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• HOW I LEARNED IS OKAY TO BE GAY
• TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN"GAY MEN AND GAY WOMEN ARE SENTIAL TO HUMANY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. JAM O’KEEFE GAVE A RECENT TED TALK AT TEDXTALLAGHT DUBL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY—AND HOW 'S NOT ABOUT SEX, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE'S SON JIMMY IS GAY, AND WHEN JIMMY ME OUT TO HIM AND HIS WIFE 12 YEARS AGO, O'KEEFE NFSED THAT HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIS SAFETY AND HIS SON'S HAPPS, BUT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MORE HE REALIZED THAT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T ABNORMAL, BUT A WAY FOR A SPECI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“VIEWED THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTN, HOMOSEXUALY SEEMS TO BE A REAL SELF-FEATG NON-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY," O'KEEFE TOLD THE DIENCE AT HIS TED TALK. "GAYS HAVE 80 PERCENT FEWER KIDS THAN HETEROSEXUALS. THIS IS A TRA THAT OUGHT TO GO EXTCT A FEW GENERATNS, YET DOWN THROUGH RERD HISTORY EVERY CULTURE AND MANY ANIMAL SPECI AS WELL, HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT DISTCT SUBGROUP. IF THIS WERE A GEIC ERROR, NATURAL SELECTN SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO CULLED THIS OM THE GENE POOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE SUGGTS CIRCUMSTANC LIKE THE MOTHER GIVG BIRTH TO A HIGH NUMBER OF MALE OFFSPRG OR SEVERE PRENATAL STRS N CREASE THE CHANC OF GIVG BIRTH TO A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BRGS UP THE THEORY OF EPIGEICS, GEN THAT "EXPRS THEMSELV DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF THE [HUMAN]FAY IS FLH WH PLENTY OF KIDS AND/OR ’S A STRSFUL PLACE TIME, NATURE OCSNALLY FLIPS THE EPIGEIC SWCH TO TURN ON THE GAY GEN. THIS ALTERS BRA VELOPMENT THAT CHANG SEXUAL ORIENTATN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU PROBABLY HAVE GAY GEN YOUR DNA,” HE TOLD THE DIENCE, “BUT UNLS THEY WERE ACTIVATED YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB, THEY REMAED ILED UP AND SILENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS FASCATG TALK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: UNIRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI
• FET THE ‘GAY GENE,’ BEE SCIENCE HAS ANOTHER EXPLANATN FOR HOMOSEXUALY

HOW I LEARNED IS OKAY TO BE GAY

LZ GranrsonThe myth of the gay agenda17 mut 34 sendsIn a funny talk wh an urgent msage, LZ Granrson pots out the absurdy the ia that there's a "gay liftyle, " much ls a "gay agenda. Wh fect joy, Tiq and Kim qutn our misnceptns about who they might be and offer a visn of an clive, challengg love that grows day by Tillett WrightFifty shas of gay18 mut 1 sendiO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are?

Yoba RichenWhat the gay rights movement learned om the civil rights movement17 mut 28 sendsAs a member of both the Ain Amerin and LGBT muni, filmmaker Yoba Richen is fascated wh the overlaps and tensns between the gay rights and the civil rights movements.

Jok Church tells a short, movg story of the teacher who sheltered him as a young gay teen and helped him grow -- and how, many years later, he and his partner had the privilege of returng the favor. 10, 815 views | Dave Sebastian • TEDxWhneyHighDave Sebastian tells the story of his own past and prent: g to terms wh, acceptg, and eventually embracg his inty as a gay man.

TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN"GAY MEN AND GAY WOMEN ARE SENTIAL TO HUMANY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. JAM O’KEEFE GAVE A RECENT TED TALK AT TEDXTALLAGHT DUBL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY—AND HOW 'S NOT ABOUT SEX, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE'S SON JIMMY IS GAY, AND WHEN JIMMY ME OUT TO HIM AND HIS WIFE 12 YEARS AGO, O'KEEFE NFSED THAT HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIS SAFETY AND HIS SON'S HAPPS, BUT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MORE HE REALIZED THAT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T ABNORMAL, BUT A WAY FOR A SPECI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“VIEWED THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTN, HOMOSEXUALY SEEMS TO BE A REAL SELF-FEATG NON-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY," O'KEEFE TOLD THE DIENCE AT HIS TED TALK. "GAYS HAVE 80 PERCENT FEWER KIDS THAN HETEROSEXUALS. THIS IS A TRA THAT OUGHT TO GO EXTCT A FEW GENERATNS, YET DOWN THROUGH RERD HISTORY EVERY CULTURE AND MANY ANIMAL SPECI AS WELL, HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT DISTCT SUBGROUP. IF THIS WERE A GEIC ERROR, NATURAL SELECTN SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO CULLED THIS OM THE GENE POOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE SUGGTS CIRCUMSTANC LIKE THE MOTHER GIVG BIRTH TO A HIGH NUMBER OF MALE OFFSPRG OR SEVERE PRENATAL STRS N CREASE THE CHANC OF GIVG BIRTH TO A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BRGS UP THE THEORY OF EPIGEICS, GEN THAT "EXPRS THEMSELV DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF THE [HUMAN]FAY IS FLH WH PLENTY OF KIDS AND/OR ’S A STRSFUL PLACE TIME, NATURE OCSNALLY FLIPS THE EPIGEIC SWCH TO TURN ON THE GAY GEN. THIS ALTERS BRA VELOPMENT THAT CHANG SEXUAL ORIENTATN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU PROBABLY HAVE GAY GEN YOUR DNA,” HE TOLD THE DIENCE, “BUT UNLS THEY WERE ACTIVATED YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB, THEY REMAED ILED UP AND SILENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS FASCATG TALK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: UNIRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He rells his transn om "self-disgt" to "nfince" and "pri", stg a msage of love as a dogma that will prevail over Sebastian tells the story of his own past and prent: g to terms wh, acceptg, and eventually embracg his inty as a gay man. Journalist LZ Granrson addrs the so-lled “gay agenda” – a ntent issue often raised the crique of equal rights for all – all the while settg out what his own agenda as a gay man is.

7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI

O'Keefe's son Jimmy is gay, and when Jimmy me out to him and his wife 12 years ago, O'Keefe nfsed that he was worried for his safety and his son's happs, but the more he thought about the more he realized that homosexualy wasn't abnormal, but a way for a speci to survive.

This is a tra that ought to go extct a few generatns, yet down through rerd history every culture and many animal speci as well, homosexualy has been a small but distct subgroup.

”O'Keefe suggts circumstanc like the mother givg birth to a high number of male offsprg or severe prenatal strs n crease the chanc of givg birth to a gay also brgs up the theory of epigeics, gen that "exprs themselv different ways based on external circumstanc.

FET THE ‘GAY GENE,’ BEE SCIENCE HAS ANOTHER EXPLANATN FOR HOMOSEXUALY

O'Keefe shar the story of his own son g out as gay to him and his wife at 18, a moment that left him to try and unrstand the science behd what mak a person attracted to the same sex. “If this were a geic error, natural selectn should have long ago culled this om the gene pool, ” O'Keefe says, explag that homosexualy actually creas a fay's abily to survive as a whole. The speakers all intify themselv as beg on the the LGBTQ spectm, and their vastly different stori and liv shed light on the fact that anyone n be gay and that anyone who is should be embraced for who they are.