A compiling of studies that show that homsexuality is biological?

Question

Does anyone know of a website that lists studies that seem to indicate that homsexuality in humans has a biological or genetic basis?

Psuedo-religous studies that don't pass statistical muster need not apply.

Thanks!

When I say "don't pass statistical muster" I mean "don't pass statistical muster." Whatever kind of test was involved, it must pass the bounds of usual statistical research. I've seen plenty of pure and outright speculation that it has psychosocial parameters, but nothing hard and fast and measurable.

It's very simple: I don't want opinions, feelings or thoughts. Most people who spout those things tend to do so with a religous bias. . Apologies if I stepped on any toes, tails or agendas.

Answer 1

Just curious: If I gave you two studies without showing you who did them, would you be able to distinguish the "pseudo-religious studies that don't pass statistical muster" from the ones you claim you'd consider valid?

Personally, I think there's a lot of political baggage that is clouding the issue for both pro-gay and anti-gay people. The only way to sort through it is to be able to review both sides and take each study on its own merits.

As a generalization, I know that Dean Hamer and Simon LeVay (?), both probably the most famous homosexuals with research credentials, have both gone on record stating that psychosocial factors are partly involved and that at least half of the condition is not inherited.

And they were never able to concretely locate a root biological source, although they found some interesting (but small) anomolies in brain structure that might or might not have bearing on homosexuality.

Just the fact that there's a higher incidence of homosexuality in identical twins -- but only about 50% -- suggests that there are both biological AND environment/social components... which is what I certainly would expect.

I'm not sure why people keep insisting that everything is genetic... and why that should either validate/invalidate the orientation.

People seem more interested in justifying their political/religious viewpoint (either direction) rather than actually understanding the cause(s) of homosexuality.

Answer 2

I don't believe that homosexuality is usually biological (If it was genetic it would surely be dying out and it's definitely on the increase!) I believe what happens is that the child decides at a very early age (maybe without much awareness) that they do not want to be like the parent of the same sex, for whatever reason. (Could be they have a brutal father or a weak one. Maybe they have a mother who belittles the father constantly thereby giving the son the idea that that's what women are like. Maybe a girl might decide she doesn't want to be like a very dependent mother, she'd rather be like her dad who is a strong person. Any of these scenarios, and a great many more, could be applied to either sex.) The main point is the young age at which it is decided and then forgotten (Like most painful events in childhood). I know there are some who decide at a later age (teenage for example) and some who are sexually interfered with by a person of the same gender, causing them to imprint sexually on that sex. (And some who are treated so badly that they are repelled by that sex. Many people who are not at all interested in sex I believe fit into that category, whether homo or hetero sexual.

Answer 3

Hey, I just typed in "Biological homosexual studies" in the little Yahoo Search the Wed bar... Their is crap loads of information that is based on medical research. I'm going to be lazy like you and refrain from trying them all out. You can do that yourself. Everyone knows homosexuality is a biological disorder of the brain.

Answer 4

There is no such thing. The only thing they've found is that the female/male hormone may/may not be more/less prevalent in some men/women when it normally wouldn't be.