Adult HOMOSEXUAL Male

I simply do not understand this.

In London 🇬🇧, a theatre event featuring a play about LGBTQ+ Palestinians 🇵🇸 was disrupted by Free Palestine protestors. The play "Sharif" explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ Palestinians who flee to Israel to escape persecution, drawing on real-life testimonies and years of research. The Q&A that followed the reading with the creative team became hostile, as protestors made antisemitic comments and the audience left in response.

On Trans Day of Visibility, it’s worth remembering that too many of the loudest voices on trans issues still don’t understand even the most basic realities of trans people’s lives. That’s why visibility and solidarity matter so much 🏳️‍⚧️

Youth unemployment in London has now risen to almost 25%. The previous highs were in 1981 and the early 2010s. Seems like something to be concerned about

This is for anyone who is claiming the "truth" behind homosexuality is the result of childhood trauma. No, that is not the 'truth' Childhood trauma, such as parental divorce, or an absent father, or abuse, does not cause male homosexuality. The evidence is clear and consistent: Large twin studies show moderate genetic heritability for male same-sex attraction (identical twins are far more likely to both be gay than fraternal twins). Shared-environment factors like divorce or family disruption explain essentially zero variance. Most homosexual men report recognizing strong male-body attraction (and complete disinterest in females) in early childhood (often preschool age) well before any plausible trauma window like a divorce at age 5 or later events. Biological mechanisms are well-documented: prenatal androgen exposure, hundreds of small-effect genetic variants (from large GWAS), measurable brain-structure differences, and the fraternal birth order effect (each older brother raises the odds). Yes, gay men report higher rates of adverse childhood experiences on average, but rigorous longitudinal and instrumental-variable studies show the arrow typically runs the other way: early emerging same-sex interests or gender nonconformity make boys more likely to be targeted for abuse or bullying. Homosexuality appears at stable rates across all cultures and historical eras, and in non-human primates - patterns impossible if it were primarily the result of discrete childhood traumas. There is no coherent mechanism by which a trauma, such as parents' divorce or the absence of the father, could suddenly “rewire” a previously straight boy’s sexual orientation. The trauma-causation story is an outdated psychoanalytic relic that feels intuitive to some but collapses under actual data.