Nature versus Nurture: Homosexuality's Link to Biology and Society

Homosexuality is a disorder and no referendum can change this fact. In 1973 homosexuality was removed by APA from list of mental diseases following referendum and protests of gay lobby. How credible can any organization be if decides on facts by voting?? Homosexual people in fact dont have any mental disorder apart from pathological sexual orientation. Therefore homosexuality leads to disturbance in the basic organism's function which is procreation.
The fact that homosexuality is also amongst animals doest make it proper behaviour. So is cannibalism, cancer and other abnormalities.

Everyone needs to grow up because nothing is going to change, there a lot of people that are gay/lesbian/bisexuals in the world that they are still in the closet. They are to afraid to come out because of what society puts into to other peoples heads. I doing a paper for english class and gays/lesbians are not treated with the right kind of respect and they are limited. Dont judge people are there sexual orietation and just accpeting it or atleast tolerate them. I believe its more of nature side because you dont choose who you are attracted too and who you fall in love with. its all in the chemicals in your body and the chemistry that you might have with another human being

I think homosexuality is a sickness, and sociall acceptance of it is like standing in a freezer to fight a cold

I am a straight female. I am researching nature verses nuture for a college psychology class. From everything that i have read, including this site. I think it is perfectly ok to like and be with the same sex. To be homosexual these days is everywhere but still frowned upon. I think homosexuality is something that has been around for years and will stay here for many many years to come. I do not understand why people disagree with it, and think it is a sin. To be straight or to be homosexual, in my eyes it is the same. You cannot pick and choose who you love. It is something that just happens. I think people need to just grow up or shut up. If they do not like homosexuals on tv, then turn it off. If they dont like seing them express their love in public because they are jealous tht they cannot find love like that, then look away. Do not judge someone else when you have so many flaws yourself. That is what i think. I have not made up my mind yet if i think homosexuality is nature or nuture, but i do think people need to put on their big people panties now and stop all the childish crap. It's dumb and not called for at all.

I think people are generally frightened because a species uses procreation to extend itself, evolve and survive. So naturally the idea of something that goes against this grain may be deeply embedded in them as not complying to the survival of the species.
Homosexuality as a minority thing is threatening because it is "different" and humans struggle to accept "different." But then if there is a large majority who practice it, the threat becomes real in the deep sub-conscious of people's minds.This can hardly be surprising. People have very set ways of thinking and usually they cling to what they know because it works for them.
I have no problem with the idea of emotional love between same sex gender, but some of the things we don't talk about is some of the problems caused by same sex activities. Do people really know the problems that can be caused by frequent and/or aggressive anal sex? I have a friend who suffers an ailment due to this and it's really quite horrific. I won't go into details as I don't think anyone would appreciate it. My own personal opinion after much research is that this really isn't how our bodies were designed to function on a regular basis, neither for males or females.
Someone earlier mentioned the fact that we don't condone all behavior just because there are genetic links to it and I thought that was an interesting train of thought. People may then disagree and argue that there is a big difference between a sociopath, and a gay person who doesn't harm anyone, but I think the whole debate stems around the fact that homosexuality as an accepted practice may be harming society as a whole.
People worry about how children for instance, brought up by same sex couples will fare, how young people will understand the world and their own sexuality, the long-standing implications of accepted homosexuality on society as a whole will undoubtedly change it but no-one really knows how. Will the "family" as we know it - the foundation of our societies and therefore our survival, be eroded and irrevocably changed? Homosexuals may be outraged by these notions because they know they don't harm anyone, but even they must admit to having closed doors to other concepts they little tolerate and understand, and so it must be within their reach to grasp why it could be hard for others to change their thinking so dramatically - it's matter of patience. Of course if homosexuality is purely a genetic thing then all these fears are unfounded, but as it has not been proven without a shadow of a doubt, these concerns are still top-most in many people's minds.
It seems that before the word "homosexuality" appeared, most homosexual love in ancient Greece was between a man and a young boy, this also occurred in Crete and New Guinea, so the basis of it was not one of mutual love and respect but of an imbalance of power. As this is our international heritage of homosexuality, it is normal that the fear of it may very well have developed and passed down from generation to generation.
It may be natural, but is it more of a natural anomaly?
I just haven't made up my mind yet. In the meantime I'll be kind and considerate of everyone- irrespective of their gender - as everyone should feel loved and accepted, and will make the effort to understand what I cannot right now. That's as honest as I can get, politically incorrect as it may be.

I say who cares if its nature or nurture...People shouldn't be judged because of their sexual preference; unless, it hurts someone else(ie children, animals ect.) I have to do a paper on this nature vs nurture..but i just don't care about this subject at all...it is so frustrating what people waste their time trying to figure out. How about we focus more time on the things that really are important..not on why jane likes jane or john likes john...I wonder if people really know the serious environmental things thats gonna take us all out..ooohh its freakin scary...oh well..I love people...I dont even see skin color or sexual orientation..but i do see evil and good souls!

Anonymous straight biracial female.

How could someone be so ignoramt as to say the we, as homosexuals, do not deserve the rights of every other American? How is it just that someone can devote their life to fighting for this country, but be discharged for being with the person that they truly love? We're not pushing to show that homosexuality exists, we're pushing for the rights that we as Americans are entitled to. It isnt't that we care to be accepted more so than we care to be able to have a recognized relationship with our partners.. For the benefits of health insurance, filing taxes, children.. etc. Every right that all heterosexual couples are are entitled to, we should be entited to. It is, in fact, a breach of the constitution not be have those same, equal rights. Our lifestyle does not effect the lifestyles of heterosexuals unless they so choose to allow it to. Those who tell homosexuals that they are wrong and will go to hell for acting upon those impulses would be under just as much religious prosectution for doing so because in their religion, God is the only one who is allowed to judge. Yet are they not judging homosexuals? Is it not for "God" nto decide whats right or wrong? The current Bible that people of the Christian religion base their lives was, in fact, written by man, and has changed very much over the centuries. Many things have been taken out, changed, and added due to the personal opinion and bias or the person writing it. There are some things that were altered because there was no translation. So are Christians, in fact, basing their lives on a book that was written by the every day common man? Maybe you should stop and think before you judge someone on who they truly are. It is your decision whether or not you allow their lifestlye to effect yours in any way. Stop being ignorant.. and take a look at the bigger picture.

i am a homosexual male; i can tell you truthfully that true homosexuality is not a choice. granted, there probably are people out there who may 'pretend' to be gay/lesbian/bisexual to go with some sort of trend, but the vast majority of us are not like that. ask yourself: why would so many people subject themselves to torment and abuse, take away their rights to a family?

i wish i wasn't like i am, but i can't change it. i didn't choose to become like this, just like you didn't choose to be straight. nature or nurture is irrelevant - it is definitely not a choice i made. if it was, i wouldn't have made that choice.