Olly Newport

In your opinion is sexuality determined through nature or nurture, and if nurture, any ideas of what formed your sexuality as it is now?

I’m uneducated in genetical traits in social biology, and I don’t think there’s enough evidence to suggest a gay gene, if any.

You can’t be born gay, I think it’s a social factor that dictates sexuality, moreover the ideology behind homosexuality being genetic. It’s a public misconception via widespread media coverage from a study without much basis published in 1993 in the journal; ‘Science’.

To begin with I didn’t fancy anybody, I was purely a-sexual until around the age of 14. I would be asked, ‘so have you ever had a girlfriend then?’ every now and then, and because I wanted to fit in I would make up a girl; just to seem normal.

It’s very likely social factors caused ‘gayness’ for me. I have a wide net of friends (offline and online) who are gay. I had never really given a shit about anything like my appearance, clothes, I was shy, quite reluctant and would never really commit to much.

I suppose I’m innocent in most ways, I’m never attracted to people because of their tits, or arse, or whatnot. I think people look better without getting it all out. It seems odd to me when I’m asked to ‘get ya dick out’ on horrible MSN conversations. Why is that attractive?

Anyway, I could write a lot on the thesis of homosexuality, however FormSpring is a one-trick poney and half of the people reading this left at ‘you can’t be born gay’.

Talk to me.