Parents Of Gay Kids Face The Common Fears
Contents:
- BOY'S ODDS OF BEG GAY TRACED TO WOMB / STUDY LOOKS ANEW AT PUZZLG ROLE OF BROTHERS' BIRTH ORR
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN: HOW TO BE SUPPORTIVE DPE THE COMMON FEARS
- A PROBABILY SAMPLE OF GAY MAL
BOY'S ODDS OF BEG GAY TRACED TO WOMB / STUDY LOOKS ANEW AT PUZZLG ROLE OF BROTHERS' BIRTH ORR
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favou … * gay child probability *
Children of homosexuals more apt to be homosexuals? Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi.
Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favour of the null hypothis and allowg for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) dg errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothis that gay and lbian parents would be more likely to have gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure (of sexual orientatn) sons and dghters was nfirmed. Percentag of children of gay and lbian parents who adopted non-heterosexual inti ranged between 16% and 57%, wh odds rats of 1. Data om ethnographic sourc and om prev studi on gay and lbian parentg were re-examed and found to support the hypothis that social and parental fluenc may fluence the exprsn of non-heterosexual inti and/or behavur.
Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual. Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual: a reply to Cameron.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN: HOW TO BE SUPPORTIVE DPE THE COMMON FEARS
[Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data]. Fay rejectn as a predictor of negative health out whe and Lato lbian, gay, and bisexual young adults. Comg of age a heterosexist world: the velopment of gay and lbian adolcents.
A boy's chanc of growg up gay crease wh the number of olr brothers he has, and the Canadian rearcher who spotted the trend a ago now believ he is closer to explag why: It all starts the Universy psychologist Anthony Bogaert first reported 1996 the startlg fdg that a boy's probabily of growg up gay creas by about one-third wh each olr brother his fay. Bogaert me to his latt ncln a study volvg the birth orr and fay history of 944 men -- about half intifyg as straight and the other half gay or bisexual. In short, if there was somethg about growg up wh a lot of olr brothers that raised the chanc of a younger boy beg gay, did not show up the blend fai of stepbrothers, half-brothers and adopte.
No matter where the boys were raised -- small or large fai -- the only factor that showed the elevated chance of growg up gay was havg olr blogil brothers. The fdg is nsistent wh -- but do not prove -- a theory that some male homosexualy may be ed by exposure the womb to maternal antibodi created the mother's blood durg prev livery of male children. One reason may be that homosexualy occurs about 4 to 5 percent of the populatn, so the crease noted among boys wh several olr brothers is a small effect volvg a small percentage of all people.
A PROBABILY SAMPLE OF GAY MAL
In other words, if a younger boy has many olr brothers but is left-hand, he do not have an elevated chance of beg gay.
The right-hand exceptn to the aternal birth orr effect was particularly surprisg bee other rearch had prevly unvered another puzzler: Both men and women who are left-hand are slightly more likely to be gay.