The burden of the Intellectual

[Runa216]

Mr Khan said:

If being gay is a choice, why would anyone choose it? Why choose to be something that's going to get you ostracized by a good number of people today, or could have gotten you many punishments like chemical castration as late as 60 years ago?

I always wondered that, too.  why in the world would someone consciously chose to do something that would have them ostracized and punished?  I mean, when the reward is manbum, I can't imagine the risks being worth it  unless the person really was gay!