homosexuality

GatorDVG: I didn’t know Elton John was gay until like 2002.
a.friend: well, i can see that. I mean in the ’70s (when I was listening to him) he was considered cool rock and roll
a.friend: still kinda is, just the gay thing never came up
GatorDVG: I just thought the Donald Duck costume was him being kooky.
a.friend: so did everyone else…sort of like David Bowie
GatorDVG: wait
GatorDVG: David Bowie is gay?
GatorDVG: are you serious??
a.friend: u said that like you were a kid who just found out about the Easter Bunny
GatorDVG: dude
GatorDVG: come on
GatorDVG: really?
a.friend: really

I got in a bit of a heated debate recently on the topic of whether there is a genetic link to homosexuality. I remember that there was a flurry of media coverage a few years ago on the discovery of a genetic link, but I also remember hearing shortly afterwards that there wasn’t much support for the theory. Personally I don’t really care, but I was a good bloggerbot and decided to see what I could find on line. I fired searches on Google, AskJeeves, The New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Here’s what I could find:

• The Possible Genetics of Homosexuality
• The Hypothetical Genetics of Sexual Orientation
• On the Origins of Homosexuality: Is a Person “Born that Way”?
• The Fading “Gay Gene”
• Is There a “Gay Gene”?
• Is Homosexuality Genetic?
• Transsexualism, Left-Handedness May Share Origins
• Doubt cast on ‘gay gene’
• Study fails to support existence of a ‘gay gene’
• A Gay Gene?
• Search for a Gay Gene
• “Gay gene” debate re-opened
• Do Genes Determine Whether We Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Straight?
• Genetics: Helping the Media Get It Right
• Is It in the Genes?

If you know of any other relevant links, drop them off here.

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