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Study: Homosexuality passes from fathers to daughters and mothers to sons

New research published in the Quarterly Review of Biology suggests genetics which make a person more likely to be gay are passed from fathers to daughters and mothers to sons. Previous studies have...

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Bryan Fischer: Being gay is the ‘result of a birth defect’ and mothers would...

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association (AFA) has interpreted a genetic study to mean being gay is the “result of a birth defect” and has suggested that parents would be more likely to abort...

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Scientific research into gay brothers confirms strong genetic link to being a...

Scientists have found the strongest evidence for what many people take as granted, that being gay is caused by your genes. The results of the research, which only applies to gay men and not lesbians or...

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Archbishop of Singapore apologises, adds, ‘gay relationships contradict God’s...

The Archbishop of Singapore has apologised for a letter in which he condemned the gay “lifestyle” as “detrimental to society”, but has restated his view that homosexuality “contradicts the natural laws...

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Another study suggests ‘gay genes’ might really exist

Yet another study has suggested that we could be closing in on so-called ‘gay genes’. The genetic analysis of 409 pairs of gay brothers, which included twins, provides the most compelling evidence so...

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Half of all straight people carry ‘gay gene’, study finds

The study suggests that the gene can be passed on from one generation to the next. Homosexuality has remained prevalent throughout history due to the presence of a ‘gay gene’ according to a new study....

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This doctor has an interesting theory about why people end up queer

A doctor has given an interesting theory on why people end up queer, and it is not to do with a ‘gay gene’. Dr James O’Keefe talks anecdotally about his son, now 18, coming out as gay. He admits that...

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Have scientists identified the genes which make you gay?

Scientists have identified genes which are significantly more common in gay men. This has reaffirmed the decades-old scientific theory that sexual orientation in men is genetic. Alan Sanders MD, who...

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There’s no such thing as a ‘gay gene’, scientists find

In the largest study of its kind into the biological basis of sexual behaviour, scientists found there is no such thing as a single ‘gay gene,’ but genetics does have an influence. The research – which...

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The shocking way newspapers wrote about the now-debunked ‘gay gene’ in 1993

A resurfaced newspaper clipping about the now-debunked ‘gay gene’ has underlined just how much has changed for gay rights. Research published this week confirmed that there is no single gene that...

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Study: Male homosexuality ‘strongly genetic,’ and related to female fertility

A new study has suggested that male homosexuality is much more genetically determined than previously thought, and is directly related to the fecundity of female relatives. New research, undertaken at...

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Yahoo asks users if ‘homosexuality is a choice’ and 300,000 people say yes

Following the publication of research suggesting the way that homosexuality could be passed on genetically, the US internet company Yahoo has asked users if they believe homosexuality is a choice. The...

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Study: Male homosexuality ‘strongly genetic,’ and related to female fertility

A new study has suggested that male homosexuality is much more genetically determined than previously thought, and is directly related to the fecundity of female relatives. New research, undertaken at...

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Yahoo asks users if ‘homosexuality is a choice’ and 300,000 people say yes

Following the publication of research suggesting the way that homosexuality could be passed on genetically, the US internet company Yahoo has asked users if they believe homosexuality is a choice. The...

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Study: Homosexuality passes from fathers to daughters and mothers to sons

New research published in the Quarterly Review of Biology suggests genetics which make a person more likely to be gay are passed from fathers to daughters and mothers to sons. Previous studies have...

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Bryan Fischer: Being gay is the ‘result of a birth defect’ and mothers would...

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association (AFA) has interpreted a genetic study to mean being gay is the “result of a birth defect” and has suggested that parents would be more likely to abort...

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Scientific research into gay brothers confirms strong genetic link to being a...

Scientists have found the strongest evidence for what many people take as granted, that being gay is caused by your genes. The results of the research, which only applies to gay men and not lesbians or...

View Article


Archbishop of Singapore apologises, adds, ‘gay relationships contradict God’s...

The Archbishop of Singapore has apologised for a letter in which he condemned the gay “lifestyle” as “detrimental to society”, but has restated his view that homosexuality “contradicts the natural laws...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Another study suggests ‘gay genes’ might really exist

Yet another study has suggested that we could be closing in on so-called ‘gay genes’. The genetic analysis of 409 pairs of gay brothers, which included twins, provides the most compelling evidence so...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Half of all straight people carry ‘gay gene’, study finds

The study suggests that the gene can be passed on from one generation to the next. Homosexuality has remained prevalent throughout history due to the presence of a ‘gay gene’ according to a new study....

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