Genetics? I Don't Think So!

[Harmony8910]

Today I spent all day with my religious leader. She said that she thinks genetic defects cause homosexuality and intersex. She said that it was all the hormones we put into food and that God doesn't like that. I was extremely upset, especially since I am bisexual(I didn't tell her that because, apparently, it's against God's law to love eachother if your LGBT. Also I'm still kind of scared to tell people my sexuality, but, that's not the point. Moving on arrow ), and I consider my religious leader a very good friend. It seems like when genetics is involved, everyone wants a cure or something like that. I don't think I need a cure because I'm LGBT. I know this has probably been asked a million times before, but, do you think that there is something wrong with your genetics? Do you think you need a cure? I don't!  

[Kagina Maloci]

Hell no I don't! I'm both T and B, and I don't think any of who or what I am should be "cured". I'm perfectly happy with who I am, and a lot of it makes me a stronger and wiser person. As far as "religious" leaders go...my opinion is, they're all the same idiots that claimed believing in a spirit of nature was 'devil worship' and that it is against God's law that people of different colored skin love one another.  

[NegaScott_7x7]

Hex no I don't need a cure!
This isn't X-Men!
The way I see it, God made us this way and if it really wasn't supposed to be then it wouldn't.
If it's so bad I would think that God would have striked us down already, but he hasn't.
People swear as if gay people all of a sudden change once they come out as gay but I'm the same person I ever was, normal and boring, and that goes for many, many other people.  

[warpedmind41]

I don't think it's a genetic defect. I mean, having brown eyes isn't a genetic defect. But I do think that being LGBT has something to do with being in the genes. But not something that can be "cured" just like you can't really "cure" having brown hair and blue eyes or something like that.

I mean, if you think about it...it's kind of like being gay can run in a family. Like Tegan and Sara both being gay and them being twins and all. Or like I'm a lesbian and then my grandpa has 3 LGBT siblings. Or my best friend has two gay uncles. I bet she has a gay kid one day, though.

But then I have a lot of straight friends that don't know of any gay people in their entire family.

I dunno, stuff like that just stands out to me as some sort of evidence to it being in the genes. However, I've never really looked into it. All I know is that I'm a lesbian, I've known since I was 5 that I liked girls. I didn't make this choice. It's just who I am. Whether it's genes or not, I don't care. I love gay people and I hope no one ever finds some lame "cure".  

[AznTubbeh]

For there to be a "cure", it means being gay/bi is a disease of some sort? Well I don't see people dieing on the streets because they gay >_>
I guess it would be interesting to see what the scientists come up with though..  

[trichodezia]

I don't think they could find a cure if they wanted to. I'm bi and I don't give a s**t whether or not they make a cure. I also think that being LGBT has to do with your genes. Nobody in my family I know of was LGBT. The fact they say cure makes it sound like some sort of sickness or disease, which it obviously isn't, I'm not dead yet am I? But just because your religious leader isn't a-okay with it doesn't mean it matters, it isn't a sin to love somebody.  

[Pent and Ten]

Well to start your friend should probably pick what they believe the cause is; either god or science, and I don't see how they can mix in this case.

I do how ever see how people would be upset by this subject. People don't always like to think things are predetermined (genetics) or chosen for them (god).

Personally I think it's all the chemicals we have dumped into our systems, mostly through food and drink.  

[AndromedaStCyr]

Honestly, I'm an athiest, but if this God supposedly made us in his image, shouldn't that prove that he himself isn't exactly straight, and I have heard certain religions see God as BOTH male AND female which makes God a hermaphrodite xD
No offense to any of you who are religious, but when it comes to sexuality and love, religon is very flawed, sorry sweatdrop  

[Bipolar Support Mule]

Homosexuality is a mixture of genetics, our psychology and the way we are nurtured. There is no healthy cure.(it's not really a cure) You can't cure who you love, you love who you love.  

[Meeatu]

Harmony8910

Today I spent all day with my religious leader. She said that she thinks genetic defects cause homosexuality and intersex. She said that it was all the hormones we put into food and that God doesn't like that. I was extremely upset, especially since I am bisexual(I didn't tell her that because, apparently, it's against God's law to love eachother if your LGBT. Also I'm still kind of scared to tell people my sexuality, but, that's not the point. Moving on arrow ), and I consider my religious leader a very good friend. It seems like when genetics is involved, everyone wants a cure or something like that. I don't think I need a cure because I'm LGBT. I know this has probably been asked a million times before, but, do you think that there is something wrong with your genetics? Do you think you need a cure? I don't!

Did you ask her to show scientific evidence?
Or is she one of those who says that no only does god transcend logic, but he goes out of his way to operate outside of it, despite having CREATED the laws of the universe that logic and science aim to explain?  

[Le Scratch]

If homosexuality were purely genetic, it would probably have started dying off instead of increasing due to the fact that it does not promote reproduction. Yes, I'm aware that some people will hide it and act straight (to the point where they reproduce), and that there is artificial insemination these days. However, since it does not promote reproduction (just the opposite) and is thus recessive in nature, it would end up slowly dying out. Instead I feel it is a combination of genetic 'pushes', inner psychology, and environment. Because of this, each person ends up being different in how they approach a person of interest as well as what sex said person of interest is. A person predisposed to homosexual tendencies through genetics and a rebellious nature in an anti-gay household may show homosexual tendencies though a combination of these things (i.e. the rebellion against the anti-gay parents may make their genetic leaning manifest and they will end up identifying as such) as well as certain events in a person's life (sexual confusion and experimentation during puberty and adolescence for instance), but that's merely my theory on it.  

[Xanaduhaz]

I have many genetic defects but being Bi is not one of them. I also can't see it being to do with genetics as there are definatly no LGBT in my family where as other genetics defects definatly run through my family. I think the world is just looking for excuses, trying to make it justifiable to those who don't agree with it.  

[rockprincess6449]

there is proof out there that homosexuality is genetic, but whats wrong with that? It can't have anything to do with the s*** they put in our food, there was gay people hundreds and thousands of years ago right? I personally don't consider myself a Christan, but i feel like if there is a god, he made homosexuality genetic because he (or she) loves gays, like the rest of us. And who needs a cure? Embrace who you are or you have zero chance at true happiness.  

[Kiedeb]

There have been some cases I've seen on the news or read in articles where kids at a young age have that "gay" notion of liking other little boys or girls or even acting a different way as opposed to their own gender. That is when the case might be "genetic". Even then, I, myself, see sexuality as a choice because that is usually the way it has been brought up upon humanity, both gay and straight; people end up falling in love with or being attracted to the same/ opposite sex whether it be random or a certain event.
That's similar to what happened to me: I found myself liking girls almost immediately after I started hitting puberty. That can also be a major affect. Kids don't think much of love and attraction yet because they don't know better and those hormones are not yet "activated" until puberty. It is then that they might notice themselves starting to like the same sex better than the opposite sex. If it's random and they don't see why they like the same sex better than the opposite sex, it might be genetic. If it's not random, it can also depend on what they are exposed to and how much of it. Then comes the argument of whether that person likes what they see or hear when they are exposed to things like 2 girls kissing, 2 guys kissing, or even further like gay porn or something like that. It all depends on that person's view of it. Some mind find it repulsive to look at homosexual affection, some might be indifferent about it, and some might find it arousing.
Religion might be something that oppresses teens depending how they themselves look at it. I can't say much about that because I am not religious myself, but the point is, religion might set some restrictions that teens or kids choose to surpass or follow depending on their own mindset.
For instance, I went to Sunday school for a while, I made my first communion, I've gone to church on a weekly basis, etc. I had only been a kid and I didn't know any better, and the way I grew up told me that God was good and that going to church was important. But as soon as I started to hit puberty, I started seeing things a different way. I started making my own choices. My mindset about religion changed. Up until this day, I don't consider myself Catholic anymore only because I find religion unnecessary and unethical; not because I am bisexual. My sexuality has nothing to do with my religion, but for others, that might be different. That is called a matter of "choice".

So then again I can't say anything because I'm neither religious nor a scientist. But my own outlook is that homosexuality can and cannot be genetic. Everyone is different.  

[Z_Temple]

mine, personally, yes there is A LOT of things wrong. the gay runs in our family and im not afraid to say that whatsoever. it's all the other stuff that scares me.... but i personally dont listen to 'religious' things on these terms. et alone go to a church or gathering or anykind(if not forced)
buuutttt
i do think it is in the genes for the most part. yeah just cause its in the genes doesn't mean you'll be gay or bisexual or any others exactly, its just there.
is all i have to say. ramble ramble ramble