Studies on being born gay

Across cultures, 2% to 10% of people report having queer relations. In the U.S., 1% to % of women and men, respectively, identify as lgbtq+. Despite these numbers, many people still consider homosexual deed to be an anomalous choice. However, biologists have documented homosexual behavior in more than species, arguing that homosexual behavior is not an unnatural decision, and may in fact play a vital role within populations.

In a issue of Science magazine, geneticist Andrea Ganna at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and colleagues, described the largest survey to date for genes associated with gay behavior. By interpreting the DNA of nearly half a million people from the U.S. and the U.K., they concluded that genes account for between 8% and 25% of same-sex conduct.

Numerous studies contain established that sex is not just male or female. Rather, it is a continuum that emerges from a person’s genetic makeup. Nonetheless, misconceptions persist that same-sex attraction is a decision that warrants condemnation or conversion, and leads to discrimination and persecution.

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Massive Study Finds No Available Genetic Cause of Gay Sexual Behavior

Few aspects of human biology are as complex—or politically fraught—as sexual orientation. A clear genetic link would suggest that gay people are “born this way,” as opposed to having made a lifestyle choice. Yet some fear that such a finding could be misused to “cure” homosexuality, and most research teams own shied away from tackling the topic.

Now a novel study claims to dispel the notion that a single gene or handful of genes make a person prone to gay behavior. The analysis, which examined the genomes of nearly half a million men and women, create that although genetics are certainly involved in who people choose to include sex with, there are no specific genetic predictors. Yet some researchers scrutinize whether the analysis, which looked at genes connected with sexual activity rather than attraction, can sketch any real conclusions about sexual orientation.

“The message should remain the same that this is a complex behavior that genetics definitely plays a par

Are Some People Born Gay?

Many Christian parents have asked me this question. They are struggling with a child who has recently “come out” and are trying to grapple with this new reality. These parents have lovingly taught their children the Bible, taken them to church all their young lives, and can’t understand how their children could possibly choose this sinful sexual behavior. They think biology may help explain what they are wrestling to explain any other way. So can it? And if biology can describe it, is homosexual deed still sinful if God made them that way?

An Evolutionary Dead End

From an evolutionary perspective, it really wouldn’t make any instinct for homosexuality to own a biological basis. One of the major tenets of evolution is reproduction and passing on one’s genes to the next generation. As one storyteller put it, “The life of homosexuality amounts to a profound evolutionary mystery, since failing to move through on your genes means that your genetic fitness is a resounding zero.”1

And if homosexual behavior has a genetic component, how could it even be passed on to

Is a person &#x;born gay&#x;, or is being gay a learned behavior?

Being gay is not a choice for people. Instead, it appears to be a fundamental part of who someone is. It is not a learned behavior. Which also means that people cannot “unlearn” their sexual orientation.

Of course just because we know it isn’t usually a learned behavior, that doesn’t express that we have a nice explanation for what is going on biologically. We don’t.

What we do know is that there isn’t one single gene that explains homosexuality. Something as complicated as sexual orientation is going to involve lots of genes. And not only that, but it will involve the environment too.

Now by the environment I don’t just mean an overprotective mom or a domineering dad. “Environment” is a catchall for everything that isn’t a gene. For instance, what the fetus experienced while in the mother’s womb can affect its growth and influence behavior later on in life.

So even though you might expect that the environment only causes temporary changes, that’s not always the case. The environment can cause brains to be