There is no ‘gay gene.’ There is no ‘straight gene.’ Sexualy is jt plex, study nfirms | PBS NewsHour

Contents:

• THE 'GAY GENE' IS A MYTH BUT BEG GAY IS 'NATURAL,' SAY SCIENTISTS
• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS
• SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
• DEFN OF GAY GENE
• GAY
• WHAT DO THE NEW ‘GAY GEN’ TELL ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN?

THE 'GAY GENE' IS A MYTH BUT BEG GAY IS 'NATURAL,' SAY SCIENTISTS

The gay datg app Grdr n seem like a mefield wh s extensive e of slang – here’s what terms like GEN, NPNC and si is the most popular LGBTQ datg app the world and a cemented part of gay culture. SiThe word “si” the ntext of Grdr, and gay culture more generally, refers to someone’s sexual preference. Acrdg to Urban Dictnary, a si is “a homosexual male who do not enjoy anal peratn (givg or receivg), but will engage other forms of same sex activy.

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THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

Although Grdr ters overwhelmgly to gay, queer, and bisexual men, there are some male ers who intify as straight. They might be cur about or qutng their sexualy, terted experiencg a gay hookup out of cursy, or simply lookg for wealthy “gen” partners for money.

Men this last tegory are known cly as beg “gay for pay. The term “gen” might be more mon on gay apps like Grdr, but the ia is not limed to jt gay men or queer people.

SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO

In fact, there are many datg apps—both gay and straight—signed specifilly to facilate “sugar daddy” or “sugar mama” nnectns. “Gen” might refer to someone who’s not gay, but this is a rare age. Ocsnally, “gen” (as “general populatn”) might pop up as a way to scribe someone who’s not gay or queer, or who hasn’t e out of the closet yet.

DEFN OF GAY GENE

This isn’t super mon though, and the words “straight, ” “hetero, ” “closeted, ” or simply “not gay” are more popular and universally unrstood. Person A: “Is he gay?

In this se, “gen” is short for “general dienc” and refers to a genre of fanfictn that don’t clu any romantic or sexual teractns (gay, straight, or otherwise). The news this week that the largt study of s kd failed to nfirm the existence of a "gay gene" is not so much a disappotment for those lookg to unrstand the LGBTQ muny, as is an acknowledgement that science do not need to tell what should be plaly obv: gays, lbians, bisexuals and pansexuals are who they are.

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"Natural" means beg gay is not a choice.

WHAT DO THE NEW ‘GAY GEN’ TELL ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN?

But here's the quote that will light opponents of LGBTQ rights, some of whom sist they n "nvert" gay people to choose to be straight by prayg the gay away:. "There is no ‘gay gene’ that term whether someone has same-sex partners, ” said Ganna, who is also a geicist at the Broad Instute of MIT and Harvard as well as the Universy of Helski.

While the variatns the gen are not enough to raise a rabow flag and label anyone as unqutnably gay, the rearchers say the blogil variants may at the very least partly fluence sexual behavr. This new rearch, he said “provis even more evince that beg gay or lbian is a natural part of human life, a ncln that has been drawn by rearchers and scientists time and aga. This new rearch also renfirms the long tablished unrstandg that there is no nclive gree to which nature or nurture fluence how a gay or lbian person behav.