There is no "gay gene" and genes are at most 25% of gay behavior but more often trended towards 8% in findings, meaning 75-92% of causation is environment or something else.
Birth order seems to make a difference - that would be a hormonal impact from the mother (not DNA.) I have also seen some people lay out a solid case for pharmaceuticals and pesticides having an influence.
In conclusion, it looks like homosexuality is a lot like alcoholism. You can be born susceptible to it, but that doesn't mean it has to rule your life, and the solution is definitely not acceptance/normalization.
Yes it does. Gay people have far higher levels of child sexual abuse than the rest of the population.
The topic is (intentionally) not well studied.
The last study done on this topic that I can find is from 2001. The findings:
The topic is not well-studied because the powers that be didn't like what the science was showing.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-study-finds-no-single-genetic-cause-of-same-sex-sexual-behavior/
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6456/869
There is no "gay gene" and genes are at most 25% of gay behavior but more often trended towards 8% in findings, meaning 75-92% of causation is environment or something else.
Thanks for the links
Birth order seems to make a difference - that would be a hormonal impact from the mother (not DNA.) I have also seen some people lay out a solid case for pharmaceuticals and pesticides having an influence.
In conclusion, it looks like homosexuality is a lot like alcoholism. You can be born susceptible to it, but that doesn't mean it has to rule your life, and the solution is definitely not acceptance/normalization.