Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?"
Contents:
- WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
- ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
- IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
- HOW I WISH I REACTED WHEN I LEARNED MY BROTHER WAS GAY
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
- HAVG OLR BROTHERS CREAS MEN’S LIKELIHOOD OF BEG GAY
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER IS GAY
- HIS BROTHER IS GAY; WHAT ARE HIS RPONSIBILI TOWARDS HIM?
WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
An immune rponse some pregnant women’s bodi may expla the “aternal birth orr effect” – that men are more likely to be gay the more olr brothers they have * why does my brother act gay *
How Olr Brothers Influence HomosexualyHomosexualy might be partly driven by a mother’s immune rponse to her male fet—which creas wh each son she MacGregor / RtersHere’s what we know: Homosexualy is normal. Between 2 and 11 percent of human adults report experiencg some homosexual feelgs, though the figure vari wily pendg on the survey. Homosexualy exists across cultur and even throughout the animal kgdom, as the thors of a mammoth new review paper on homosexualy wre.
Female Japane maqu will even pete tersexually wh mal for exclive accs to female sexual ’s what we don’t know: What, specifilly, someone to bee gay, straight, or somethg between. Part of the explanatn is geic, but bee most intil tws of gay people are straight, heredy don’t expla “why” qutn is important bee “there is a strong rrelatn between beliefs about the origs of sexual orientatn and tolerance of non-heterosexualy, ” acrdg to the report thors, who are om seven universi spanng the globe.
ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
I don't mean your actual brother, I mean your bt iend. If somethg is odd about your bro, like him actg spic around other boys - or somethg else that jt seems odd - take this quiz to fd out if he might be gay. * why does my brother act gay *
(When Atlantic ntributor Chandler Burr proposed his 1996 book, A Separate Creatn, that people are born gay, Southern Baptists lled to boytt Disney films and parks prott agast the publisher, Disney subsidiary Hypern. ) It shouldn’t matter whether people “choose” to be gay, but polilly, do—at least for of the most nsistent environmental explanatns for homosexualy is lled the “aternal birth orr effect. ” Essentially, the more olr brothers a man has, the more likely he is to be gay.
IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * why does my brother act gay *
Studi have found that a man whout olr brothers has about a 2 percent chance of beg gay, but one wh four olr brothers has a 6 percent chance.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
There are lots of reasons why you might want to know if your iend is gay. There are some important thgs that you have to unrstand about this suatn before gog forward, however. Someone's sexualy is highly plex and highly... * why does my brother act gay *
Average prevalence 2013 (Sav-Williams and Vrangalova)Acrdg to the report, Blanchard now plans to tt mothers of gay and straight men for the prence of the antibodi. If proved out, fetal birth orr uld do a lot to fill the missg explanatns for homosexualy. But gaps will rema, such as why some firstborn sons are gay, why some intil tws of gay sons are straight, and why women are gay, to name jt a review-paper thors do le out one explanatn for homosexualy, however: That tolerance for gay people enurag more people to bee gay.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
“Homosexual orientatn do not crease equency wh social tolerance, although s exprsn ( behavr and open intifitn) may do so, ” they reasong—that a tolerant society somehow enurag homosexualy to flourish—has been ed to support anti-gay legislatn Uganda, Rsia, and elsewhere.
HOW I WISH I REACTED WHEN I LEARNED MY BROTHER WAS GAY
The laws do margalize and shame gay people, the thors wre. If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay.
If you thk your brother is gay bee he watch a "girly" TV show or his voice sounds a certa way, that's relyg on stereotyp.
IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
If you live a particularly homophobic or transphobic area, discs safety plans wh the fay member se of vlence om others.
If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay. Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as.
If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay. They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual.
HAVG OLR BROTHERS CREAS MEN’S LIKELIHOOD OF BEG GAY
The more olr brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay when he grows up – an effect lled the “aternal birth orr effect”. They found that the mothers of gay sons wh olr brothers had the hight levels of antibodi agast this prote, followed by the mothers of gay sons wh no olr brothers.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER IS GAY
“Given that the prote is known to be important synapse formatn, you n see how maternal antibodi might affect the wirg of the fetal bra, and that might expla why each subsequent son is more likely to grow up gay.
HIS BROTHER IS GAY; WHAT ARE HIS RPONSIBILI TOWARDS HIM?
“The signifince of this prelimary observatn, if n be replited, is that intifi specific molecul the bra that may be important for heterosexual as well as homosexual velopment, ” says Dean Hamer, a pneer of rearchg the blogil termants of sexual orientatn. Read more: What do the new gay gen tell about sexual orientatn?