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Is there a "gay gene"? Major new study says no; Complex mix of genetic and environmental influences
CBS News ^ | 08/30/2019 | Dennis Thompson

Posted on 08/30/2019 9:23:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

There's no such thing as a single "gay gene" that drives a person's sexual behavior, concludes the largest genetic study ever conducted on the issue. Instead, a person's attraction to those of the same sex is shaped by a complex mix of genetic and environmental influences, similar to what's seen in most other human traits, researchers report.

"This is a natural and normal part of variation in our species," said researcher Ben Neale, director of genetics with the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. "That should also support the position that we shouldn't try and develop gay cures. That's not in anyone's interest."

The international study focused on the genetic profiles of nearly 480,000 people from the United States and the United Kingdom, a group approximately 100 times larger than any previous study of the link between genetics and same-sex attraction, said lead researcher Andrea Ganna, a research fellow with the Massachusetts General Hospital's Analytical and Translational Genetic Unit.

The research team discovered five specific genetic variants that were significantly associated with same-sex behavior, but when combined these variants explained less than 1% of any person's attraction to their own gender, Ganna said.

Overall, genetics account for between 8% and 25% of a person's same-sex attraction, taking into account the thousands of genetic traits ultimately involved in shaping a person's sexual desires, Neale said.

"It's effectively impossible to predict an individual's sexual behavior from their genome," Neale said. "Genetics is less than half of this story for sexual behavior, but it's still a very important contributing factor. These findings reinforce the importance of diversity as a key aspect of sexual behavior."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: gaygene; genderdysphoria; genetics; helixmakemineadouble; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; inafterthelock; naturevsnurture

1 posted on 08/30/2019 9:23:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

In a sane world, this would be used as fodder to get the alphabet soup out of schools. Leave them kids alone.


2 posted on 08/30/2019 9:26:48 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: SeekAndFind

When all you have is a hammer, all “problems” turn into nails.


3 posted on 08/30/2019 9:27:51 AM PDT by Ingtar (Funds Robbed from Everyone Else. F.R.E.E.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Humans are psychologically complex creatures. I have little doubt that any male, once the moral taboo is removed and he’s willing to experiment, could acquire a taste for sex with other men. After all, at the end of the day it is an intimacy between two human beings that plays on the desire to be physically intimate with another person - a desire that is absolutely required for the continuation of the species.

But there is the moral taboo. Also, every single homosexual man I’ve ever gotten to know has some “sexual abuse” in his childhoold. Every single one.


4 posted on 08/30/2019 9:27:58 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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To: SeekAndFind

If it turns out that there is a gay gene, the LGBQ crowd will have no choice but to join the pro-life movement.


5 posted on 08/30/2019 9:28:10 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: SeekAndFind
These video is fascinating:

http://homosexuality101.com/

6 posted on 08/30/2019 9:32:29 AM PDT by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course there isnt’. If gayness was genetically determined the only way queers would have been able to reproduces is by “holding their noses” and having sex with a female. But those who did not would die without passing along their gay genes and the characteristic would be slowly eliminated from the gene pool. Genetics 101.


7 posted on 08/30/2019 9:33:13 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: cuban leaf
Also, every single homosexual man I’ve ever gotten to know has some “sexual abuse” in his childhood.

Homosexuals are damaged people. But they can't admit that they are damaged. They insist that they are perfectly normal. They insist that you're the one who is all messed up!

8 posted on 08/30/2019 9:33:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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