 What influence does the long history in this country of labeling homosexuality a mental health disorder, then reversing that, have in this particular conversation for you? Doesn't that in any way temper your thought process? Well, the reason it doesn't is this, right? For a long time, a core tenet of the LGBT movement was that the sex of the person you're attracted to is hardwired on the day you're born, even though there's no such thing as a gay gene. However, let's talk about the question of gender.