Gay Gene?

I think my health teacher told my class once that it's an unusual amount of a hormone of the opposite sex in you.....ex. man with lots of estrogen (female hormone)

but it's definently not gene from what Cin said.....it would be almost impossible.

 

Uh...? Producer?

If I'm correct, Stan lee was the creator of the X-men comic books, MANY years ago. If anyone wasn't gay, it'd be him. And he was the one who instilled that "zomg...did you try to change!?" feeling into the script of the comic books. The reason being, that he was looking at all indifference. Stan Lee is a smart man, and a very wise person, he know what it takes to be a good person and a hero, and to overcome indifference is one of them. I'm sure that gays today are comparable tot he mutants of X-men int he ways that they must overcome their differences, but in the same way it's different and could very well be insulting.

And yes, Gerlert, I ewas expecting that to be what you were talking about. We learned about the petuitary gland quite recently in fact. We skipped over that whole sexual preference thing, mostly because the teachers at our school, however accepting they try to act, will avoid things like homosexuals, like it doesn't even exist even though a number of their students are openly gay.

 

No.

You are gay because you like men's bottoms. You are not gay because you like boobs.

It's not a gene, it's just what you like. Kind of like taste buds. Just because your parents adored strawberries dipped in jam and butter doesn't mean you will.

 

About that,almost half of the teachers in my school are either gay/lesbian/or bi.It's strange that even they don't really want to talk about it.

 

If i was you i wouldnt admit i was gay in middle school ,if people heard that at your school you wouldn't hear the end of it.

you say you want to like girls but you cant.hmmm your definetly gay or the girls at your school are ugly.

In the future if you are looking for a husband in try one of those homo-sexual chat rooms or one of the adds on this page.

I know lots of gay people and treat them just the same.

have a nice life.

 

Yeah... that's exactly what I was thinking when I made this thread. I heard on the news they found something like that in obese people, and I thought it might be the same for homosexuals.

 

I know what you mean about gene, but I don't think it's the right terminology. You ARE born with a sexual orientation. Whether it be straight, gay, or bi.

It's NOT a choice. For anyone who believes it's a choice, take it from me. Nobody chooses to live a life of hardships in a world of social norms where so many people look down on them for being gay. Nobody wants to choose to live in fear with the many hate crimes against gay people. And I know for a fact that some people wanna live perfectly "normal" lives, but they just can't. And you can disagree, but a straight point of view is kind of hard to take in when you don't know what it's like. It's not a lifestyle, it's a part of you.

And it's not an environmental influence, or else a child who is adopted by a same-sex couple would turn out gay. And they've done studies that show that a same-sex couples children have NO difference when compared to a heterosexual couples children. Whatsoever.

But, I don't know about it being a "gene". But I think I know your aim.

 

Huh... I've though about it, but genitics ain't exactly my field... But, rest assured, you not a freak in my eyes. ^-^

But I think you ARE born with it... Or... something...

*sigh* I really need to do some research... >.>;

 

ARE YOU ****ING SERIOUS!!!!!
WHY THE HELL WOULD SOMEONE CHOOSE TO BE HATED BY MILLIONS!
HATED BY PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW!
I'm sorry but, you have no ****ing idea.
Anyways, I think that there is no "gay gene", I think that that's just they way you are.
It's in you DNA, foo.
-shrug-

 

I can't really decide if it's a gene or not, but I think it is a choice of lifestyle. On tv shows (may they be accurate or not), sometimes make reference to a "homesexual experience in college" then end up marrying a woman later. (ex: Friends, According to Jim, etc.) So I think it can be a choice, but I think that sometimes people just have an urge to be gay they can't change. My two centz anyway. Please don't flame me. Just saying it in my opinion.

 

Hey, hey, don't flame...! D=

And isn't you DNA made up by genes...? O.o;

*tries to remember all that gene stuff from 7th grade*

 

I wasn't flaming nobody lol.

 

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Oh. XD;

Okay, sorry bout that! XD;;;;

 

I'm not really sure about this, but isn't being gay caused by lack of chromesones(sp?)?

EDIT: I checked out some interesting stuff on Wikipedia. Here it is:

"There is some evidence that gay men report having had less loving and more rejecting fathers, and closer relationships with their mothers, than straight men. Whether this phenomena is a cause of homosexuality, or whether parents behave this way in response to gender-variant traits in a child, is unclear.<sup id="_ref-70" class="reference">"

Here's the full article.
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No. There is no gay gene. The idea of "people being born gay" comes from the fact that homosexual men having a larger ammount of estrogen and homosexual women having a larger ammount of testosterone. Homosexuality is also caused by the environment one grows up in. There is no gene, no "defect" in DNA. It is purely chemical or psycological.

 

That is prolly the best statement I've heard so far. I agree with him.

 

Its true. How can "gay" be imprinted in DNA? Homosexuality is not inherited, they cannot make kids! If homosexuality were a genetic trait, how would it be passed on from parent to offspring? Think about it.

 

just because your parents have the gene for blond hair doesnt mean that you will be blonde, if it does exist it may require both parents to have it and even then, as ive said before, it may only increase your chances not mean that you will definitely be gay.

 

Bah, there is no definite answer that you're born gay. They'd have to study these things when a child is born. Its only been theorised that your born this way, and somewhat studied. Cuz they've definitely seen differences between gay and staight genes.(Not a disfintiguration! Imagine it like it's the "blond hair, brown hair" genes thing).
But hell, the change might happen when gays grow up.
Nobody really knows yet.-_-

But it's definitely not a choice.

 

No I don't belive that it is a gene like that.
It's nothing worng with beeing gay.
But I think beeing gay completely depends on a persons behavior and taste, not the genes.