Resistance Fighter

Ryan Sorba Defends Natural Sexuality in the Shadow of Sodom

A clean-cut man of about thirty moves through the neon-spattered darkness, striking up conversations over the cacophony of voices and grinding background music. It's a typical night in this Palm Springs gay bar, though it has been an eventful week for its patrons, as earlier in the week, oral arguments were presented in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges gay marriage case. A major component of the case for gay marriage is the premise that homosexuals are born gay, and Ryan Sorba has come here, camera in hand, to expose the falsehood of that premise.

He starts out by asking men if they believe being gay is strictly genetic. No, answers the first one; he was raped when he was about...