If people are born gay, how come the LBGT Population has increased to nearly 5 percent and for millennials, 8.2 percent?

And before anyone says it's because more people are coming out, that has nothing to do with the study because the questionnaires are anonymous. This is clear evidence that people aren't born gay. If there is a gay gene, the lbgt population should be decreasing not increasing.

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Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F

but your thinking is simplistic.. I don't mean that unkindly.. it was unacceptable to say you were gay, to even think about it.. it was frowned on and it's interesting to note that being a female bi/lesbian is STILL way more acceptable and accepted than being a gay man.. so we live and operate within the times we live in.. they restrict what we can and can't admit to..

In some countries you could be killed for being gay.. anonymous or not, in that climate you aren't going to admit it..

I am afraid it IS that it's now accepted.. well apart from a few die hard dinosaurs that is

Helloiwanttotalk · 26-30, F

@Adaydreambeliever 10 years ago, the gay population was less than 3 percent. The surveys are anonymous. Why should anyone have been afraid? Furthermore, how do you explain the sexual orientation discrepancies between older generations are millennials?

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Helloiwanttotalk How do you explain homosexuality in other animals that don't have the mental capacity to make 'decisions' as complicated as what sexuality they wish to be? If it's not something genetic, and it cannot be a choice, what is it then?