Your 9-year-old thks she's gay

Contents:

• WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
• ALL WOMEN ARE GAY. OR BI. BUT NEVER STRAIGHT. REALLY?
• YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD THKS SHE'S GAY
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• ARE WE BORN GAY?
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
• UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?

Straight women are much more likely to get themselv knocked up than gay women. So, terms of evolutn, they would seem to have a better chance of passg on their gen, while at the same time would seem that the gen that make women gay would quickly vanish om the gene pool. This rais the qutn, why are there gay women?

While scientists have a theory for how male homosexualy propagat om one generatn to the next, no one has yet produced a viable explanatn for how the gen that promote lbianism might do the same. [Why Are There Gay Men?

ALL WOMEN ARE GAY. OR BI. BUT NEVER STRAIGHT. REALLY?

A study by Dutch psychologists published the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medice reported that 10 to 12 percent of male and female children who feel disfort wh their genr go on to intify as gay or lbian as adults. Meanwhile, jt 1 or 2 percent of children who are fortable wh their genr inty turn out to be gay or to the nfn about what lbianism is the slippers of female sexualy self.

YOUR 9-YEAR-OLD THKS SHE'S GAY

Therefore, the qutn "why are there gay women? " Plenty of women exist at both extrem of the straight-gay spectm, but is the formatn of this slippery spectm self that most needs explag. She's the openly gay high school senr who wanted to take her girliend to the high school prom at Itawamba High School northern Mississippi.

Recent surveys of teenage girls and young women fd that roughly 15% of young femal today self-intify as lbian or bisexual, pared wh about 5% of young mal who intify as gay or bisexual (see note 2, below). But why are young women today at least three tim more likely than their brothers to intify as bisexual or homosexual?

Why is OK for girls to be bisexual or homosexual, but not boys? Popular acunts of homosexual behavr often suggt that the behavrs make evolutnary sense bee the people practicg the behavrs make better nts and uncl than heterosexuals do, a theory first advanced by E. However, studi published the past 20 years have provid ltle support for this hypothis, and have often directly refuted , particularly for male homosexuals.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

It turns out that gay men are actually more likely to be tranged om niec and nephews, which ntradicts the predictns of Wilson's k altism theory: see for example Bobrow & Bailey 2001, also Rahman & Hull 2005. Wilson's 1970s hypothis about homosexual men beg better uncl, wh breathls crly and no substantive mentn of the studi refutg this theory, a lengthy March 29, 2010 feature The New York Tim Magaze.

Note 2: How mon is bisexual and homosexual orientatn, today?

ARE WE BORN GAY?

6% intified as gay or bisexual.

6% of men who intified as gay or bisexual: see N. You may be homosexual, gay, or lbian if you are attracted to people of the same sex as yourself.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

Havg feelgs about or havg a sexual experience wh a person of the same sex do not necsarily mean you are homosexual.

Below are mon qutns and answers related to homosexualy. Can people be forced or nvced to change om gay to straight, or the other way around? I thk I might be gay.

UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

Over time, you will figure out if you are gay, straight, neher, or both. The phrase “ the closet” may be ed to refer to someone who is gay, lbian, or bisexual, but hasn’t told iends and fay members yet.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

Homophobia refers to fear, prejudice, or discrimatn toward persons who are gay, lbian, or bisexual.

Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD). Parents, Fay and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).