My main goal here on Steemit is to have meaningful conversations. It's hard to achieve that when you're not acknowledged part of a community (so to speak), but I'll give this a shot...

Is sexual orientation determined at birth?

I personally believe that this isn't a choice. Why would they choose this life?
Studies show that people attracted to the same sex have higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide, so why would they choose a life that could lead up to that.

BORN THAT WAY

I'm pretty much sure a lot of you have experienced a gay person talking about how they were born this way. When speaking with members in the LGBT community, they will state that they are not making a choice for their sexual orientation, but there was always a need or preference towards a particular gender.

A CHOICE/PRESSURE

On the other hand, everything I just wrote could be complete bullshit. Maybe Sexual orientation is something people either choose or are pressured into No one is born gay, lesbian, or bisexual or whatever. Whether it results from child abuse, gay rape, peer pressure, or simply being called "gay" by people around you, sexual orientation is a choice.

AN EXPERIENCE

Yes, a person can begin to feel different from everyone else at a young age, but what was the environmental circumstances surrounding them at the time. No one can fully know, not even the person who is affected. It could have been one minute situation that swayed how that person developed in early childhood. So, I guess you don't choose, you experience it...

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS MATTER?