Ttosterone therapy (TT) is a type of genr-affirmg hormone therapy (GAHT) lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and genrqueer (LGBTQ) populatns for genr dysphoria (GD), body uneass, and sexual dysfunctn. The physil and physlogil effects of TT vary wily pendg on the dosg regimen and duratn of treatment. An dividualized approach prrizg patient-specific sired effects the ntext of pre-existg characteristics and health history is strongly remend. Although TT is an effective treatment for many patients, there has been an crease the illegimate acquisn of TT recent years. Non-judic prcribg and lack of physician surveillance creas the risk of untend si effects and potential ser health nsequenc.
Contents:
- DO GAY MEN HAVE LOWER TTOSTERONE?
- A PARISON OF TTOSTERONE AND RTISOL LEVELS BETWEEN GAY FATHERS AND NON-FATHERS: A PRELIMARY VTIGATN
DO GAY MEN HAVE LOWER TTOSTERONE?
Louis have found that young men who are pre domantly or exclively homosexual generally have lower levels of the male sex hormone ttosterone their blood than do young hetero sexual scientists said uld not be termed om the fdgs whether the hormone differenc were a e or an effect of, they agreed, the fdg adds strong new evince to small but growg body of re cent rearch challengg the tradnal view that sexual orientatn is a purely social and psychologil recent improvements bchemil assay methods, re peated attempts to fd phys logil differenc between heterosexuals and homosexuals failed. Comparison of SamplgsThe fdgs are based on sample of 30 male homosexual llege stunts who were terviewed and classified ac rdg to a standard sle of the gree of homosexualy vised years ago by a pneer sex rearcher, Aled Ksey. They were pared wh fd gs a group of 50 hetero sexual mal of the same homosexuals were rated acrdg to the followg five‐ group Ksey sle system:¶Predomantly heterosexual but more than Incintally homosexual¶Equally hetero‐ and homo sexual¶Predomantly homosexual but more than cintally heterosexual¶Predomantiy homosexual but only cintally hetero sexual¶Exclively average ncentratn of ttosterone i the blood of the heterosexuals was found to be 689‐billnth of a gram per 100 cubic centimeters of parison, men who were judged to have been ex clively homosexual through out their liv had an average of about 40 per cent as much ttosterone their blood.
Men who were predomantly homosexual but who had ci ntal heterosexual experienc had hormone levels about 54 per cent of the heterosexual Kolodny said the dif ferenc were large enough to be statistilly signifint. A number of the homosex uals whose sex liv were ls nsistently„ homosexual had slightly lower than normal t tosterone levels but the differ enc were not large enough to be signifint.
The groups clud men who, though pre domantly homosexual, had some ntug heterosexual relatns and men whose orien tatn was equally strong both of the 15 homosexuals the two most extreme groups also had below‐normal sperm unts. “I thk the fdgs clearly show that we n no longer thk of homosexualy as purely a behavral ndn, ” Dr. “If our work is nfirmed by other rearch ers, then I thk we n beg to look at homosexualy om a much stronger scientific basis than we have had.
A PARISON OF TTOSTERONE AND RTISOL LEVELS BETWEEN GAY FATHERS AND NON-FATHERS: A PRELIMARY VTIGATN
Masters emphasized an terview that their fdgs did not mean that hormone im balanc e homosexualy. It may be, they said that homosexual behavr some way chang hormone also noted that past attempts to “cure” homosexu aly by admisterg ttos terone had only creased the sex drive of the patient, not changed s directn.
The hor mone has the same effect on the last year a handful of other studi have also turned up hormonal differenc between homosexuals and het erosexuals. Notable among them were Brish report last November that hormonal differenc were tected tae ure of three male and four female homo sexuals, and a Los Angel study last April showg subtle differenc the breakdown products of ttosterone ure of 14 homosexuals. Although some rearchers ankly nce that they are workg on the hypothis that there is a chemil e of homosexualy, a theory ad vanced as far back as 1892 by the German psychiatrist Richard von Krafft‐Ebg, Dr.
Masters said:“We're not suggtg this is a e [of homosexualy], and we're not prentg cure. Masters said his rearch foundatn nsired homo sexualy to be “a natural sex ual functn. ” He said the foun datn's clic has treated both homosexuals who wanted “to nvert” to heterosexualy and homosexuals who wanted to achieve satisfactory homosex ual relatns.