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IS THERE REALLY A GAY GENE—AND CAN YOU GET RID OF IT?THE ASAPSCIENCE BOYIENDS GEEK OUT OVER GEIC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 5, 2017/12:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 5, 2017 / 12:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS THERE REALLY A GAY GENE—AND CAN YOU GET RID OF IT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-05T16:23:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-05T16:23:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BABY, WERE YOU BORN THIS WAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASAPSCIENCE DUO MCHELL MOFF AND GREGORY BROWN EXPLORE THE GEICS OF BEG GAY THEIR LATT MYTH-BTG YOUTUBE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ULTIMATELY, A SPECIFIC GAY GENE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND, BUT SCIENTIFIC EVINCE DO SUGGT THAT HUMAN SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS STRONGLY LKED TO GEICS AND TIGHTLY REGULATED AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL," THE GUYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE UNPACKG THEIR MANY FDGS, YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT GAY MEN HAVE MORE GAY RELATIV THAN STRAIGHT MEN DO. GAY PEOPLE ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO HAVE GAY SIBLGS WHO SHARE SIAR LKAG ON THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT GAY PEOPLE DON’T REPRODUCE AS MUCH AS STRAIGHT PEOPLE, SO SHOULDN'T THEY DIE OUT? A NTROVERSIAL UCLA STUDY G TWS PROPOSED THAT EVERYONE HAS THE "GAY GENE," EVEN IF 'S NOT TRIGGERED. AND ACRDG TO THE GAY UNCLE HYPOTHIS, "GAY MEMBERS OF A FAY THAT DON’T REPRODUCE STILL CREASE THE PREVALENCE OF THEIR FAY’S GEN FUTURE GENERATNS BY HELPG TO PROVI ROURC FOR OFFSPRG THAT THEY’RE RELATED TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PUTTG GEIC MANIPULATN TO MORE OF A SOCIAL NTEXT, MOFF AND BROWN ALSO MA A PANN VIO WHICH THEY ADDRS THE LGBT MUNY'S FEARS ABOUT THIS TYPE OF REARCH, POTG OUT THAT THE NAZIS TRIED TO UNRSTAND THE BLOGY BEHD HOMOSEXUALY ORR TO ELIMATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COULD GEIC REARCH BE ED AGAST GAY PEOPLE THE FUTURE? IN THEORY, ABSOLUTELY. "THERE MAY NOT BE A GAY GENE, BUT OM A BLOGIL PERSPECTIVE, Y, BEG GAY IS LIKELY HIGHLY NTROLLED BY GEICS," BROWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOFF, HOWEVER, BELIEV THAT THE MUNY WILL BENEF OM REARCH THAT PROV BEG GAY IS NOT A CHOICE. "THE MORE WE N UNRSTAND THE GEIC BACKGROUND OF HOMOSEXUALY, THE MORE WE N MIGATE THE TYP OF PUNISHMENTS THAT GAY PEOPLE ARE RECEIVG AROUND THE WORLD," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOFF AND BROWN ME OUT TO THEIR FOLLOWERS AS GAY AND A UPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEEK OUT OVER GAY GEICS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The hosts of the popular YouTube seri AsapSCIENCE e out as both gay and a uple. * asapscience gay couple *

Mchell Moff and Gregory Brown, the smart, adorable, and clever hosts of the very popular YouTube seri AsapSCIENCE posted a vio yterday which they me out as both gay and a uple of seven and a half reason for the vio and the announcement was for the guys to addrs the numero antigay ments they've received on their vios.

LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE

The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * asapscience gay couple *

And therefore we felt the need to sort of e aga, " Brown says the vio, notg that both he and Moff have been out, proud gay men sce "late high school.

THE GUYS BEHD THE ASAPSCIENCE CHANNEL ADDRS THEIR ANTI-GAY HATERS

Moff and Brown are an openly gay uple who met while studyg blogy at the Universy of Guelph.

Faced wh some disturbg homophobic ments on their vios, Greg and Mch, the hosts of YouTube’s popular AsapSCIENCE seri, cid to e out. The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni.

Surrogacy is illegal Italy, and gay marriage has not been legalized.

WATCH: WHAT DO SCIENCE ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A GAY GENE?

“There is no discrimatn agast children, ” Fay Mister Eugenia Roccella told parliament when she troduced the bill June, explag that the children of gay upl would have accs to school and medil servic jt like those who only have one livg parent.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

AsapSCIENCE duo Mchell Moff and Gregory Brown explore the geics of beg gay their latt myth-btg YouTube vio.

"Ultimately, a specific gay gene has not been found, but scientific evince do suggt that human sexual orientatn is strongly lked to geics and tightly regulated at the molecular level, " the guys unpackg their many fdgs, you may be surprised to learn that gay men have more gay relativ than straight men do. Gay people are also more likely to have gay siblgs who share siar lkag on their gay people don’t reproduce as much as straight people, so shouldn't they die out?

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Megan and Whney Ban-Evans w IVF ‘gay tax’ battle .

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