Being gay is in the genes, say researchers

[BR_Parkway]

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1508091,00.html

Being gay is nothing to do with your relationship with your mother, your father, or your best friend at boarding school; it is all in the genes, according to the scientific authors of a new book on the subject.

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The evidence, they conclude, is that people are born with their sexuality defined, and it is not the result of their relationships with other people in their early life, as had been previously thought.

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He said there was no evidence that people could "learn" to be gay, for example children of gay parents are no more likely to be gay than their peers.

The researchers examined evidence from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, genetics, endocrinology and evolutionary biology, and concluded that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of genetics and hormonal activity in the womb - and that upbringing, childhood experience and personal choice have little or no influence.

[nickinSTL]

1. determined by a combination of genetics and hormonal activity in the womb

Yet the headline only mentions genes.

It isn't as simple as just genes.

[donco6]

2. Do you have a different link?

I didn't see anything about hormones in this article. Are you talking of another one, or am I just missing it?

[nickinSTL]

3. The text I posted mentioning hormones was in the

excerpt in the original post.

As to my feeling that hormones are very much involved...I don't have a specific link, but I've read a fair number of articles stating a likely correlation between prenatal hormone exposure and the development of gender identity and sexual preference.

[Guy Fawkes]

4. Won't affect lawmakers, eom.