Puck said:I assure you HM, no one is becoming gay via 'peer pressure.' Young people experiment, now that homosexuality has lost a little of the cultural sting that it once had, more kids may experiment. More may come out, but I doubt the actual numbers of folks who are attracted to the same sex is changing.
I think you (and JG) are belittling the matter a bit here. It's not that being gay has "lost a little of the cultural sting", it is actively and strongly promoted on all channels! As one example among many, the song "I kissed a girl" by Katy Perry comes to mind that was on the radio non-stop everywhere. Not to mention the "gay aesthetic" of most models and advertisements and so on.
I assume that the numbers of homosexuals are constant, but the problem is that so many young people are encouraged to "experiment", to change identities at a whim (both sexual orientation and gender), maybe multiple times, because it's trendy and encouraged. This is very dangerous psychologically I think. Add the fact to the mix that of course homosexuals are still facing hostility by many people (consciously or unconsciously), the dissolution of traditional marriage, general snow-flakery etc. and what you have is the perfect storm of chaos. At least that's how it looks to me.