7 Amazg TED Talks That Celebrate Gay Pri | | Observer

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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.

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

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.

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. 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. 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.

7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI

“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.

” Lz Granrson says this humoro talk where his dismiss the absurdy that there is a “gay agenda, ” remds everyone that gay people live normal liv and tells an adorable story about pengus. Derrick Gordon talks about April 9, 2014—the historil day when he beme known as the first openly gay D1 Men’s Basketball player, makg Divisn 1 NCAA history and global news stantly—and his own story of his sexual orientatn. Get spired by iO Tillett Wright’s remr that there are many, many shas of gay, marvel at the science of polil beliefs wh David Pizzaro’s “The strange polics of disgt, ” and wns the power of Shane Koyczan’s performance of “To This Day… for the bullied and the betiful.

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

So, I’m a rdlogist, and I like to image the world through the ey of a hunter-gatherer anctor for clu about how to thrive the morn world, but, viewed the light of evolutn, homosexualy seems to be a real self-featg non-productive strategy. This is a tra that ought to go extct a few generatns, but down through rerd history, every culture, and many animal speci as well, homosexualy’s been a small, but distct subgroup.

So, E O Wilson, probably the greatt evolutnary blogist sce Darw himself, says homosexualy giv advantag to the group by specialized talents and unual quali of personaly. So, although people tend to obss over what gays do or don’t do a bedroom, ’s really this distctive personaly and a strong tellect that are more cril, om evolutn’s perspective.