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Wikipedia's article on "Acquired Homosexuality" begins:. Acquired homosexuality is the discredited idea bet gay homosexuality can be spread, either through sexual "seduction" or "recruitment" by homosexuals or through exposure to media depictions. Bet gay contraire!

Recently, however, the evidence in favor of acquired homosexuality has become overwhelming. The numbers for bisexuality are especially shocking. Over the course of five generations, bisexual identity has multiplied by a factor of 75! Lesbian identity has multiplied twenty-fold, transgender identity ten-fold.

Even gay identity is six times as common in Generation Z as among traditionalists. What's going on? Fertility was conceivably equal back when almost all gays lived in the closet, but there can be little doubt that during the last fifty years, gay genes have become less prevalent.

Could the rising LGBT share merely reflect the decline of closeting? In part. Why would older LGBTs stay in the closet as the stigma plummets? You could appeal to age-segregated social circles. Octogenarians fret more about the intolerance of fellow octogenarians, and draw little comfort from the tolerance of today's teen-agers.

But the elderly plainly care about the opinions of close family members - and the older you get, the more likely your close family members are to be markedly younger than you are. The evidential elephant in the room is the massive shift from Gen X to Gen Z.

Being part of Gen X, I confidently assert that we were far less intolerant than earlier generations. Even if later generations turned the intolerance dial down to zero, why would this relatively minor change multiply Gen Z's numbers more than four-fold?

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Another weakness of the closeting story is that mainstream stigma against bisexuals was always milder than against any of the other groups. Yet it is bisexuality that has exploded. You could argue that stigma has actually reversed, leading young straights to closet as LGBT.

This might be true in rare social bubbles, but it's still hard to believe this is common. Even if your parents are officially gay-positive, mild parental dismay when you come out is probably the norm. The best stories are the very mechanisms that Wikipedia dismisses: recruitment and the media.

Whatever you call it, this is a good way to make more Mormons. Similarly, the more openly LGBT people you socialize with, the more likely you are to consider giving their lifestyle a try - especially if the costs of trying are low. Which is a good way to make more LGBTs.

None of that changes the obvious fact that hanging out with Group X causally raises the chance that you become an X. And one strong predictor bet gay hanging out with Group X is outreach by Group X. This is especially clear for the orientation with off-the-charts growth: bisexuality.

The current cost of "trying" bisexuality is low. You barely have to act on it.