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I think that people. It depends on what they grow up finding out.
I think it's a choice later on in life, but it depends on upbringing.
When did you choose to be straight?
Ummm...that's a good call man. I didn't choose to be. So born I guess.
I don't know if people would choose to be gay, so I think it's a mixture of possibly of nature and nurture.
So to speak and where their comfort level was all their life and everything.
When did you choose to be straight?
When did I choose? I don't know if it was a choice for me. I was just born that way.
Do you think it's the same for gay people?
Yeah I think so probably. Yeah I do.
It's not a choice at all from their perspective.
Have you talked to anyone about it?
Sure and they say there are differences in their brains. They're just born that way.
If they were gonna choose a lifestyle, it's not one they would have chosen. It's too difficult.
When did you choose to be straight?
Ummm...I don't know Junior High. Puberty I guess. I'm not sure.
So you remember making a choice?
I guess not really.
Do you think it's the same for gay people?
Probably. That they don't really choose. It just happens.
I'm not sure if it's necessarily a choice, but at the same time I'm not totally certain that you are born one way or another.
I think it has a lot to do with development.
Did you decide your sexuality?
That's a good point. I don't think I did.
You think it's the same thing for gay people?
I don't know. You might have a very good point.
Born gay or choose to be gay. Ummm...I think there are some of both.
But I think that someday they will discover there is a genetic predisposition to homosexuality.
I just wonder if animals choose their sexuality. Ya know. I don't think they choose. I don't think humans choose.
Woman: born gay. Absolutely. That's what I think.
Woman: That's my opinion. Man: I think it's a bit of both actually. I think that if you are you feel it. You are also, I think, confused and you are not sure.
And so your environment just plays a big big role in it.
When did you choose to be straight?
I don't know. Never thought about that.
Do you think it's the same for gay people?
Probably.
Do yo think people are born gay or choose to be gay?
I would have to say they choose to be gay.
When did you choose to be straight?
(LAUGHS) I never thought about it. I just never...I am who I am.
Do you think it's the same for gay people?
Maybe. Maybe that's true.