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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A fay nsistg of several homosexual siblgs is reported.

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

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.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

Only one other multiple homosexual siblg fay has been reported the scientific lerature.

The four homosexual siblgs this fay were all male and nsisted of two sets of dizygotic tws.

FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN

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.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

In 1996, the psychologists Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert published a paper ntendg that homosexualy was more mon men who had olr brothers.

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

"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. 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.

DO YOU KNOW ANY GAY SIBLGS?

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.

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

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. Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia.