Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, study suggts

Contents:

• WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS
• PEOPLE G OUT AS GAY AT YOUNGER AGE, REARCH SHOWS

WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

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ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

You n talk about how I'm gay and out; you n talk about my pronouns. The more olr brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay when he grows up – an effect lled the “aternal birth orr effect”. They found that the mothers of gay sons wh olr brothers had the hight levels of antibodi agast this prote, followed by the mothers of gay sons wh no olr brothers.

“Given that the prote is known to be important synapse formatn, you n see how maternal antibodi might affect the wirg of the fetal bra, and that might expla why each subsequent son is more likely to grow up gay. “The signifince of this prelimary observatn, if n be replited, is that intifi specific molecul the bra that may be important for heterosexual as well as homosexual velopment, ” says Dean Hamer, a pneer of rearchg the blogil termants of sexual orientatn.

PEOPLE G OUT AS GAY AT YOUNGER AGE, REARCH SHOWS

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