Why i am a gay
by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we recognize, is largely about experiencing severe and unrelenting doubt. It can cause you to doubt even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A study published in the Journal of Sex Research set up that among a group of college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. ). In command to have doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. I have observed this symptom in young children, adolescents, and adults as good. Interestingly Swedo, et al., , start that approximately 4% of children with OCD experience obsessions concerned with forbidden aggressive or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s have sexual identity might seem pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most obvious form is where a sufferer experiences the mind that they mig
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Am I Gay?
Coming Out of Cultural Christianity & LGBTQ+ Identity Into Authentic Faith in Jesus
AUTHOR: GARRY INGRAHAM
Discover the journey Garry Ingraham took in leaving behind imitation cultural Christianity and the emptiness of LGBTQ+ identity for a life of “belonging, purpose, and meaning through the greatest and most enduring love of God.”
Summary
“In the American church, my dread is that many people include been inoculated to the gospel,” my pastor said. “They consider they have the real thing, but they’re confusing a create of religion for authentic Christian faith” (Rev. John Hawco).
This is a perfect description of the kind of faith I had growing up in my Christian family and church. I also lived with a secret — many shameful secrets. Sexual overuse and early sexualization by peers led to porn addiction and chronic masturbation. To make matters worse, as a boy and young man growing up in a culture of Christian fundamentalism, my emotional and sexual attractions were toward other guys. I lived in the dominant shadow of a religious, rules-based Christianity, while desire for gay
Why Are People Gay? Same-sex attracted By Choice or Is Being Gay Genetic?
Estimates as to the number of gay people in the population range from 1-in to 1-in, so why are some people gay? Are they gay by choice or is existence gay genetic?
The simplest reply is to look at the definition of the word "gay." The word gay is a synonym for homosexual, which is defined as,1,2
"Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting sexual yearn for or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex."
In other words, % of people experience same-sex sexual attraction or behavior; of course, this doesn't utter to what makes people gay. No one knows for certain why any individual is gay, but the current thought is that being gay is not a choice. (read: Cure the Gay: Lgbtq+ Conversion Therapy – Genuine or Hoax?) The reasons people are gay are both physiological and psychological.
Why Are People Gay? – Physiology
Modern science is active to show that genetics is one of the causes of being homosexual, although some science conflicts in this area. According to Psychology Today,3
"In recent years, evidence has accumulated