Susie924..
"With the discrimination against gays in this country, why do you think anyone would choose to be gay?"
First this is not a tautological argument in regard to genetic disposition, but I’ll answer it anyway.
1)It may seem silly to reject perfectly good people just because of the shape of their sex organs.
2)If they don't believe queerness is genetic and they also don't see anything immoral about choosing it, then limiting themselves to loving only members of the opposite gender just from pure fear of social condemnation might make them feel like cowards.
3)They may be looking for a sense of purpose in life, and reclaiming the right of all people to love and make love to members of their own gender may provide them with a sense of purpose.
4)They may admire the queer community and want to be a part of it.
5)They may be rebelling against the sexually repressive culture.
6)If like most non-queers they find that the idea of being called queer scares them, they may recognize that the only way to overcome any fear is to face it and do what scares them most—to become queer.
Again I don’t think people who choose to be queer think that doing so will be some kind of nonstop party. People often choose for good and rational reasons to do painful things. Some people volunteer to fight in wars and die for their country. Other people choose to practice civil disobedience and be arrested and/or beaten up for the sake of their cause. Maybe for many gays, choosing to become queer may feel something like that? Also, most of us who made a fully conscious and direct choice to become queer also tend never to have believed the hype about queerness being in any way immoral or a genetic defect.
I put some time into this one so I’d appreciate you taking it seriously. Thank you
Paule Walnuts
