[fish hawk]

Had a friend over for dinner last night and the gay subject came up. She insists that it is a proved fact that there is a "gay Gene". I told her that she needs to study more about it than go on hear-say. Do any of you know for sure if it has been proved whether there is a gay gene or not. I don't believe it but could be wrong.

I am cautious as a few years ago a "scientist" wrote that there was a gene but several months later it turned out that the guy was gay himself and the article was bogus.

[AntiGuv]

I know for sure that a "gay gene" has not been proven to exist, and that if anything the current state of research strongly points against it in males at least.

There is strong evidence for the influence of prenatal hormones in ultimate sexuality, but that has nothing to do with a "gay gene"..

[talleyman]

She insists that it is a proved fact that there is a "gay Gene".

It's the same one that makes some people like Streisand & Minelli...

[Matchett-PI]

"Do any of you know for sure if it has been proved whether there is a gay gene or not. I don't believe it but could be wrong." - fish hawk

The same guy (Dr. Dean Hammer) who is the subject of this thread, is also the subject of this one:

Science Shows That Homosexuals Are Not "Born That Way."
December 13, 2004
Posted on 12/13/2004 12:51:59 PM EST by Laissez-faire capitalist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1300464/posts

1.)Dr. Dean Hamer who failed to find a "gay gene":
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