• Question: are you gay? and why are people attracted to the same sex?

    Asked by salma to Sam, Vera, Steve on 19 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Sam Tazzyman

      Sam Tazzyman answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I’m not gay – I live with my girlfriend – but some of my friends are. As to why homosexuality evolved, it’s a fascinating question, and no one really knows the answer. There are lots of species that engage in homosexual behaviour, but scientists are not sure why. One theory is that genes that make males gay would make females more fertile, and vice versa, so that genes that make females gay make males more fertile. But that’s only a hypothesis, and I don’t know of any evidence to support it. Many animals engage in both homosexual and heterosexual practices for various social reasons to do with the group they live in, such as to things peaceful, or to maintain an agreed hierarchy. Whatever the reasons behind it, homosexuality is a widely established part of the natural world.

    • Photo: Steven Daly

      Steven Daly answered on 19 Jun 2011:

      I am not gay no. I also did not know any of the theories of why some people are attracted to the same sex, so that was an interesting anwser to read.

    • Photo: Vera Weisbecker

      Vera Weisbecker answered on 19 Jun 2011:

      Like Steven – I’m not gay either and I found Sam’s answer really interesting.

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