Are Younger Brothers More Likely to Be Gay? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• DEAR DAD: WE’VE BEEN GAY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS
• MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN

Six homosexual siblgs.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

A fay nsistg of several homosexual siblgs is reported. All ten of the siblgs this fay were to some gree homosexually experienced. Six were homosexual or predomantly homosexual, and five had a homosexual inty.

Of the three femal, one was homosexual, one was bisexual, and one had had some homosexual experience. There was one set of male dizygotic tws nrdant for homosexualy the fay. The male homosexual siblg who was terviewed displayed a strong intifitn wh his mother via a feme self-intifitn, the adoptn of the hoewife role a homosexual marriage, and the adoptn of the passive role anal terurse.

DEAR DAD: WE’VE BEEN GAY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME

Only one other multiple homosexual siblg fay has been reported the scientific lerature. The four homosexual siblgs this fay were all male and nsisted of two sets of dizygotic tws.

The two multiple homosexual siblg fai provi support for theori that emphasize the importance of early fay relatnships the velopment of a homosexual adaptatn. It is held that multiple homosexual siblg fai n be employed as strategic data ttg var etlogil theori of homosexualy. [Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data].

Homosexual inty: a ncept need of fn. J Homosex. Is homosexualy faial?

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

Homosexualy fai of boys wh early effemate behavr: an epimlogil study. However, seemed like I was fdg some of the boys sexy and appealg and wh time I knew that I was gay. Also, he was the first to unrstand that I was gay, whout me ever tellg him and I rpected the fact that he never forced me to discs the matter.

As one gay father surmised, about beg closer to his siblgs, who also had children: “We talk a lot more.

A qualative quiry to the liv of 57 Ain-, European-, Mexin-, and Vietname-Amerin young adult gay men unrsr the unique challeng faced by young gay people of lor (Merighi & Grim, 2000). A 24-year-old Mexin-Amerin gay male ptur the plexy of intifyg as a gay man suated extend fay works and broar cultural expectatns:I jt felt like I was gog to be a bad son by [g out]… sayg that I’m gay, I might have a negative effect the fay terms of how others might view the fay, not jt me…. I would never feel good if my fay would be mistreated and seen as a bad fay or an immoral fay only bee I’m gay.

MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

A qualative vtigatn examg 35 predomantly Whe gay upl’ motivatns for pursug parenthood found that one-third of men scribed a posive experience growg up a close fay (Goldberg, Downg, & Moyer, 2012). Ined, some fdgs pot to blogil relatedns as a way to strengthen the fay of orig ti (Nebelg Petersen, 2018) while simultaneoly g nongeilly related fay members to have difficulty regnizg the child as a member of the fay (see chapter “Gay Men and Surrogacy”).

A study of 40 Filipo and Lato gay young men found that siblgs provid support when g out to immigrant parents, offerg to stand up for their siblg and challenge heteronormative expectatns:My mom was cryg when I first told her I had a boyiend. Ompo (2014) signals the herent strs associated wh actg the mediator role yet unrsr s signifince bridgg the fay, as bt articulated when one heterosexual siblg “felt was worth when she saw her parents fally bee open not only to their gay children, but also their children’s partners” (p.