>But I’m gay, and while there are pros and cons to it, I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

Having Dawn syndrome is severe impairment.

Being gay isn't an impairment. At least nowadays in US. I'm not sure you would feel the same if you were gay in Chechnja ... where supposedly gays just don't exist, and when something like gay happens the family deals with him themselves (the rule there - either the family deals with their own member, or the society will deal with the whole family). Especially if it were about your children.

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jjj123 2 days ago | parent [-]

My comment makes it clear I’m not comparing the two, I’m just saying it’s not a good argument as it does not hold for other cases.

	▲	trhway a day ago \| parent [-]
		>I’m just saying it’s not a good argument as it does not hold for other cases. No. It does hold for other cases where severe impairment is present. >My comment makes it clear I’m not comparing the two exactly. Because your case doesn't contain severe impairment. When such an impairment is added - like say making you a father of a gay child in Chechnja where you have to commit a "honor killing" of that child to save the rest of your family - the cases become much more comparable. I'm pretty sure that in Chechnja you'd choose DNA edit to remove gay gene from your child if you're given that choice.