Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is “an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions” to people of the same sex.It “also refers to a person’s sense of identity based on those attractions, related …

Oct 08, 2015 · Science Now ; Scientists find DNA differences between gay men and their straight twin mans

There is a popular belief that people are born either gay or straight. Conservatives tend to believe that sexual orientation is actually sexual preference, which is …

By Mark Ellis. Dr. Neil Whitehead. Eight major studies of identical twins in Australia, the U.S., and Scandinavia during the last two decades all arrive at the same conclusion: gays were not born that way.

Dec 11, 2017 · Bailey’s latest paper, published this month in the journal Nature Research, looked at people’s genomes and found several regions with single-letter DNA changes that were more common among gay men than straight men and may be relevant to the development of sexual orientation. Bailey believes this new study may be even more significant than general genetic …

Is Being Gay in Your DNA? Scientists Keep Trying to Find a Genetic Basis for Sexual Orientation

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The relationship between biology and sexual orientation is a subject of research. A simple and singular determinant for sexual orientation has not been conclusively demonstrated; various studies point to different, even conflicting positions, but scientists hypothesize that a combination of genetic, hormonal, and social factors determine …

Is being gay in your DNA? Homosexual men share two gene variants that suggest they are born with their sexual preference, claims controversial study

Being gay could be in the DNA. Scientists have found two stretches of DNA linked to homosexuality in men. The confirmation of the existence of a ‘gay gene’ or genes will strengthen arguments that homosexuality is a matter of biology, rather than choice.