Are Younger Brothers More Likely to Be Gay? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

Six homosexual siblgs. A fay nsistg of several homosexual siblgs is reported.

FAI WH MULTIPLE GAY CHILDREN

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. 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. 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.