To test this hypothesis, a survey was constructed to acquire and analyze the classmates' perceptions on whether they believe people are born gay or choose to be gay. ... " The results yielded that 38.89% of the students said No, you cannot be born gay but you choose to be gay. ... Next, the students were asked, "Do you believe the saying, "once gay always gay"? ... However, 27.78% of the students do believe "once gay, always gay". In review, the majority of the class do not believe that people are born gay, but choose to be gay and in choosing to be gay, on...

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According to the 'Williams institute' survey, the LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) represent about 1.8% of the American population, representing roughly nine millions Americans. ... Same applies to Uganda, Cameron, Mauritania and Somalia where homosexuals are prosecuted and often tortured to death ("Worst Capital Punishments for Being (Illegally) Gay | List of Gay Punishment." 2). ... Specially after president's Obama big anti-racism speech where he addressed the issue of homosexuality saying: "Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters ar...

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However, there are evidences that prove being gay is not a choice. ... In some gay men, this group altogether nonexistent; this is statistically proven in 1 in 1000 gay men. ... (LeVay/Hamer 25) William Byne, a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Medical Center decided to challenge and test LeVay's finding. ... Why are most gay men relatives are gay on their mother's side of the family? ... "The random pooled data for men show that about 57% of identical twins, 24% of fraternal twins and 13% of brothers of gay men are also gay. ...

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Many homosexuals say they are "born gay." ... In the Christian religion, the thought of being gay is considered sinful. ... The theory is that hormones produced by the developing testes might be produced off schedule and cause the brain's neural networks to develop in such a way that the child will exhibit homosexual indicators in early childhood, and therefore, he will mature into a gay male. ... The penetrance of the believed, "gay gene" is approximately 67 percent. ... This shows the approximate location of the "gay gene." ...

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On the social side of the issue the disease was initially identified as a disease of homosexuals and labeled as the "gay pneumonia" or "gay cancer". ... Until the disease could be identified as either viral or bacterial, a diagnostic test for the disease could not be developed. ... This allowed for the development of tests to identify, and diagnose the disease, and has begun the research for treatment, prevention and a cure. ...

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Gay adoptive parents can be as competent at parenting as heterosexual adoptive parents and lesbian adoptive mothers. ... Critics assume that gay fathers experience less increase in parenting skill as heterosexual fathers. ... The potential consequence that heterosexual fathers have less opportunity to improve their parenting ability is not usually faced by gay fathers, because gay fathers dedicate more in child care than heterosexual fathers (Goldberg & Smith, 2009, p.865). ... In fact, gay fathers generally become more competent in parenting than heterosexual father. ... In addition, gay adop...

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Through testing, scientific researchers have found a link between biology and homosexuality. ... Another study conducted by Bailey and Pillard found that of gay men who had a twin or adopted brother, 52% of the identical twins, 22% of fraternal twins, and only 11% of the adoptive brothers were gay. ... I do not have an answer for the fifty- percent of identical twins that are not gay in the studies except that maybe we don't know all there is to know about identical twins. ...

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