is there a chemical inbalance in gay people?
351109
Psychological studies have determined that it is not an imbalance, but a difference in the actual brain and brain chemistry.
372009
It must be biological for one simple reason. In our country right now, to be homosexual is possibly one of the worst sorts of people to be. Honestly, what sane person would CHOOSE to join the ranks of the most hated people on the planet? It makes no sense. Not to mention the level of social stigma one has to overcome to admit to being homosexual, to live one's life well one must accept the hatred and move on. I doubt many would choose such a life.
608887
married men and gay men might be more sensitive then available ones
270586
People are always looking for something to blame for their problems. It's more than easy to say that their problems is a result of their chosen sexual orientation.Some straight people blame their problem on other things also...poverty, ethnicty, or other things. Good question...why should they be allowed to 'throw fits' and get all the attention?
513778
Yes, Its just the inability to control your response to stimuli. A condition that corrupts your mind's control over the yearnings of the body. For example: The differnce between man and beast is our ability to determine when and how  we will obey the various urges of the body. Such as hunger, drueling, jelousy, hate or the lust for a human body of the same sex. \n\nt's simply a corruption of the body's harmony with nature. These corruptions happen to many people not only gays. \n\nFor examle, serial killers could make the argument that the desire to murder is in their genes, just as homosexuals do however, society wouldn't accept that ....but  who knows at the rate we are going society could accept anything as the normal. Maybe beastality is next
341204
Absolutely not! If your brain really has a chemical imbalance then you're only correcting the problem, and that is not being crazy! It's really being smart!
647576
It may be that conditioning may have a very small part of a person being gay but it would be a very small percentage of gay people that are effected in this way. However, I do think that the majority of gay people are born with this disposition.\n\n'God' doews not make nature perfect. for instance, I am sure that most of you have heard of a condition called hermaphroditism (or the more politically correct term these days is 'intersex') where a person is born with the fully formed genatalia of BOTH sexes. The subject, apart from their genitalia, is physically and mentally sound in every other way.\n\nSometimes, these children are operated on at birth if the doctors decide (guess) that the baby appears to have a female or male inclination and the genitals are modified accordingly. In many cases though, a modified 'girl' grows up with feelings for other women and modified 'boys' grow up feeling something for other men. It seems in these cases, the doctors have made the wrong decision and the psychological makeup of the child was in fact the opposite to the physical modification they performed on the child. So even though, for instance, a child may be brought up as a girl with girls toys etc, the 'nature' side of the brain kicks in at puberty (if not before) and overrides the 'nurture' side.\n\nNow, if nature can produce a visible, physical example of developmental confusion on the outside of the human body, who is to say that there are not processes at work of developmental confusion going on inside the unseen brain of a person ... where there may not be an obvious physical example of gender disorientation externally but internally their brain does not dictate in the way that their external body would suggest to the rest of society.\n\nThere is very strong evidence that sexuality is largely determined by development in the womb. Perhaps, while 'intersex' is firm external physical proof of developmental issues, we ought to consider that perhaps the developmental differences in gay people are more subtle and obviously invisible to the naked eye due to the brain being internal - but that does not mean that the differences are not there.\n\nHomosexuality has been around since the beginning of time and if you research gay history in cultures across the world, the present prejudices seem to stem with the spread of the three major monotheistic religons and it is this prejudice that is ingrained into the psyche of people today. But like racism, for instance, perhaps this prejudice towards gay people will diminish as society recognises that alternative sexuality is actually just a normal part of nature's rich diversity.
1002436
no... men and women who fail to take their vows seriously and bail out..the first sign of trouble are to blame.. along with those who marry for the wrong reasons.  stop blaming gays for every thing  ... or bush...  we need to take some responsibility for our own lives.  i worry about people so pre-occupied with gays,
16001
My first reaction to this would be to ask whether or not straight people give the same sex a chance first.  I decided I liked women when I hit puberty and did not give the same sex a chance, and I doubt most other straight men did either.  (I will not speak for women.)\n\nThe fact is that sexual attraction tends to come naturally.  It is not an acquired taste like a good scotch.  Recent studies based on the work of JT Manning and other researchers have examined the relationship between prenatal testosterone and homosexuality and found a very strong positive correlation.  \n\nGay men on average seem to have higher prenatal testosterone levels than straight men on average.  (You read that correctly, the masculine hormone makes guys feminine.)  This is ceratinly not the only factor in predicting homosexuality, but it does show a predisposition to homosexuality long before someone can give either sex a chance.\n\nMore importantly, attempts to convert somone to heterosexuality have not shown much promise.  In the cases that are claimed as successes, there are numerous criticisms.  e.g The person was not gay in the first place or was bisexual.\n\nThat being said, many researchers are unwilling to study adolescent homosexuals, because they do not consider someone fully homosexual until their post-adolescnet years.  It appears that enough people change their mind about sexual orientation in adolescence to make many studies on non post-adolescent populations less than conclusive.
220665
I think you need to post something like this in the gay & lesbian section...\nThis is for men's health issues.
253276
I think it is only partly genetic. There are still many other factors that can cause homosexuality... hormonal imbalance, the people a person associates during his/her lifetime, and many more... People may think that it is passed from parent to child probably because they've seen some homosexual 'traits' on the parent and if the child shows similar traits, they think it is because the child inherited it. I think it is because of the upbringing of the children... I'm not sure about this...
752804
I've noticed this, too. Becoming emotionally involved in relationships is not cool anymore. It's cool to be detached. Add this to the fact that many people are afraid of being labeled "gay" if they display normal human affection, and you've got yourself a society that prides itself on its uninvolvement.
212418
There are some break through research that homophobes would like to keep under wraps.  It,s looking like homosexuality is more in genetics and brain chemistry.  People can't really turn gay, or at least not for the right reasons.  You can't choose who you are attracted to.
942969
Probably a behavioral problem.....unless you believe sexual predators and child rapists are born with their  condition......We have grown up with so much sexual stimulation around us it is easy to believe it is genetic...remember people have been homosexual for years hence the term sodomy from Sodom and Gomorah, those cities had so much revelry and nastyness that God destroyed them
1016963
I have the same problem. My understanding of genetics does not support a "gay gene"; however it is very possible and more frequent then most people think that certain males are exposed to more female hormones than normal and vice versa for females. These hormones (similar to how animals are attracted to one another) can influence whether or not and individual is attracted to males or females. Also (using males as an example) if a boy was exposed to or born with more female hormones and thus acts more feminine, he will most likely be attracted to someone who is opposite to him (hence masculine). It is more natural for feminine and masculine to attract rather than simply male or female. For example I am naturally more attratced to masculine guys, rather than feminine guys. I am not attracted to masculine women ("dykes") simply because society has taught me not to be attracted to women from birth, so my sexual preference is trained towards males...
747474
Many straight people have resorted to homosexuality while in prison. It has always been observed. That is one reason why it didn't make sense to lock up homosexuals like we did in the old days; the homosexuality usually got reinforced. Therapy would have been a better route.
1139905
To be honest (i'm straight) i'm not anymore interested in the lifestyle of my gay friends than i am of the straight ones!  I mean i'll ask them how they are or what they have done over the weekend but nothing i don't ask any one else!!  I think some straight people either: a)secretly wonder if they are missing out on something; either sexually or with the lifestyle/social scene OR b)-and i know lots of people like this-are pathalogically nosey!  They have to ask you questions about anything and absoloutely EVERYTHING!  Its just the way some people are; they cannot function happily without feelin' as if they are included in everything!!!  Don't some people just DO your head in!!!!