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There is some debate over whether a "[[sex-change]]" operation is valid as regards whether one's sex is immutable or not.

There is some debate over whether a "[[sex-change]]" operation is valid as regards whether one's sex is immutable or not.

There has been much debate over whether [[homosexuality]] is immutable. There is political and legal motivation for claiming it is immutable:  then it can be treated as a "civil right" classification, like race, for the granting of special protection and even [[affirmative action]]. If immutable, one would expect to find "[[gay gene]]", but so such gene has ever been identified.

There has been much debate over whether [[homosexuality]] is immutable. Often the argument is made that it's either [[genetically determined]] (and thus immutable), or that it is entirely a matter of choice.  Given this [[dichotomy]], the premise that "I didn't choose to be gay" yields the conclusion that it must be genetically determined. However, the search for a "[[gay gene]]" has proved elusive. Many others, including most scientists, have a much less 'black and white' view.  They propose that it is determined by a complex interaction of many factors, some of which could be genetic, but probably also include psychological, environmental and cognitive factors, and is shaped at a very early age.

[[Simon LeVay]] wrote:

[[Simon LeVay]] wrote: