Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago said they discovered what they call a "gender blind gene," or GB, in male fruit flies. A mutation in this gene causes male fruits flies to court males and females.

After several observations the researched then strengthened neural synapses in the brain, the male flies were attracted, rather than repulsed, by the smell of other male flies.

"We put the males together, and they did to each other what they do when they're interested in a female: They approach her, sing her a song, lick her ... and mount her," "They treated other males exactly the way they would treat other females. We put male flies in a chamber with males and females, and they were attracted to both with equal frequency." researcher David Featherstone told ABCNEWS.com

In another study, researchers showed how they could alter the way female mice smell the sexual secretions, or pheromones, of other mice, and turn them into "lesbian mice."

Both studies show that homosexuality could be a biological trait and not a learned behavior. But because fruit flies and mice can easily switch from straight to gay it doesn't mean that it's that easy for humans to make the same transition.

Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, a controversial psychiatrist known for treating homosexuals who want to change their orientation, doubted that these results had implications for human sexuality.

So I, Justin B. Smith, ask you ask yourself this. Would you change your sexual orientation?

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