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Opinion Warning: I'm no scientist; this is just my opinion. I know several people who are gay and what's very interesting is most of the people I know, is ther

Opinion Warning: I'm no scientist; this is just my opinion. I know several people who are gay and what's very interesting is most of the people I know, is there are people in their family, sisters/brothers/uncles/etc. That are also homosexuals. I suspect there might not be "one gene" that makes a person a homosexual, but a collection of genes that increase the odds of someone being homosexual. That being said, I feel like search for such a gene is to combat religious beliefs that homosexuality is wrong. I'm still confused with why so many people are obsessed with the sexual orientation of another person? I remember one time, I attended a meetup that was focused on LGBT startups. In the elevator, there were four people; two other men, a woman and me. One guy who was apparently by himself and didn't read the agenda of the meetup asked the "couple" next to him how difficult it was to start a company and be in a relationship. The man replied "We're not a couple, I'm gay." then the women laughed and said, "I'm also gay, and this meetup is the LGBT community raising capital for their company." The guy then turned to me and asked: "Are you also gay?" I replied: "No, but that headband you're wearing might be." Everyone but he laughed, and I thought that would ease the mood. This guy seemed very concerned about being a straight man in a gay meetup. I told him to relax and explained I was there to join a couple of friends who were speaking at the meetup. I understand that some people feel uncomfortable being around people they are not used to being around; sexual orientation, race, income status, etc. They just haven't had that experience. Hopefully, that guy was able to feel more comfortable around none heterosexuals. They make amazing wing men and women :)

edoceo 7y ago
You're right. No one should care who fucks who, when all parties are consenting. And it's completely irrelevant from ones ability to be awesome.
- mrburton 7y ago
  I agree - what I find terribly concerning in this day and age, we're not letting the actions of people to define a person. MLK talked about that and it's simply ignored. I guess it requires more energy to look at each person you meet and now they treat you vs. just saying "All gays are...", "all whites are...", "all blacks are...", "al women are..", "all men are..", etc.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It all seems so childish and intellectually lazy. At least it gives people something to argue about endlessly on social media lol
esyir 7y ago
You're probably right on the multigenic origin of homosexuality. One theory goes around that it exists because of some relationship to other、 evolutionarily beneficial factors. Twin studies also imply the possibility of epigenetic impact here as well, though I haven't read much of the literature there.
jkuria 7y ago
> I suspect there might not be "one gene" that makes a person a homosexual, but a collection of genes that increase the odds of someone being homosexual. One theory I've heard is that having lots of boys in the home, increases the likelihood that the next baby born will be gay (from Professor Adam Grant of the Give & Take fame). Somehow, all that testosterone in the home seeps through the womb and flips a switch on the unborn male baby.
apta 7y ago
> I know several people who are gay and what's very interesting is most of the people I know, is there are people in their family, sisters/brothers/uncles/etc. That are also homosexuals. I suspect there might not be "one gene" that makes a person a homosexual, but a collection of genes that increase the odds of someone being homosexual. Easily explained away by that such people see their family members engaging in homosexual activity, and are accepting of it, so they also in turn engage in the same behavior. Practically nurture in effect.

edoceo 7y ago

You're right. No one should care who fucks who, when all parties are consenting. And it's completely irrelevant from ones ability to be awesome.

mrburton 7y ago
I agree - what I find terribly concerning in this day and age, we're not letting the actions of people to define a person. MLK talked about that and it's simply ignored. I guess it requires more energy to look at each person you meet and now they treat you vs. just saying "All gays are...", "all whites are...", "all blacks are...", "al women are..", "all men are..", etc.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It all seems so childish and intellectually lazy. At least it gives people something to argue about endlessly on social media lol

esyir 7y ago

You're probably right on the multigenic origin of homosexuality. One theory goes around that it exists because of some relationship to other、 evolutionarily beneficial factors. Twin studies also imply the possibility of epigenetic impact here as well, though I haven't read much of the literature there.

jkuria 7y ago

> I suspect there might not be "one gene" that makes a person a homosexual, but a collection of genes that increase the odds of someone being homosexual. One theory I've heard is that having lots of boys in the home, increases the likelihood that the next baby born will be gay (from Professor Adam Grant of the Give & Take fame). Somehow, all that testosterone in the home seeps through the womb and flips a switch on the unborn male baby.

apta 7y ago

> I know several people who are gay and what's very interesting is most of the people I know, is there are people in their family, sisters/brothers/uncles/etc. That are also homosexuals. I suspect there might not be "one gene" that makes a person a homosexual, but a collection of genes that increase the odds of someone being homosexual. Easily explained away by that such people see their family members engaging in homosexual activity, and are accepting of it, so they also in turn engage in the same behavior. Practically nurture in effect.