Religion and LGBT people

[John V]

Well, the science. I believe a link was left a few pages back. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...120612.php

There's another one, maybe it's the same one.

Here's a longer write-up on that article which notes that it's just a hypothesis at this point:
By feminization of males and masculinization of females, the researchers are referring to “gonad-trait discordance,” which indicates that a person’s genitals and sexual preference aren’t in line with what is generally considered “normal.” The authors also cite two other androgen-influenced traits (cryptorchidism and hypospadias) that may be related to sex-specific epi-marks. However, “may” is the key word, since none of these hypotheses have been tested with real data.

In the end, that’s where the paper leaves us: with an untested hypothesis that appears to fit the statistical frequencies and inheritance patterns of homosexuality. The researchers use a mathematical formula to illustrate that this type of epigenetic inheritance could occur, but the paper is purely theoretical rather than data-driven, and it refers to remarkably few human studies.

But there's also a logical issue that you don't seem to be getting: if it's a choice, then you should be able to change it, right? Like, right now? But you and I both know that's not how people work.

Here's a longitudinal study of women over ten years in which 2/3 of them changed their self-identity, and 1/3 changed it two or more times.