I have a gay brother, and as far as I know he was never molested or sexually abused. But I can say he’s been the way he is since a kid. He always was much closer to my mother, he would put on her high heels and make up. When we played X-men he always wanted to be a female character. And he was bullied and beaten up his whole life bc he was effeminate. I spent most of my childhood standing up for him and fighting the battles he wasn’t interested in getting into. He used to get so mad having his little brother fighting people for him, I guess it embarrassed him or made him feel weak. But I personally wasn’t going to let people call him a faggot and throw him in trash cans bc he was who he was. And this was long before he came out of the closet or had even gone through puberty. So for me, he didn’t choose it. Who would choose a lifetime of beatings and being shit on because you liked the same sex? The easier route would be to conform and deny who he really was. Maybe not mentally easier for him but at least he would’ve forgone the persecution. People who say it’s a choice probably have never actually grown up around it, seen the battles they had to fight because of it, and the shame it caused him with my parents. I grew in a very strict Christian household where we learned of sodom and gamorrah, my father was a youth minister and homosexuality was looked at as a sin. So it wasn’t for a lack of morality or abuse that made him the way he is. Do I know why he’s gay, like what made him that way? No, and I don’t think we’ll ever know what the root cause of it is. But I do think it’s nature and not nurture. I’m proud of my brother and the man he is, and he’s a great uncle to my children. Downvote and talk shit all you want, keyboard bad asses don’t scare me but this headline can gtfoh with this nonsense