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?
- BORN GAY? HOW BLOGY MAY DRIVE ORIENTATN
- DIFFERENC DIG RATS BETWEEN GAY MEN WHO PREFER RECEPTIVE VERS SERTIVE SEX ROL DITE A ROLE FOR PRENATAL ANDROGEN
DO GAY MEN HAVE LOWER TTOSTERONE?
Among non-human mammals, exposure to androgens durg cril perds of velopment leads to gynephilia (attractn to femal), whereas the absence or low levels of prenatal androgens leads to androphilia (attractn to mal). However, humans, retrospective markers of prenatal androgens have only been associated wh gynephilia among women, but not wh androphilia among men. Here, we asked whether an direct ditn of prenatal androgen exposure, 2D:4D, differs between subsets of gay men leated by anal sex role (ASR). ASR was ed as a proxy for subgroups bee ASR groups tend to differ other measur affected by bra sexual differentiatn, such as genr nformy. First, we replited the fdg that gay men wh a receptive ASR preference (bottoms) report greater genr nonnformy (GNC) pared to gay men wh an sertive ASR preference (tops). We then found that Tops have a lower (male-typil) average right-hand dig rat than Bottoms, and that among all gay men the right-hand 2D:4D rrelated wh GNC, ditg that a higher (female-typil) 2D:4D is associated wh creased GNC. Differenc were found between non-exclive and exclive same-sex attractn and GNC, and ASR group differenc on dig rats do not reach signifince when all non-heterosexual men are clud the analys, suggtg greater heterogeney the velopment of non-exclive same-sex sexual orientatns. Overall, rults support a role for prenatal androgens, as approximated by dig rats, fluencg the sexual orientatn and GNC of a subset of gay men. * gay testosterone *
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.
BORN GAY? HOW BLOGY MAY DRIVE ORIENTATN
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. 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. 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. Ttosterone, a hormone that affects reproductn and velopment mal, is one of the most signifint hormon topic of discsn is whether or not gay men have lower ttosterone levels than straight men.
DIFFERENC DIG RATS BETWEEN GAY MEN WHO PREFER RECEPTIVE VERS SERTIVE SEX ROL DITE A ROLE FOR PRENATAL ANDROGEN
Another study found that gay men had lower levels of ttosterone than heterosexual men, as well as lower levels of rtisol, the hormone rponsible for the body’s strs rponse. The study’s thors hypothized that the lower rtisol levels may be due to lower levels of strs experienced by homosexual men as a rult of more egalarian relatnship dynamics. Rearchers have also found that sexual orientatn n affect ttosterone levels, wh predomantly or exclively homosexual men havg lower levels of ttosterone pared to heterosexual men.
Bee some of the tras are known to be anized by prenatal steroids, cludg ttosterone, the differenc suggt that homosexual subjects were, on average, exposed to atypil endocre ndns durg velopment. Homosexual) is a behavral tra that displays one of the largt gre of sexual differentiatn, given that 90–97% of dividuals of one sex display an attractn that is different om that of the other mechanisms that terme human sexual orientatn have been the subject of heated ntroversi. ” It mt be noted, however, that tryg to unrstand the origs of homosexualy or heterosexualy sentially reprents the same the fluence of a variety of theori rangg om Frdian psychoanalysis to social nstctivism, sexual orientatn has been, and often still is, nsired as beg the rult of social experienc durg early childhood, particular improper teractn wh one's parents (domant or posssive mother, distant or absent father).
Theoretil mol illtratg how fluctuatns around an average ncentratn of ttosterone (T) durg embryonic life uld lead to a homosexual or heterosexual average, male embryos are exposed to higher ncentratns of ttosterone than female embryos, but the ncentratns vary around a mean value for var reasons (environmental, geic, etc. Male subjects at the lower end of this sex-specific distributn uld th acquire a female-typil orientatn (and be gay), whereas femal at the high end of the ncentratn curve would acquire a male-typil sexual attractn and be lbian. Even if they are not attracted by the same specific dividuals, femal and gay men share an attractn for men, whereas mal and lbians share an attractn for has been argued that such a theory is impossible, bee would imply that homosexual men have femized (or at least ls mascule) genal stctur whereas lbians should have experienced some masculizatn of genal stctur siar to what is observed for example CAH girls.