The American Academy of Pediatrics has stated " Sexual orientation probably is not determined by any one factor but by a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences." [62] The American Psychological Association has stated that " there are probably many reasons for a person' s sexual orientation and the reasons may be different for different people." However, it states that for most people, sexual orientation is determined at an early age.

Prob a little bit of both.

I' m a person whom believes that EVERYTHING is a factor that shapes os into the people we are, this includes DNA, time, location, etc.

Also the old dude didn' t try to RAPE me, he tried to BUY me, and I don' t hold that against him. Hell, even when I look at myself in the mirror I think I could turn gay for myself. Also, I was 18 at the time, so I was technically legal.

BTW, there is no defined truth on what makes a person Gay, so it is debatable.

Also there is no defined " truth" as to what makes a person gay, and the " Gay gene" is just one of MANY popular theories.

Im the least anti-gay person here.

I think gay people desveres to live.
And not be in cages.

Damn fags

I LOVE Fear Effect! Proof of my acceptance towards the homosexual comunity.

You can' t change from straight to gay.
In such scenarios that person is one of the following
1) not fully aware of his true sexual preference due to social patterns in society
2) Lying
3) Not scientifically gay

Anyone can become interested in any sexual fetish depending on what situations and environments we are put in. But " true" homosexuality is not of that kind.
Homosexuality is NOT a fetish.

It' s not a fair statement to say that homosexuality is not a fetish as the word has many meanings attached to it. A fetish describes a sexual desire that is considered to be weird in a given culture. Wheather or not Homosexuality is weird is irrelevant as this perception changes based on the culture.

I' m sure what you meant when you used the word was to say that sexuality isn' t malleable like a fetish.

To this I have to disagree. Sexuality includes all aspects of sexuality. It sounds simple enough. We could be talking about a fetish, sexual preference and even pedophilia. We don' t have little centers in the brain the have switches that say gay on/off, pedophile on/off, foot fetish on/off, ass fetish on/off. It' s not a black and white issue at all. These things are all related, all governed by the same influences. That much I know for sure. The question is what are these governing factors. I think I agree with Dionysius when he says that there are factors the start as early as inception and there are factors that continue to have influence long after birth, long after puberty and some that exist until you die of old age.

Like any aspect of your personaility though, the older you get, the less likely you are to change, especially something as fundamental as sexuality.

Erm... I totally forgot that this thread had floated off onto this topic.

Yeah, let' s get back to Gamedaily personally attacking Quez. (JK, that' s what this thread title makes me think at first read though.)