Born This Way: The Science Behind Being Gay (LGBT+ Documentary) | Real Pride

Are gay men born gay? In this 2013 documentary, filmmaker Bryce Michael Sage explores how same-sex attraction can be compatible with evolution and how it could have survived through generations of history. A winner of multiple awards across international film festivals, Survival of Fabulous seeks to find out how you stayed on the right track if you're born this way!

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[kryptonarie]

I was a hair dresser and worked with a number of openly gay men in the late 1980s, and I didn't need anyone to tell me that being gay was a choice, because it was obvious it definitely wasn't and isn't. People need to get over themselves and let people live and be who they are, and quit allowing archaic societal expectations influence and perpetuate irrational fears.

[Manguy]

I've spent the best years of my life being celibate because I was gay, I missed out on relationships. I was told that I was a hunk back in yesteryear now I'm an old man and alone

[GoBlue]

Bravo! 👏👏👏 Love his father’s response when he asked “Do you think I wanted to be gay.?” His father: “No, because I don’t ever remember wanting to be straight”. This needs to be seen by everyone.

[johniii]

I never questioned if I was born that way. It was obvious to me by 4 or 5 that I was attracted to guys even before I knew what sex was.

[joshuaberdouk]

Very inspirational words from his dad: “I don’t ever remember choosing to be straight” ❤️

[thehahaha]

Excellent! I find the animal homosexuality intriguing. Growing up we always had two German Shepherds as pets. We acquired an excellent breed male once and he grew to be a beauty. Many people wanted to breed with this male but he would have nothing to do with female dogs. But if someone brought their male dog over he was all over it. So we always said he was our gay German Shepherd!

[mikekent]

I have never believed that my being gay was my choice, because it certainly wasn't. As far back as I can remember, I was always different in many ways. I remember at kindergarten or nursery school that I was bullied for being a "sissy". It wasn't that I walked differently. I certainly talked differently. My mum was Irish and growing up in northern England I didn't develop the dialect. We spend those first years with our mothers. So my accent leaned towards hers not my fathers, who had a thick dialect. So at school I sounded different. It got me beaten by fists a few times and my whole school experience was terrible. I couldn't wait to leave. I do remember such things as major sports, Soccer, Cricket, Basketball etc I hated. I did like tennis. I also found it easier to play with girls rather than boys, which I found them to be too brutal. By age 7 I found myself attracted to male articles of clothing, i.e. Leather jackets on men, not women. By 11 I found myself attracted to men. I remember watching a film one night where two men were wrestling in their suits on the floor and I becoming aroused. I prayed to God like crazy to take these feelings away. I begged and cried to Him but nothing changed. I knew I didn't want these feelings. I denied them for a long time. I knew that the bullying and ostracism I had experienced in childhood would become worse in adulthood. By 19, I was trying to switch my fantasies and sexual urges to women but it was useless. So I attempted suicide. That's why I know, no young gay person chooses to be gay. Who in their right mind would "choose" to be ostracized and become an outcast of society? Mine wasn't a choice. I KNOW that I was born this way. This documentary only confirms what I already knew. Now I accept myself for what I am, but it took a long time.

[katherineheimnick]

It's all about your hormones and everything is controlled by our hormones from the minute of conception until the day we die. People don't choose to be gay, straight, bisexual or whatever don't hate people for being different. There is more sin in judging people and disowning family members and harming people that are different. Just because some people that are religious fanatics that judge anyone that is different from them don't give you the right to judge or harm other people. Just minding your own dam business and leave everybody else alone would make you a much better human.

[patrick]

I’m a 53-year-old man and I have been gay as long as I could remember thinking about sex. But on the other hand, I am absolutely horrible with fashion or anything to do with the arts. I am excellent in anything masculine.
I guess I’m kind of rare IDK

[s.ewasiuk]

This should be shown in high school health class.

[fennet.]

Darwin. You got some explaining to do. Lol. Love it.

[jon-lukeport]

For me, the biggest fight has been to not be ashamed of being gay. I've spent my life living to please others. Being "the good son, the gentleman, the good respectful guy. At the end of the day I realized all that had gotten me was alone. Now I live to please me. Im not getting a second chance at this life. The rest is noise.

[JacobSnell]

I actually think it's a silly thing that some people heterosexual and homosexual alike are so concerned with what makes us gay or straight or bisexual. It signals that we need science to prove that we are okay and normal. We don't ask straight people to justify their existence as being a natural occurrence in science.

I'm gay btw

[royhaines]

One of my early memories was looking over into our neighbour's garden from my vantage point of the balcony on my parent's house (I was just 4 at the time - 1950) and watching two boys (probably early twenties) take off their shirts and sitting in deck chairs enjoy the London summer sun. I was somehow totally drawn to them. I obviously didn't understand this very nice feeling and it took me many years to understand why I was attracted to men.

[sunangel-rivka]

As a straight woman, I found this utterly fascinating. So well produced. Thank you!

[r.b.]

Mom always knew, Dad is so nice: I don’t choose to be straight. And the sheep Lady is so awsome lovley.

[InMeUcU]

And now I know... I'm gay for sure! ❤️🌈❤️

[thingmagig]

Are there any similar studies for gay women?

[saltireeire]

This has me fascinated. My brother and I are both gay men and my mum only had us two. I can’t understand how both of us are gay but maybe she has this immune system disorder that turned me gay in the womb, she’s getting blamed this Christmas when I show her this documentary 😂😂

[SuperPookster]

Very informative. This is a must-watch for every heterosexual because clears up some of the misconceptions about homosexuality.
Excellent documentary.