Part of the hostility toward homosexuality comes from the common assumption that it is a 'lifestyle choice'. Realistically speaking, someone cannot just "decide" to be gay. If someone maintains that he or she is gay, but is not attracted to members of his/her own gender, then he/she is not truly a homosexual. Voluntarily identifying with the gay stereotype and realizing that you are sexually attracted to your own gender are two very different things.

Much of this is influenced by religion and cultural upbringing in how people were raised. If parents raise their children with the stringent expectation that their children are supposed to be heterosexual, and if any of their children are actually gay, then it

Logically, homosexual cannot really be a choice. Given the extreme views towards the homosexuals, who would happily choose to be gay if they know of all the stigmas, fears and violent acts directed at them by the society? When confronted with the possibility of isolation for leading a "taboo" lifestyle, being granted few (if any) legal rights or protections, who would freely decide to be homosexual? Hence the only choice involved with being gay is when a person decides between living in the closet and hiding behind a facade, or deciding to accept, acknowledge and be who they are.

How does one know if being homosexual is not a choice? Do heterosexuals know that if heterosexuality is a "choice"? And how do we know for sure that people are not born gay?

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