In opposing civil rights for GLBT individuals, anti-gay activists make a point of stressing their belief that homosexuality is a choice. Most gays, on the other hand, have an innate sense that they were born with a same-sex attraction. Scientists have differing opinions on this nature versus nurture argument, just as they do over the origin of most human characteristics.
An article in this week's Time magazine entitled "What the Gay Brain looks like" once again tips the scale in favor of homosexuality being a biological, not chosen, orientation.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1815538,00.html?cnn=yes
It seems that researchers studying brain scans of gay and straight men and women have found quite a few differences that lead them to believe that "gay" brains differ in many ways from "straight" brains. This specific study is based upon comparisons of the size of the two halves of the brain in different people. Obviously, the structure of one's brain is not a chosen attribute.
I find it quite interesting that the most vehement anti-gay activists who insist gays choose their orientation, when confronted, are hard-pressed to reveal when or why they "chose" to be straight. As more and more studies conclude that being gay is, in fact biological, and not a choice, these same anti-gay activists will have to find another tool in their bag of ignorance, fear, and bigotry to wield against GLBT persons, if they are to succeed in denying gays basic human rights.
Until that time comes, one thing I will take great comfort in is the thought that I am much better off with the size of my brain, than the size of theirs'.
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