Is gay population % on the rise?

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Lifer
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Medical community says it's about 6%. Gay community says it's 19% of population.
 

iamaelephant

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Stop calling a biological trait that is possessed by, and that has always been possessed by 10% of the population a "just for kicks hey-everyone-else-is-doing-it experiment."

While I believe that it is a biological trait, and certainly hope that to be the case, I know that some people experiment with it because of curiosity and/or popularity. I find that odd, myself, but hey...

Umm yeah... I know this might be shocking for some people, but you don't actually have to be gay to engage in gay sex. Some people will hit anything.

I guess that depends on how you define gay. Call me crazy, but when one man takes another mans wang up his date, that screams gay to me.
 

Wuffsunie

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"They're coming to get you, [Eska]..."

Edit: Frankly, I think it's a good thing. If homosexuality is biological (pretty much certain), then by encouraging gays to come out you're in effect allowing them to not have to hide behind the age old societal norm of the heterosexual marriage. And that just lead to propagation of those genes.

Since gays no longer have to hide behind marriage, that biological segment will gradually die out on its own. Naturally, the men will go faster than the women. Reproduction there is as simple as a willing male friend or even anonymous one-night stand. For men, they still need a woman and the ability to gain custody, a MUCH more complicated process.
 

narzy

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the real question is does it really matter?
if your not gay and you know it why does it bother you?

my guess is it's the male-male sodomy that offend people but in all honesty if you've ever done a female up the rectum it's essentially the same process from a medical and physical standpoint...

 
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i think the argument has been made that the % gay has been pretty constant throughout humanity, just in certain times and cultures more visible than in others