The biggt study of s kd lks gay men's orientatn wh two regns of the genome picked out prevly – suggtg that beg gay has some geic basis
Contents:
- LARGT STUDY OF GAY BROTHERS HOM ON 'GAY GEN'
- THE 'GAY GENE' IS A TOTAL MYTH, MASSIVE STUDY CONCLUS
- NEW TW STUDY: PEOPLE NOT BORN GAY
- NO ‘GAY GENE’: MASSIVE STUDY HOM ON GEIC BASIS OF HUMAN SEXUALY
LARGT STUDY OF GAY BROTHERS HOM ON 'GAY GEN'
Tw pairs which at least one tw is homosexual were soliced through announcements the gay prs and personal referrals om 1980 to the prent. An 18-page qutnnaire on the "sexualy of tws" was filled out by one or both tws. Thirty-eight pairs of monozygotic tws (34 male pairs … * twins gay study *
In fact, scientists recently intified two specific gen that appear to differ between gay and straight men [1]. For example, one may be straight while the other is gay. In s like this, some might argue that perhaps both tws are actually gay, but one jt hasn’t e out yet.
In a study where scientists looked at the sexual aroal patterns of intil tws wh different sexuali—specifilly, where one was gay and the other was straight—they found that gay tws monstrated more genal aroal rponse to same-sex imag, whereas straight tws monstrated more aroal rponse to oppose-sex imag [2].
THE 'GAY GENE' IS A TOTAL MYTH, MASSIVE STUDY CONCLUS
In theory, this means two people uld rry “gay gen, ” but both of them wouldn’t necsarily be gay pendg on certa environmental factors.
012% of the populatn nsists of a gay or bisexual person who happens to have an intil tw [2].
NEW TW STUDY: PEOPLE NOT BORN GAY
Homosexual orientatn tws: a report on 61 pairs and three triplet sets. Tw pairs which at least one tw is homosexual were soliced through announcements the gay prs and personal referrals om 1980 to the prent.
NO ‘GAY GENE’: MASSIVE STUDY HOM ON GEIC BASIS OF HUMAN SEXUALY
8% for homosexual orientatn. 4% for homosexual orientatn. Two sets ntaed a pair of monozygotic tws nrdant for sexual orientatn wh the third triplet dizygotic and disrdant for homosexual orientatn.
A third triplet set was monozygotic wh all three nrdant for homosexual orientatn. N help expla why someone is gay or straight, relig or not, bray or not, and even whether they're likely to velop gum disease, one psychologist broad-rangg geic effects first me to light a landmark study — Mnota Tw Fay Study — nducted om 1979 to 1999, which followed intil and aternal tws who were separated at an early age.