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Is there a gay gene, major new study says no
CBS News ^ | August 29, 2019 | Dennis Thompson

Posted on 08/30/2019 9:16:51 AM PDT by thirst4truth

Is there a "gay gene"? Major new study says no

By Dennis Thompson

August 29, 2019 / 8:33 PM / HealthDay

There's no such thing as a single "gay gene" that drives a person's sexual behavior, concludes the largest genetic study ever conducted on the issue. Instead, a person's attraction to those of the same sex is shaped by a complex mix of genetic and environmental influences, similar to what's seen in most other human traits, researchers report.

"This is a natural and normal part of variation in our species," said researcher Ben Neale, director of genetics with the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. "That should also support the position that we shouldn't try and develop gay cures. That's not in anyone's interest."

The international study focused on the genetic profiles of nearly 480,000 people from the United States and the United Kingdom, a group approximately 100 times larger than any previous study of the link between genetics and same-sex attraction, said lead researcher Andrea Ganna, a research fellow with the Massachusetts General Hospital's Analytical and Translational Genetic Unit.

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KEYWORDS: gay; gaygene; gays; gene; genetics; geneticstudy; homosexualagenda; massgeneral; sexual
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1 posted on 08/30/2019 9:16:51 AM PDT by thirst4truth
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“Gay Gene” sounds like that uncle that can never be left around children.


2 posted on 08/30/2019 9:18:18 AM PDT by SIDENET
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To: thirst4truth

Theres nothing natural or normal about it. Its triggered by trauma and abusive homosexual experiences, largely.


3 posted on 08/30/2019 9:19:13 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: thirst4truth

gay jeans..........

4 posted on 08/30/2019 9:21:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: thirst4truth

OK then. How about a homosexual gene?


5 posted on 08/30/2019 9:22:11 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: SIDENET
>>“Gay Gene” sounds like that uncle that can never be left around children.<<


6 posted on 08/30/2019 9:22:46 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: thirst4truth

Deniers, Burn’em!!!


7 posted on 08/30/2019 9:23:23 AM PDT by dmcnash (Back off! I'm a Scientist.)
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To: thirst4truth
Gay gene? A gene that causes men to be attracted to men and women to be attracted to women?

If a gene caused that, then I guess the "experts" could surmise that there is a gene that causes adults to be perpetually attracted to children?

Pedogate is pandemic in America and throughout the world.

Pedogate is not just a U.S. monstrosity. It is satanic and an international horror show from hell.

8 posted on 08/30/2019 9:23:31 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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Occam’s Razor - gays are mentally ill people. It’s too bad but that’s probably the truth.


9 posted on 08/30/2019 9:25:19 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: thirst4truth

If there was such a thing natural selection would get rid of it pretty quickly.


10 posted on 08/30/2019 9:25:41 AM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: SIDENET
"...that uncle that can never be left around children."


11 posted on 08/30/2019 9:33:31 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like someone who is a victim of circus pants.


12 posted on 08/30/2019 9:35:34 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (It's Fredomania at the MSM)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
60's stock leftovers................😃
13 posted on 08/30/2019 9:36:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: SIDENET

The writer ( and regular debate protagonist of conservative author Bill Buckley ), GORE VIDAL was gay himself.

He however, refused to be called homosexual and insisted that we are all potentially bi-sexual.

Writing for an edition of Esquire magazine in 1969, he wrote:

Quote:

“We are all bisexual to begin with. That is a fact of our condition. And we are all responsive to sexual stimuli from our own as well as from the opposite sex. [...] regardless of tribal taboos, homosexuality is a constant fact of the human condition and it is not a sickness, not a sin, not a crime [...] Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality. Notice I use the word ‘natural,’ not normal.”

This for me, explains why a lot of gay activists want schools to “educate” children to “find” their own innate sexuality. They want company. The more, the better.


14 posted on 08/30/2019 9:40:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: thirst4truth
Most homosexuals were sexually molested as children.

They seek to normalize their behavior to achieve easier access to MOLEST YOUR CHILDREN!

>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2009/06/05/a-major-study-of-child-abuse-and-homosexuality-revisited/<

On page 37, the other relevant result relates to men.

The 13th research question addressed, of homosexual men who have been molested, what percentage were molested before self-identification as homosexual men, and what percentage were molested after self-identification as homosexual? Of homosexual men who were molested, 68% were molested before self-identification as homosexual, and 32% were molested after self-identification as homosexual.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q6pDGNQw3I<

The Left's Push For Pedophile Acceptance

If you want my Word Doc. with links to 20 other studies supporting this position, Private Message me with your e-mail.

15 posted on 08/30/2019 9:41:15 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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“...complex mix of genetic and environmental influences,..”

How about unsure pre/post pubescent male or female is approached by a predatory person and is cajoled/convinced that it is “ok”

Seldom happens to individuals who grow up understanding ‘viva la difference!’

genetics......derp!

KYPD


16 posted on 08/30/2019 9:51:00 AM PDT by petro45acp (CHAOS TO THE ENEMY!!! It is part of daily prayer now....every bit helps to get America back.)
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So, can we also conclude that there is no “heterosexual gene” that drives a person’s sexual behavior?


17 posted on 08/30/2019 9:51:19 AM PDT by agatheringstorm
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To: thirst4truth

Nearly universally gay men were sexually abused by a homosexual pedophile/pederast when they were young.

I do not know if the same can be said of gay women.


18 posted on 08/30/2019 9:53:32 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Secret Agent Man

‘Its triggered by trauma and abusive homosexual experiences, largely.’

I think it’s triggered by people thinking it’s cool...


19 posted on 08/30/2019 10:01:26 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: thirst4truth

This confirms that sexual orientation is not fixed and immutable and that conversion therapy can and does work in many instances for those with unwanted same sex attraction disorder.


20 posted on 08/30/2019 10:13:04 AM PDT by circlecity
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