Ambrosino's I Am Gay-But I Wasn T Born This Way

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In Brandon Ambrosino’s “I am Gay – but I Wasn't Born This Way”, the author states his reasoning as to why he believes he chose to be gay. Being one of the few who questions the born this way ideology, Ambrosino, along with other LGBTQ activists, are “cast as homophobic, and their thinking is considered backward”(par 10). However, just because an argument like this is popular, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. Even scientific organizations like the American Psychological Association (APA) believes that people have no control over their sexual orientations, however, no findings have been found that determine if sexual orientation is determined from hormones, genetics, or cultural influences(par 21), therefore contradicting the previous claim. …show more content…

Not only that, but terms like ‘pansexual’, ‘bisexual’, ‘gay’ and ‘straight’ are all new terms to our society, so how do we know that they’re incorporated into our genetics? The author believes that our desires change throughout our lives, “in the very specific contexts in which we discover and rehearse them”(par 37). Ambrosino claims he didn’t grow into his sexualiy nor did he just accept the truth, instead, he allowed himself to assert his queer identity. The “born this way” argument can be seen as a “self-hating narrative”(par 46) partly because you can’t change yourself in that mindset. Therefore, Ambrosino expresses that people are born human, we grow to discover and try out identities until one fits. That identity may not stick forever, but we have the freedom to choose and be who we

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