Not sure this was mentioned or not;
If being gay is something you are born with, then how does that explain identical twins where one is gay and the other is straight?
Here is a partial on an article I found here;
Eight Major Identical Twin Studies Prove Homosexuality Is Not Genetic | RedFlagNews.com
I don't purport that this article has any validity, just what I ran across when I wondered about identical twins and googled the topic.
Personally, I don't think it matters one way or the other if a gay person wants to come out or not, but when someone tries to deny that it's a choice, well that may not be true.
redflagnews is a fake news site. Google "redflagnews fake". This thread is ostensibly about Bruce Jenner who came out as transgender, not as gay. I don't understand why you are posting something about sexual orientation at all, much less something from a fake news site.
Here's a real science site:
Largest study of gay brothers homes in on 'gay genes' - life - 17 November 2014 - New Scientist
Reputable twin studies have indicated that genetics is a
component in sexual orientation. Here's one study from NIH:
Homosexual orientation in twins: a report on 61 pairs and three triplet sets. - PubMed - NCBI
Multiple peer-reviewed studies have shown that a gay man with a twin brother is far more likely to have a gay twin brother if the twin is an identical twin. If it's a fraternal twin, the likelihood that the twin brother is gay is the same as for any other brother the gay twin may have (which is still higher than the general population).
There is ample evidence that sexual orientation has a biological basis. Biological does not necessarily mean entirely genetic, but can be partially genetic. There is far more evidence that non-standard sexual orientation (i.e. being gay) has a partial genetic basis than presently exists for non-standard handedness (i.e. being left-handed). BTW, some studies have shown that lesbians and gay men are disproportionately left-handed.
The most convincing hypothesis that I have read about what determines sexual orientation, is that it results from a combination of genetics and hormonal activity in the womb. It is known, for example, that in animals which normally have multiple births such as rats, that sexual behavior in the offspring can be predicted by the location in the womb.
I have never met a single gay man who chose to be gay. I certainly didn't choose. It's who I am. For that matter, I haven't met a single straight man who chose to be straight.
I'm sick and tired of being used as a punching bag by politicians, by the willfully ignorant, by people who use their religion to justify their bigotry, and by fake news sites.