Straight Talk

Do these two studies get us any closer to an answer about whether homosexuality is a choice?

Shidlo: When you hear that something's a choice, that means someone can choose it or "unchoose" it-and from our results, it's very clear that that is false. We interviewed 182 people who tried very hard to change. The stakes were really high for them. Some really thought that if they didn't change, they would literally find themselves in hell. Many were very religious. And they still failed.

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