I don’t know about you, but I chose my sexuality at a very early age.  I understand this is the case among heterosexuals (else they would be hard-pressed to convince anyone that homosexuals did so).  If they can do it, I can do it too.

You see, I enjoy being an outcast, a societal pariah forever relegated to second-class citizenship with fewer rights than most others and always under threat of violence from bigots.  This brings great joy to me, you understand.  I suspect it brings great joy to all other homosexuals who likewise find comfort and satisfaction in never being equal, in being refused basic human rights and protections, in not being able to have a family or enjoy the legal protections afforded to others, and constantly having to worry about safety from those who would do us harm simply for being who we are and not like them.

OK, now that I’ve expelled the delusions from smoking too much crack, let’s get to the truth: it’s not a fucking choice!  Like heterosexuality, homosexuality is a trait of being with which we are born.  Actually, my theory is that very few people are one or the other, but instead most occupy the middle territory between the two extremes.  Regardless, our sexuality is inherent, genetic, inborn.

Past studies already demonstrated that the minds of gay men work more like heterosexual women, including how they respond to sex hormones.  In the case of homosexual men, our brains respond more positively to the hormones from men than those of women.  Well, now lesbians can make the same claim.

A recent study has shown that the brains of homosexual women respond to sex hormones in much the same way that heterosexual men do: enticed, enchanted, and enamored by females and their chemical scents.

WASHINGTON — Homosexuals’ brains respond differently from those of straight men and women when exposed to sex hormones, but researchers now say the difference is less pronounced in lesbians than in gay men.

Lesbians’ brains reacted somewhat, though not completely, like those of heterosexual men, a team of Swedish researchers said in Tuesday’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A year ago, the same group reported findings for gay men that showed their brain response to hormones was similar to that of heterosexual women.

In both cases, the findings add weight to the idea that homosexuality has a physical basis and is not learned behavior.

You see, there is already demonstrable evidence to indicate homosexuality in animal populations outside of Homo sapiens.  It is seen, documented, and repeated throughout the animal kingdom.  If it is in fact a learned behavior, who’s teaching all those wild things about it?  I’d say it must be the straight hunters…

Irrespective of what you might personally believe, the evidence is rapidly stacking against the already questionable premise that being gay is learned or decided.  Like heterosexuality, it is simply how we are born.

How much more scientific evidence, including the continued presence of homosexuality in the wild, before haters and bigots realize they are arguing against the same biological imperative which pressures them to pursue the opposite sex?

Oh, and I also stand by my continuing assumption that those who bark loudest about the gays are in fact closet cases themselves.  In my experience, that has been true more than 90% of the time.