There is no ‘gay gene.’ There is no ‘straight gene.’ Sexualy is jt plex, study nfirms | PBS NewsHour

gay is not an identity

Gay inty, and inty more broadly, are misunrstood ncepts. At s most basic level, inty is a part of who you are that you feel is pecially important.

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

The rise of sexually transmissible diseas ma ont-page news The Age, which tried to make sense of the rise among “gay men” and “heterosexual people”. Someone who is celibate may also have strong sexual sir or even a particular sexual inty; someone may intify as heterosexual but have homosexual experienc; most people will have sexual sir that are not necsarily acted out practice. Aled Ksey shocked Amerins 60 years ago when he revealed the extent of homosexual behavur among men who would have nied any homosexual inty.

Beg trans – that is, to qutn whether one’s blogil characteristics terme one’s sense of genr – impli neher heterosexual nor homosexual sir. Yet some crics plaed at the absence of inty polics – one even plaed that openly gay men had not played the leadg rol – ignorg the basic premise that sire do not equal inty.

WHAT IS GAY INTY?

Perhaps sexual preference n be changed – and people have the right to engage gay sex and have homosexual relatnships if they choose to do so. A gay man is more likely than a straight man to have a (blogil) gay brother; lbians are more likely than straight women to have gay sisters. In 1993, a study published the journal Science showed that fai wh two homosexual brothers were very likely to have certa geic markers on a regn of the X chromosome known as Xq28.

In some societi, homosexualy is accepted, others, is owned upon but tolerated, yet others, is a ser crimal offense, possibly punishable by ath.

What you have learned about homosexualy as you were growg up will affect whether you nsir engagg homosexual acts to be sirable or disgtg.

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