Quote:I think if I sat them down and went through they're progression from straight teenager to gay teenager their environment would be a huge factor.


In Ancient Rome homosexuality was quite common and was socially accepted. Men could be with other men and nobody batted an eyelid. Many powerful leaders had sex with other men. It was perfectly normal to happen.


Now was this just a case of most people being born gay? Or did people became gay due to the conditions which made it perfectly normal to happen?

I have seen no evidence to ever show the percentage of gay people in any era rose or declined due to environmental conditions. Are you seeing evidence of a growing number of LGBT people in light of recent advances in their social acceptability? It has been a pretty stagnant number from the data I have seen (of course this data has not been historically tracked with the same accuracy as other statistics.) Just because some societies find it more socially acceptable does not mean there are more of them. As much as I support the LGBT community the only way I will ever engage in a homosexual act would be if it were done to me by force. Somehow, that is not a credible fear for me.

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