Is There A “gene For Homosexuality”? Latest Research Results

2023 Author: Miles Ford | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 13:10

Such a phenomenon as "non-traditional sexual orientation" still causes a lot of noise. Why does this or that person begin to experience sexual attraction to a representative of the same gender? Is this due to genetics?

The content of the article

• 1 Genetics and DNA
• 2 LGBT boom

Genetics and DNAi

There are also a lot of rumors about the notorious "homosexual gene". Finally, scientists decided to sort out this issue once and for all. A large-scale study has shown that not everything is so simple.

The research was published in the journal Science, and it was based on data obtained from UK Biobank and clients of the biotech company 23andMe.

Leaving aside scientific terminology, we hasten to inform you that they did not find any gene that could lie breastfeeding on the embrasure and tell whether you have a predisposition to homosexuality or not.

LGBT Boom2

What's interesting is that the youngest participants in the study had more sex experiences with both sexes than the older subjects. This is probably due to the fact that in 2017 there was a sharp increase in the number of people who consider themselves to be the LGBT community. Therefore, it is so difficult to determine whether genes really play such a large role, or whether changing social norms is to blame. And is it important?

The study authors were extremely careful and tactful: "We want to make it clear that our results overwhelmingly point to the richness and diversity of human sexuality." They also mentioned that they in no way want to put pressure on representatives of one or another sexual orientation, since there is no place for discrimination and value judgments.

Thus, it is very difficult to say what exactly influences the formation of a person's sexual orientation - nature and genes or society and education.

In addition, transgender people were not involved in the above study. The existence of people whose gender is different from that given to them by nature already casts doubt on the theory that genes can dictate sexual characteristics and addictions to people.

By the way, the study of the "homo-gene" has occupied the minds of people for a long time - the first studies date back to the nineties of the last century. In the process of heated debate, people tried to find out whether homosexuality is a choice, or rather a "wrong" choice.

Be that as it may, the researchers agree on one thing: sexual orientation is a feature of a person. Whether its formation was influenced by the environment or by a “failure in genes”, it is worth recognizing and accepting this feature. Since the violent suppression of sexual orientation can have a bad effect on the psycho-emotional state of the individual.