Are they supportive? How do they speak of the LGBT community ? These should be good indicators of their opinions and positions. Share a few stories of your friends, celebrities, etc. Do you have gay acquaintances in common? Talk about them. If you are unsure of how people around you would react, gauge their opinions discreetly. Besides, don't you want people to support you instead of merely shocking them? Be sure to come out in a peaceful environment for your own peace of mind. If, on the other hand, you consider someone to be gay only if they act on their same-sex attraction then being gay can be considered a choice depending on an individual's behavior.īut the real question is, does this really matter? If a person is an adult, is it anyone's business whom he or she is attracted to or has sexual relations with? Whether science can ultimately prove the biology of being gay or not, it's important to support all adults in their choices no matter how they identify.This decision should come from positive thoughts, not in a fit of anger or sadness. It very much appears that same-sex sexual attraction is not a choice but acting on it is so if you define gay as the mere presence of same-sex attraction, then from everything we understand, being gay is not a choice. Is Being Gay a Choice?Ĭonsidering whether people choose to be gay is complex. While psychological factors may increase the likelihood that someone is gay, no single factor is known to cause homosexuality.
Study of family history reveals that homosexual men have more homosexuals in their family tree than do heterosexuals."
"In recent years, evidence has accumulated that a homosexual orientation is inherited. Modern science is working to show that genetics is one of the causes of being gay, although some science conflicts in this area. (read: Cure the Gay: Gay Conversion Therapy – Real or Hoax?) The reasons people are gay are both physiological and psychological.
No one knows for certain why any individual is gay, but the current thought is that being gay is not a choice. In other words, 5-10% of people experience same-sex sexual attraction or behavior of course, this doesn't speak to what makes people gay. "Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex." The simplest answer is to look at the definition of the word "gay." The term gay is a synonym for homosexual, which is defined as, 1,2 Estimates as to the number of gay people in the population range from 1-in-20 to 1-in-10, so why are some people gay? Are they gay by choice or is being gay genetic?