Your comment is insightful but I feel like you're creating a false dichotomy: >That's a far cry from the prevailing narrative from just 10 or 15 years ago, whe

Your comment is insightful but I feel like you're creating a false dichotomy: >That's a far cry from the prevailing narrative from just 10 or 15 years ago, when very few gay people would admit that they might have any conscious control over being gay. There's a large gap between "I'm gay because it's in my genes and I was born this way" and "I consciously chose to be gay". Social pressure and environment can probably play a role. Maybe (probably?) some gay people wouldn't have been gay if they had been raised in a different environment and vice-versa, but that doesn't mean that they ever consciously decided one way or the other the way you decide to go vegan or learn Japanese. I like to think that sexuality is like food, music or anything else, what you like and don't like might be influenced by genes but it's obviously not the only factor at play. I doubt there's a gene for liking pineapple on pizza, yet here we are.