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

Contents:

• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• ALLEGEDLY GAY SCIENTOLOGISTS
• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

June is Pri Month, which memorat the Stonewall rts of 1969, when patrons of a gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, New York Cy fought back agast a police raid. It was an flectn pot the gay liberatn movement. S., the vast majory of whom at the time were gay men.

ALLEGEDLY GAY SCIENTOLOGISTS

One branch of ACT UP lled the Science Club was head by Mark Harrgton, an HIV-posive gay man. I wanted to wre an article celebratg the works of the most fluential gay, lbian, transgenr and bisexual novators, ventors and scientists throughout history.

However, there was a are jt not many lists of famo homosexuals the homosexualy has often been associated wh the arts and creativy, has never been as openly accepted wh the scientific muny. Ined, beg a homosexual was a crimal offense many untri until recently (and many untri, ntu to be today), which will have prevented many historil figur om g out of the closet.

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

In the UK, before 1967 (jt over 50 years ago) homosexualy ed to be punishable by sentenc as harsh as life imprisonment. As a rult, many of history’s greatt homosexual scientists may have hidn their te inty. However, the gay muny has a long history of ntributns to science and I have piled a number of proment novators, scientists, and ventors who were LGBTQ, as they have eher openly admted to beg gay or historil rerds of their relatnships strongly suggt they were (see sourc at bottom of the article).

Historil not believe that he was primarily homosexual.