Unable to change sexuality?

[Horatio Nelson]

I have heard a lot of people say that you can't change your sexuality and that you are born that way.

Do you think/feel that way?

[Luminous]

Absolutely. I feel like your sexuality is something your were born with and you can't change. Of course, you can choose how you act - you can pretend and lie and deny your feelings, but that doesn't mean they're not there.

[Star Wolf]

Yeah. Horrifying experiences of violence or sexual abuse can result in sexuality change as a psychological coping mechanism, but for the most part, I do believe you are born with it.

[Elysium]

Absolutely. I feel like your sexuality is something your were born with and you can't change. Of course, you can choose how you act - you can pretend and lie and deny your feelings, but that doesn't mean they're not there.
I agree with this completely, although I think nurture must play some part in it as well (I have cousins who are identical twins; one is gay, one isn't). I do firmly believe you can't just make your feelings go away.

[Xavier]

You are definitely born with your sexual preference. In this world, many people face a lot of hate and judgement due to their preference, nobody chooses to be treated this way. Nobody wants to feel discriminated against. Some gay people try to change their sexuality to "fit in" better with society. I say, be who you want to be and live beautifully with whatever preference you choose!

[sixguy6]

You just have to accept how you are and not try to pretend to be something you're not

[Hudor]

Absolutely. I feel like your sexuality is something your were born with and you can't change. Of course, you can choose how you act - you can pretend and lie and deny your feelings, but that doesn't mean they're not there.

This exactly.

[Gamma Male]

Whether or not sexuality is something you're born with, or if nurture/ environmental factors play a role, I have no idea. But I do know that it isn't something you can change, and attempts to change someone's sexuality always end badly.

[phuckphace]

I think most cases are inborn. the rest are environmental.

[Lovelife090994]

I think a person can change it if they want to. Sexuality is not a leash but a pool. Sometimes you stay in one away, sometimes you venture or change. My sexuality changes near daily.

[Bull]

Absolutely. I feel like your sexuality is something your were born with and you can't change. Of course, you can choose how you act - you can pretend and lie and deny your feelings, but that doesn't mean they're not there.

Spot on. It may be hard to accept, but that is the way a person is. Experimentation helps you understand your sexuality, I think. Also the environment in which a person lives will influence how he/she acts on their emerging sexuality.

[Hudor]

I think a person can change it if they want to. Sexuality is not a leash but a pool. Sometimes you stay in one away, sometimes you venture or change. My sexuality changes near daily.

However even so you still remain within boundaries. Surely the change cannot be radical?

[TheN3rdyOutcast]

No matter gay, straight or bi...
Baby, I was born to survive...
I'm on the right track, baby...
I was born this way!

[Lovelife090994]

However even so you still remain within boundaries. Surely the change cannot be radical?

Actually sometimes with me it is. I can find something attractive one day and repulsive the next.

[ChaseDakoda]

I do not beleave a person is nothing except the sex they were born with, But I would love to be a girl long enough to get pregnant and deliver a baby vaginally. I always dream of doing it but no natter what it could never happen

[Croconaw]

You can't change who you are. You were born that way.

[Faolan]

There's no way to change.

[Blood]

Absolutely. I feel like your sexuality is something your were born with and you can't change. Of course, you can choose how you act - you can pretend and lie and deny your feelings, but that doesn't mean they're not there.

I agree with this.

[Miserabilia]

I have no idea, but if it's not a choice, then it's not a choice to change it either. And since it's pretty much been shown to not be a choicse, you probably can't change it.
You could oppress it, or try to make yourself more attracted to others, but it would only be changing it slightly, not compeltely turning it around, I think.

[Karkat]

I do not beleave a person is nothing except the sex they were born with, But I would love to be a girl long enough to get pregnant and deliver a baby vaginally. I always dream of doing it but no natter what it could never happen

That has 0% to do with sexuality, not to mention that gender ambiguity seems to be something one is born with as well.

[LuciferSam]

I don't think it's a choice, but I do believe that it's possible to be psychologically altered or brainwashed into having certain sexual preferences. This of course, would be dreadfully unethical

[Bmble_B]

As lady gaga said, you're just born this way

[Perfectly Flawed]

I don't think it's possible to change sexuality with current science.

[CrazyPerson101]

I have heard a lot of people say that you can't change your sexuality and that you are born that way.

Do you think/feel that way?


That's not entirely true , Influences in your life also take a toll in your sexuality. You're not simply born being st8 / gay / bi whatever.