The question of whether homosexuality is due to 'nature' or 'nurture' is still open, since differences in metabolism may or may not be due to genetics. In the case of depressed patients the symptoms can be modified by behavioral therapy (ie, without use of drugs). I don't know whether anybody has studied the issue enough to know whether the behavior therapy normalizes the biochemical changes associated with depression but the question is intriguing. How much does our life experience affect brain metabolism? I don't think anybody knows the answer to that question yet. Furthermore, even the authors of the study admit that '... we cannot rule out
the possibility that some other factor or factors that covary with sexual orientation, and not sexual orientation itself, may have affected the SSRI response ...'
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For those who still say it's a "choice," rather than being imposed:
Sexual orientation among men is connected with brain metabolism, University of Chicago research shows.
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