How do people become homosexual?
 

Well, I had an interesting convo in an AIM chatroom on how one becomes homosexual. Surely people aren't born with it, so it's pretty much emotional. Like, if a boy is raised in a predominantly femine household (single mother, bunch of sisters) then chances are you're gonna be a little femine yourself becuase you don't really have a father figure. Science hasn't really proven what makes a person homosexual. I (and others in the chatroom) thought that it pretty much depends on your environment, but what if it's genetic? what if you're actually born homosexual?

Share your thoughts and theories and please, refrain from posting immature and homophobic comments.

I heard that it was a brain disorder on 20/20. Men and women are instinctivly supposed to reproduce with each other, and some how homosexuals are backwards if i remember correctly oOo:

i think most people are gay because they were molested as a child, or abuse sexualy some way, but i do think that some people are born gay

Yes, that was a point Jibber, something went wrong with the parenting that "scared" the child from the opposite sex.

I remember seeing some PBS program a while ago, concerning homosexual displays in the animal kingdom. One such study focused on Sea Gulls. The scientists figure that the homosexuality of the seagulls was based on population control.

Yep. We're just like seagulls too. I think homosexuals develop the trait. I actually kow a guy at school who had several girlfriends but decided he didn't like women so now he's gay. It is true some homos (not trying to use that as a slur) become that way because they were sexually abused or whatnot. Others may also be born with it. For the most part though I think people choose to be gay.

[quote="Chronic Diarrhea":76104]Yep. We're just like seagulls too. I think homosexuals develop the trait. I actually kow a guy at school who had several girlfriends but decided he didn't like women so now he's gay. It is true some homos (not trying to use that as a slur) become that way because they were sexually abused or whatnot. Others may also be born with it. For the most part though I think people choose to be gay.[/quote:76104]
Yeah, my friend has been through many boyfriends and she's had bad experiences with all of them, and now she's dating a girl. She's never been happier.

I'm pretty sure it's a hormone imbalance

Just like so many other questions in life, I don't think there's one concrete answer/reason.

Most homosexuals I have met, say that they started to realize that the were "different" aroud puberty.

i think its a combination of things, it prolly has alot to do with the chemical imbalance but i think the imbalance occours because of how the child was treated when they were young

its the enviroment they live in which determines their sexuality

they're desperate?

I heard 1 out of 5 males is born/becomes a Homosexual at sometime in life.

Well that mean 2 people that have responded to this thread are or will be homosexuals. I hope it not me, because that would mean my wife would have to get a sex change, and we just can't afford it at this time.