How is the gene for gblt passed on?

It's not exactly genetic, it's epigenetic.

Ignore "Kenneth" and the other trolls... it is NOT a choice.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112746818/hom...

http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/13/new-insight-...

The rest of what you think you know is, as James says, mostly nonsense, misinformation, and what hetero kids THINK we are like. And ask yourself -- how would they know?

There is no LGBT gene. There DO seem to be correlations regarding birth order but as of now, "being gay" is a combination of nature and nurture. Since no LG couple can conceive children in the conventional manner, LG people are only the product of HETEROSEXUAL intercourse. While it IS possible for BT people to conceive children (B through conventional methods, T through in vitro and/or surrogacy) there is probably not enough research and data to correlate BT children resulting from BT parenthood.

Because of who we are and because once we come out we tend to be less suppressed about sex and sexuality, we tend to give into that and engage in a lot of sex. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying.

Young? Well, if you want someone who can go all night, the young ones are the ones to get. The old ones tend to tire easily and want to watch Leno or Jimmy Fallon late at night.

As for your friend's safety: how do you know he's not using condoms and playing safe? Just because someone attends a lot of sex parties does not mean he's not safe. Granted, the chances of contracting something (an STD, the flu, a cold) are much higher because you're coming into contact with a lot more people but attending sex parties is no guarantee that ill health will befall a person.

I strongly believe people are born with their orientation. That being said, that means it is passed on through genes. That means someone who was gay a very long time ago had sex with the opposite sex and passed the gene on, therefor introducing it into the human race. And if you ask how that one was gay the answer would be: How else a new gene introduced? Through a mutation of DNA when it is copied. I think the fact that there is so little gay people in the world (10%) that might mean the gene is recessive.

If you are wondering how straight people have gay children it is because one of the people who came before both of the straight people was gay (one of the ancestors). They passed there gene down and then finally it made it to the straight person, the straight person has a child with someone else and both the genes get passed down. (Both parents would have to pass the gene on to the child for it to be gay/bi because like I said, it is most likely the gene is recessive).

(Just a scenario on how the gene stays in the 'gene pool')

Some gay people in society today might try to hide who they are because of societies views on LGBT. So they might have sex with a straight person trying to prove to everyone else that they are straight. You can imagine the rest. The straight person might be a girl and she has a kid and the (maybe) recessive gene gets passed on to the child, therefor staying in the 'gene pool'.

I say 'gene pool' in quotation like that because I don't know if you know what that is. If you don't just ask.

Of course I don't know if that is at all true or not because there is no proof. I'm just saying, gay people are born gay and if that is so it has to be because of genes right? I just described how genes work with gay as the trait. But I don't know if that is an actual trait. Hopefully one day science will tell how that works.

There's so much wrong with your question its actually pretty funny. Ill break my response down a little:

1. Hard wired does not necessarily mean genetic. It just means its a naturally occurring process during development. Call that what you will, a mistake, a gift, gods will, mother natures population control, it doesn't matter. The fact is that it happens and whilst science still hasn't proven 100% why it happens, its generally accepted that its to do with hormone levels in the womb and can be influenced by how many other children your mother has had along with a cornucopia of other things which can influence hormone production.

2. Lets not be deluded here, gay people are by no means any more or less crazy when it comes to sex than anyone else. Yes promiscuity does generally tend to be higher amongst the gay community than the heterosexual community, but think about how vastly the heterosexual community outnumbers the gay community. You guys and girls are having WAY more freaky sex than we are! Plus its all down to each individual person, you can't just generalise an entire group of people because statistics say we're more promiscuous by percentage than heterosexuals. I've only ever slept with 4 people and I don't plan on sleeping with any more, I've never been to an orgy and I've never attended a sauna or other sex establishment and I don't plan to. I'm not the only one who will never live up to this promiscuous standard that seems to have been set for gay people.

It's also not true that most gay people prefer "really young" partners, of course plenty do, but so do plenty of straight men and women. There are droves of people who prefer older, or prefer certain races or body types.

3. Yes, having UNPROTECTED sex with strangers puts you at huge risk of STDs and HIV, but that goes for everybody not just gay people. You're as likely to catch HIV from unprotected sex as I am. As long as you use condoms, the risk of you contracting HIV dive into minuscule figures. Other common STDs are always a risk as they're more easily passed on like Chlamydia, the most common STD. Anyone who doesn't use protection when having sex with someone they know absolutely nothing about is an idiot, clearly your friend is in that category. If he ends up riddled with STDs then he's only got himself to blame.

To summarise, your question is a mass of sweeping generalisations mingled with very little knowledge and research on the subject. You're telling us what you've been told, not what you know. If you care for your friends health and safety then educate yourself on the subject and then use your factual knowledge to educate your friend. And always stick to reputable medical sites for you stats and facts, don't just read any old online rag and take it as truth. Xx

It's not through genetics, rather that be it there is a less likely chance, that there is always a chance that a person is gay or not. I find that the fact we are so ignorant of such a topic makes our thoughts a bit off. Homosexuality has been of an existence since whenever, which is proven by the fact that humans are not the only species that partake in such. The fact that we humans consistently ignored it or brush off such a topic though, could be reason why it seems as if homosexuality is not something "normal", be it is very much so.

Not all gay people attend "sex parties and camps." I'm gay, and have only been with one girl my whole life (the girl who I am marrying soon!) :) Don't assume your friend is representative of everyone!

It isn't, even straight people can have gay children.