Answer 6

Genetic factors.



What causes people to be hateful, ignorant bigots? Quite possibly the same thing.



So... can you really be intolerant of those people? What a dilemma!

Answer 7

Firstly, why is this question under "people with disabilities" instead of in the relationships section???



Secondly, in response to the person who said people are gay because "they don't have 'god' in their lives"... who's 'god' are we talking here? and why does not having this 'god' on one's life make a person gay??



Ok, now to my answer... I personally don't think there is any simple way to answer this question and there is no one thing that "causes" someone to be gay.



There may be a "reason" why someone becomes gay, put it down to bad experience, lack of mother/father figure, nature/nurture, whatever you will...



People are people and some people will be gay, some will be straight...



The question could be easily reversed to say "What causes people to be straight"????

Answer 8

Biology. Stuff about DNA, fertilization, hormones, etc. This should help you understand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXM_C3_YzbU



Oh, and for those who think that gays are God-hating Satanists: http://www.gaychristian.net/index.php?



That should answer just about all of your questions! ^_^

Answer 9

Choice

Answer 10

Hey Hotch-Late For the Sky,



Why don't you have some respect and stop calling people homohobic?



If you want respect for the LGBT, quit calling people homophobic.



Two thumb downs from disrespectful LGBT that want to shut me up.

Answer 11

i don't even think gay people know



who knows why we fall in love



mystery of the universe

Answer 12

Are you asking us to judge homosexual people?

or

Are you asking us to think that they are Disabled People?

Sorry, I don't judge.

Answer 13

it's not a disability u dolt

Answer 14

Community Sexuality Education

Answer 15

the same reason dogs hump each other...

Answer 16

Those hot strippers... mmmmmm

Answer 17

Satan.

Answer 18

First of all they just don't believe in God. and the second one is that they don't want to take the financial responsibilities of each other as well as their next generation.

Answer 19

Not having God in their life...