Born this way? Society, sexualy and the search for the 'gay gene' | Geics | The Guardian

Contents:

• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS
• THE 'GAY GENE' IS A TOTAL MYTH, MASSIVE STUDY CONCLUS
• BORN THIS WAY? SOCIETY, SEXUALY AND THE SEARCH FOR THE 'GAY GENE'
• IS THERE A 'GAY GENE'? THE PROBLEM WH STUDI NNECTG GEICS AND LGBTQ INTY

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

** In the 1990s, certa rearchers thought they had disvered a geic mutatn that ed homosexualy some ia of a "gay gene" has been around for s, but has never been proven. In the 1990s, a study by Dean Hamer suggted that a gene on the X chromosome might be lked to homosexualy men.

THE 'GAY GENE' IS A TOTAL MYTH, MASSIVE STUDY CONCLUS

However, subsequent studi have failed to replite the fdgs, and is now wily accepted that there is no sgle "gay gene.

BORN THIS WAY? SOCIETY, SEXUALY AND THE SEARCH FOR THE 'GAY GENE'

However, environmental factors, such as upbrgg and culture, also play a ia of a "gay gene" is often ed to stigmatize and discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people. There is nothg wrong wh beg gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr. There is no sgle gene rponsible for a person beg gay or a lbian.

IS THERE A 'GAY GENE'? THE PROBLEM WH STUDI NNECTG GEICS AND LGBTQ INTY

The study of nearly a half ln people clos the door on the bate around the existence of a so-lled “gay gene.

In s stead, the report fds that human DNA nnot predict who is gay or heterosexual. It is worth keepg md that this study only vers some typ of sexualy — gay, lbian and cis-straight — but don’t offer many sights to genr inty.