otherwise of homosexuality. Being gay, however, gives me a greater insight than a fundamentalist christian. Altman, Jeffreys, Paglia et al all have university qualifications; but none of them in medical or psychological fields that would render them a credible source. I'm not sure what the source of my information on Kronemeyer has to do with the discussion; as I pointed out, he is not (nor has he ever been) a credible source on homosexuality; if for no other reason than his outlandish claims, and links to ultra-fundamentalist anti-gay christian groups. PS. I note that you didn't answer the question of when you decided to be heterosexual. Surely you can answer that, seeing as you believe that I made a conscious choice to be gay; you obviously made one to be "straight". rob1954 : Hudson Godfrey : 24 May 2011 12:41:18am Annette One rogue psychologist does not make a spring! A lot of medical and psychological opinion combined with the experiential testimony of people who feel themselves gay from their first stirrings of sexual awareness disagrees with your few selective quotes. But who cares if its nature or nurture anyway? Male Chimpanzees seem to mate with one another for equally unfathomable social reasons. It even appears that heterosexual humans aren't exclusively vanilla in their sexual behaviours to the extent that the sex acts themselves aren't definitive of what same sex attraction entails. So there are varying opinions from different perspectives on this that naturally vary more widely that just what you've