Is there scientific or psychological evidence why some people are gay?

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Almost everybody you ask will give different answers. Most people, including all gay people say that it isn't a choice and so must be psychologically caused. As far as I am aware, there are no people who have claimed to have 'turned gay' after being straight. Recent evidence suggests (but does not necessarily prove) that the brain is configured in people to control their sexuality.

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I have come up with a personal theory I would like people to add onto or tell me what they think. it is very out there but i think i have discovered why people are gay.

Taking Freud's theory about how from age 3-5, children are all obsessed with the parent of the opposite sex and have huge hatred for the parent of their own sex, well taking that theory and saying that this is what make people straight, this exact time in the child's life makes them straight. What i think is turning people Gay is missing that fundamental stage of obsession and hate and that if you miss that, you never truly become any sexual orientation, therefore, getting confused, and either choosing, Gay or Bi or hiding it. I also think that the reason there is not as many gays, bis or lesbians say 50 years ago is not because people hid it, but simply that no one was really gay. Let me explain, I think that it all has to do with the way kids are raised now compared to the way they were say 50 years ago, I think that kids are raised so drastically different now that at age 3-5 more and more are missing this fundamental time and this is what makes them gay. It is not that the world is changing and has even gotten more open, its that people just werent gay and now because of this skip in fundamental building blocks, there are more and more gay people and the world is just adapting.

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Regarding the previous answer, Freud's theory is just that, and generalizations aren't really an exact science if you know what i mean. Sexual orientation is guided by many things, not just the major coming of age events. I mean even the term -sexual orientation really specifies too much on the fact that sex is all that's important in the orientation of a person ( what else is *more* important hmm?).

So getting the terms correct is important when your trying to explain something that is really broad and personal at the same time, try and think of the real solution, not the problem, and think about how you think, that's important.......but generally people are born gay, because they are born (or choose to live) gay...and that's it... the simplest explanation is always the most likely, and you or anyone else wont ever be able to pin it down with generalizations or some concrete evidence, because life just isn't like that .

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Regarding the answer above, there are no more gay people now then 50 or 100 years ago, its just that this new age ( and the new age media) allows people to live lifestyles more free and vocal in all types of expression-and thank god. Consider all the freaks and beauties in the city, i mean there is so much variety, and I personally wouldn't have it any other way, its just too interesting.

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"...not because people hid it, but simply that no one was really gay" - This comment has me worried because what your thoughts are saying is that there was a time where people were not "really" gay, because of some standard of raising children, ( a western standard at that~!) and now people are growing up gay because of less formal rearing. This simply isn't the case. ...BIAS my friend is the outcome censors of information that flows in and about circuits that loop like New York City subways through your mind. Such bold conclusions and assertions will have you arriving at the same conclusions about life ( usually the one you want to see) as most people in our world who choose to see the simple and rigid ideals of the amazingly varied world we live in- and that destination is something you will have to figure out on your own :P

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I hear over and over that homosexuality is "unnatural". I grew up on farms, and also have spent many hours quietly observing wild animals in their natural habitat, along with pets, etc, and all I can say is that those people must have never so much as owned a couple of male (or female) dogs. Same-gender coitus is everwhere in nature.

On a dairy farm where I worked, the cows were watched for their heat cycles based on whether or not they were doing the riding or letting the others ride them. Nature is full of this phenomenon, so it's hard to understand why humans, who profess themselves to be the smartest animals on earth (another rant altogether) have such a problem with it.

Answer 2

There is evidence to suggest that sexual orientation is influenced by a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. However, the exact cause of someone being gay is not completely understood and may vary from person to person. It is important to respect and support individuals regardless of their sexual orientation.