HOMOSEXUALITY: Is it hereditary or just a matter of personal preference?

i guess it's a personal choice. if he feels that he is happy being like that then he'd rather be himself and should not feel ashamed of it coz no matter how hard he would hide it, it would still go out and reveal the real person he is. i know there are lot of men hide their true colors because they don't wanna be misjudged by other people. but they will just suffer more if they will continue hiding their true personality and their loved ones will be affected as well. just be yourself and be proud no matter what.

I think that a person chooses to be a homosexual based on perhaps certain events or their upbringing. I don't believe it is inherited for two reasons. If it were inherited, it would be a genetic mutation. Being that a true homosexual doesn't reproduce, this disorder would have been elimated after the 2nd generation. Secondly, science has mapped the human genome since 1968. To date, aside from hermaphroditeism, there are no "gay" genes.

It is an inborn trait, like being left handed or right handed. Consider this: My great uncle is somewhere in his 90's. He grew up in a rural communtiy, in a normal home with a mother and a father, went to church on Sundays, he had a 50 year relationship with a man. Prior to that, he lived with two other "roommates" in his one bedroom apartment. He doesn't call himself gay, because it was a term unknown to him when he was coming up and he never came out. He is still gay. My uncle, my mother's brother, is a business man. Very masculine, been with the same guy for over 25 years. As I said, my great uncle does not identify as homesexual, and the family does not discuss it in public. Yet my uncle is gay. My brother is very gay, out and proud since the age of 15. My son is now 16, still a virgin, but gay. Attraction is not a choice. Attraction is the basis of homosexuality. If a gay man remains celibate for all of his life, he is still gay. Attraction is for the most part inate. Question? Why would a person choose to be ridiculed, hated, beaten,and possibly killed just to get his rocks off? Common sense should tell you that he wouldn't.

i think a matter of personal preference only.

Hi blindedfox. I think alot of the homosexuality stems from a persons personal preferences. Some do believe it is hereditary. I think all of our bodies internal feelings make us who we are instead. Alot of people tend to bond better with their own genders.

I think it might be a blend of both. Anyway i don't see anything bad with it so it doesn't really matter. That's like when you're born left or right handed...that is the way you are and that is it.

If they meant having more female hormones than normal as hereditary maybe they could say that. But I would have to say that it's out of personal preference and what they got from their environment. Just look at Tarzan! He's a man, but he grew up with apes. That's why he's action is ape-like. I doubt it that a boy stranded on an island all alone for 15 years would act gay or would have gay characteristics. That's just shows that homosexuality is not achieved by birth but by the environment.

personal preference would likely be the reason for this.. i mean.. this can be a big factor though researches are made to prove that this is hereditary.. as people matures.. they are starting to know what they wants are.. their needs.. things and thoughts that will satisfy and give them pleasure and contentment.. and even social influences add up to build someone's preferences.. through these i may say that being one is merely a choice.. and may be called as a self acceptance coz for all we know.. homosexuality, though long that it started to be out of the scene.. is still being debated by a lot of people.. on religion, society and even in the government.. but still we often see children acting one.. right?! this i can tell.. coz children still don't have any clues about their real preferences.. this may have something to do with their environment.. which lead them to act like that..