Theorizing Homosexuality”—Part II of III

Causes and “Becauses”

To repeat what was underscored in the previous Substack, the “causes” of homosexuality—and of heterosexuality for that matter—are unknown.

However, not knowing its “cause” has not stopped theorizing about homosexuality over thousands of years. Plato’s Symposium, for example, tells a creation myth that starts with three original sexes: “Male,” “Female,” a…