'It's not a choice, it's the way we're built': Symbolic beliefs about sexual orientation in the US and Britain

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Psychological Essentialism, Implicit Theories, and Intergroup Relations (2006, unknown): “Near identical findings have been reported by Hegarty (2002) and Hegarty and Pratto (2001), who found consistent factoranalytic evidence for a dimension combining beliefs in the immutability, early fixing, and biological underpinnings of sexual orientation.”
Heterosexual Allies: A Descriptive Profile (2010, methodology): “Five items were adapted from the work of Hegarty (2002). These items assessed the belief that sexual orientation can be changed, as opposed to the belief that it is biologically based or established by early childhood.”
Genetic Essentialism: On the Deceptive Determinism of DNA (2011, background): “…advances (e.g. identification of genetic markers that may relate to homosexuality) or a change in political climate, the association that currently acts as a positive moderator of prejudice toward homosexuals could one day be used as grounds for eugenic practices (Brookey, 2002; Hegarty, 2002).”