Science: Homosexual Orientation - doesn't exist
This study, conducted by world renowned Johns Hopkins University scientists Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer and Dr. Paul R. McHugh, is a meta-analysis of data from over 200 peer-reviewed (and left-leaning) studies regarding "sexual orientation" and "gender identity." It was published in the fall 2016 edition of The New Atlantis journal and is, far and away, the most objective, exhaustive and comprehensive study on the topic to date.
The research established, among other things:
o "The understanding of sexual orientation as an innate, biologically fixed property of human beings—the idea that people are 'born that way'—is not supported by scientific evidence."
o "Sexual orientation" in adolescents is "fluid over the life course for some people, with one study estimating that as many as 80 percent of male adolescents who report same-sex attractions no longer do so as adults."
o "Compared to heterosexuals, non-heterosexuals are about two to three times as likely to have experienced childhood sexual abuse."
o "Gay"-identified people are "at an elevated risk for a variety of adverse health and mental health outcomes."
o "Gay"-identified people experience "nearly 2.5 times the risk of suicide."
o "The hypothesis that gender identity is an innate, fixed property of human beings that is independent of biological sex—that a person might be 'a man trapped in a woman's body' or 'a woman trapped in a man's body'—is not supported by scientific evidence."
o "Studies comparing the brain structures of transgender and non-transgender individuals ... do not provide any evidence for a neurobiological basis for cross-gender identification."
o "[S]ex-reassigned individuals [are] about five times more likely to attempt suicide and about 19 times more likely to die by suicide."
o "[T]he rate of lifetime suicide attempts across all ages of transgender individuals is estimated at 41 percent, compared to under 5 percent in the overall U.S. population."
o "Only a minority of children who experience cross-gender identification will continue to do so into adolescence or adulthood."
Lest you buy the liberal talking point that so-called "homophobia" leads to high rates of suicide and other devastating consequences of the "LGBT" lifestyle, a recent study from "gay"-affirming Sweden dispels this myth. The research, published in the May issue of the European Journal of Epidemiology, found that people entering into a "gay marriage" were, as mirrored above, nearly three times as likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual counterparts.
"Even in a country with a comparatively tolerant climate regarding homosexuality such as Sweden," observed the researchers, "same-sex married individuals evidence a higher risk for suicide than other married individuals."
To borrow from James Carville: It's the lifestyle, stupid.
