Consider this:
Homosexual Serial Killers Gilles de Rais 300+ 1430s France
Randy Steven Kraft 65 (est.) 1971 to 1983 Oregon, Michigan, etc. "Score Card Killer"
Michael Swango 35 - 60 1983-97 Ohio, Illinois, New York, South Dakota, Virginia "Doctor of Death" -- killed hospital patients
Andrei Chikatilo 52 until 1992 Russia
Fritz Haarmann 40 (est.) until 1924 Germany "Butcher Of Hanover"
John Wayne Gacy 33 until 1978 Chicago
Patrick Wayne Kearney 28+ 1968 to 1977 Redondo Beach, Calif. gay cruising areas of Hollywood; "Trash Bag Killer"
David D. Hill 28? 1968 to 1977 Redondo Beach, Calif. Hollywood
Patrick Kearney's lover; confessed to being co-killer with Kearney, but police weren't sure about the extent of his involvement
Hans Grans 27+ until 1924 Germany accommplice and love of Haarmann, the "Butcher Of Hanover"
Wayne Williams 27 1979-81 Atlanta
Dean Corll 27 1960s to 1973 Ft. Wayne, Indiana; later Houston, TX
Elmer Wayne Henley 27 1960s to 1973 Ft. Wayne, Indiana; later Houston, TX
David Owen Brooks 27 1960s to 1973 Ft. Wayne, Indiana; later Houston, TX
Donald Harvey 25 - 40 (est.) 1970-71 London, Kentucky
Juan Corona 25 1971 From Mexico; moved to Yuba City, CA in 1950s
Norman Afzal Simons 21 (est.) 1986-1994 Capetown, South Africa victims were mixed-race boys; believed to be the "Station Strangler"
Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo 21 (est.) until 1989 Matamoros, Mexico "Matamoros Cult Killer"
Carl Panzram 21 1910-1930 Warren, Minnesota USA, West Africa
Larry Eyler 19 1980s Chicago Illinois and Indiana
Jeffrey Dahmer 17 1978, 1988-91 Milwaukee and Chicago cannibal
Robert Berdella ? until 1988 Kansas City Kansas
Dennis Nilsen 16 1978-83 U.K.
Marcelo Costa de Andrade 14 until 1991 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
William Bonin 12+ 1979-80 Downey, Orange County, Calif.
Henry Lee Lucas 12+ 1970s and 80s Most in Texas, Southeastern U.S.
Ottis Toole 12+ 1970s and 80s West Coast, Florida, etc. accomplice of Henry Lee Lucas
Bruce Lee 12 1980 England (NOT the famous actor.) Killed victims by arson.
Johannes Mashiane 12 until 1989 South Africa "The Beast of Atteridgeville"
Vaughn Greenwood 11+ 1974-75 Los Angeles
Thomas Quick 10+ Sweden Started killing when he was 14 years old.
Richard Speck 8+ 1966 Chicago married, bisexual
Peter Kurten 8+ 1905-1921 Germany "The Vampire of Dusseldorf"
Alton Coleman 8 1984 Midwestern U.S.
Cayetano Hernandez 8 1963 Yerba Buena, Mexico
Eleazor Solis 8 1963 Monterey, Mexico
David Bullock 6+ 1981-82 New York City NY
Vernon Butts 6+ 1979-80 Calif. Orange County, Calif. accomplice of William Bonin
Paul Bateson 6 ? (est.) 1977-78 New York City NY
Albert Fish ? until 1936 USA child molester and canibal
Michael Terry 6 1980-86 Atlanta Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina
Orville Lynn Majors 6 Indiana Vermillion County Hospital, Indiana
Charles Cohen 5+ Delaware Delaware, San Francisco, New York, Miami, and New Orleans
Andrew Cunanan 5 1997 San Diego, Calif. Minnesota; Chicago, IL; South Beach, FL killed fashion designer Gianni Versace
Michael Lupo 4+ 1986 from Italy London
Peter Moore 4 1995 north Wales
Westley Allan Dodd 3+ Washington, Oregon
David P. Brown (a.k.a. Nathaniel Bar-Jonah) 3+ 2000 Massachusetts Montana victims were young boys
Bruce Davis 2+ 1968-72 Los Angeles Charles Manson accomplice
Serial Killers who were Lesbians
Magdalena Solis 8 1963 Monterey, Mexico
Aileen Wuornos 7+ 1989-90 south of Daytona, Florida Florida killed male "johns"
Tyria Moore 7+ 1989-90 south of Daytona, Florida Florida killed male "johns"
Catherine Wood 6 Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids, MI nurse who killed patients
Gwen Graham 6 Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids, MI nurse who killed patients
Serial killers are nearly always men (93%). Furthermore, of the relatively few female serial killers, one third of them worked in partnership with males. In the United States, serial killers are predominantly white. This makes sense statistically, because about 80% of the population is white. Whites, however, are over-represented among serial killers. Although blacks are over-represented among the persons convicted of murder in general, they are under-represented among serial killers. Asians are also under-represented; Asian serial-killers are extremely rare in the United States. Some homosexual serial killers were openly gay or lesbian. Some were closeted homosexuals. Many of the most famous gay serial killers (e.g., Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrew Cunanan, John Wayne Gacy, etc.) were homosexuals, but they became widely known due to the nature of their crimes or the identities of their victims, not because they in any way represent serial killers generally. Homosexual serial killers have most frequently chosen young boys or gay men as their victims, although some have victimized females as well. Most of the killers have raped their victims either before or after killing them, although in some cases they have killed after consensual homosexual sex. There have been heterosexual serial killers who have targeted gay victims (e.g., Colin Ireland), but this is very rare. But more importantly, none of the serial killers listed here represent typical homosexuals, who, like the general population, are almost never involved in violent crime. The exact nature of each individual's feelings, attitudes, and behavior with regards to sex is unique, in the general population as well as among serial killers. Legally, all or nearly all of the homosexual serial killers on this list would be considered sexual deviants because of the extreme and violent nature of their acts -- not simply because of their homosexual orientation.
I suppose he's included because two of his victims were an elderly couple with the last name of "Gay"!
That seems to be one hell of a misrepresentaion. It certainly throws into question the rest of this list. Not that it's relevant anyway. How many serial killers in history have been heterosexual? Is there any correlation or relevance. No, none whatsoever.
Could it just be that black serial killers are less likely to be detected as serial killers? There are a number of black serial killers, from the Atlanta child killer, the Zebra killers in California, the Yahway group in Florida, and Mohammad and Malvo in the Beltway.
For the most part, though, with the number of black murders in the inner cities, it seems less likely that a pattern of killings might be detected