Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, study suggts

Contents:

• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS
• FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• DO YOU KNOW ANY GAY SIBLGS?
• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

Six homosexual siblgs. A fay nsistg of several homosexual siblgs is reported. All ten of the siblgs this fay were to some gree homosexually experienced.

Six were homosexual or predomantly homosexual, and five had a homosexual inty. Of the three femal, one was homosexual, one was bisexual, and one had had some homosexual experience. There was one set of male dizygotic tws nrdant for homosexualy the fay.

The male homosexual siblg who was terviewed displayed a strong intifitn wh his mother via a feme self-intifitn, the adoptn of the hoewife role a homosexual marriage, and the adoptn of the passive role anal terurse. Only one other multiple homosexual siblg fay has been reported the scientific lerature.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

The four homosexual siblgs this fay were all male and nsisted of two sets of dizygotic tws. The two multiple homosexual siblg fai provi support for theori that emphasize the importance of early fay relatnships the velopment of a homosexual adaptatn.

It is held that multiple homosexual siblg fai n be employed as strategic data ttg var etlogil theori of homosexualy. [Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data]. Homosexual inty: a ncept need of fn.

J Homosex. Is homosexualy faial? Homosexualy fai of boys wh early effemate behavr: an epimlogil study.

FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN

In 1996, the psychologists Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert published a paper ntendg that homosexualy was more mon men who had olr brothers. "In [Wtern] societi, homosexual men are femized at var levels and they have more olr brothers than heterosexual men, " state the thors of the study.

"To evaluate whether femy and the aternal birth orr effect are universal featur of male homosexual preference or not, we llected origal data om homosexual men, heterosexual men, and heterosexual women om Java (Indonia). The rearchers examed data om 116 homosexual men and 62 heterosexual men om wtern and central Java.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

Consistent wh Blanchard and Bogaert's fdgs Wtern societi, they found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr brothers than heterosexual men. To be specific, homosexual men their sample had an average of 0.

Intertgly, the rearchers also found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr sisters, although this difference was smaller than the olr brother difference. The rearchers then tted whether homosexualy was visible the facial featur of Indonians. Usg standardized photographs of heterosexual and homosexual Indonian men, the rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were perceived to have more feme facial featur than men whout olr brothers.

They did not, however, fd that homosexual men were any more femized their facial featur than heterosexual men. The thors wre, "Taken together, the rults suggt the prence of a femizg factor associated wh male homosexualy that is partially termed by male birth orr. Homosexualy has been a long-standg pot of nfn for evolutnary psychologists.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia. Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, acrdg to a study published Wednday the journal Proceedgs of the Royal Society B. This new report builds upon prev rearch regardg male birth orr and homosexualy, though there is still no cisive ncln as to why there’s a lk between the cross-analyzg data om 10 scientific studi wh more than 5, 000 subjects, rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were 38 percent more likely to intify as gay.

”The study, which pared the probabily of the youngt brother a two-son fay beg gay as pared to the olst son, did not clu female subjects, as prev rearch has tablished that women do not fluence the sexual orientatn of their younger siblgs, acrdg to this study did not terme a ncrete reason for the rrelatn between a man havg an olr brother and intifyg as gay, Blanchard said that “pots toward the need for more rearch on the 'maternal immune hypothis'” — a theory Blanchard troduced 1996 that suggts that a mother is exposed to “male-specific substanc” durg pregnancy wh or the birth of a son. Acrdg to proponents of the theory, the mother’s immune rponse is changed durg the pregnancy of a boy, creasg the likelihood that a subsequent male child would be gay.

What is like to have a siblg who is gay or lbian? Based on the ltle b of rmatn available, seems that siblgs may share the stigma of their gay brothers and lbian sisters.

DO YOU KNOW ANY GAY SIBLGS?

They may have to pe wh tnts om peers, which clu accatns that they, too, are gay.

In my own study of 65 gay youth and their fai, young Ain-Amerin men talked about how their brothers and other male relativ felt they were addg to society's already negative image of black manhood. Like parents, their brothers also felt they had to fd ways to handle their peers' homophobic ments and behavrs. Si by Si: On Havg a Gay or Lbian Siblg by Andrew Gottlieb is a sensive, sightful anthology nsistg of says wrten by siblgs of lbians and gays who discs how they, too, bee objects of abe and tolerance, sharg the stigma of their gay siblgs.

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

However, like some fortunate parents, people who learn their siblgs are lbian or gay n fd ways to grow and ga new perspectiv. Several of the ntributors to this volume discsed how they formed pecially close bonds wh their gay brothers and sisters and, like some of the parents my study, veloped new, more tolerant worldviews that enriched their liv. The pcy of available rmatn about siblgs of gay and lbian youth do not mean their issu are small or unimportant.

Sisters and brothers might need help pg wh feelgs of shame that they have someone gay the fay. They may also need help alg wh peer nmnatn and harassment once others fd out that they have a gay or lbian siblg.

In addn, I have also seen parents wh good tentns isolate their gay children's younger siblgs, keepg the gay child's sexual orientatn a secret and therefore excludg brothers and sisters om fay discsns of this topic. At other tim, this is done advertently when, after the gay child out, parents and gay kids emotnally whdraw om the fay, leavg siblgs to al wh their reactns alone. For all the reasons, is a good ia to pay close attentn to siblgs fai wh g-out gay and lbian youth.