HOMOSEXUALITY

1. HOMOSEXUALITY www.ldsmag.com www.topnews.com www.orgs.kvcc.edu www.sheepleblog.net www.cuny.edu www.afrol.com

2. “[T]he noble lover of beauty engages in love wherever he sees excellence and splendid natural endowment without regard for any difference in physiological detail.” Erotikos (Dialogue on Love) www.ibiblio.org

3. Choose to be gay? Or Born that way?

4. Electroshock therapy Brain surgery Hormone injections Castration homosexuality as a mental illness Health professionals believed it could be cured… www.ecuadorciencia.org www.budgetstockphoto.com

5. Sigmund Freud had a theory… dominant mother passive/indifferent father homosexual son Freud www.centreforattachment.com http://blog.syracuse.com

6. Theory outdated! 2 things wrong with this theory… …it doesn’t explain: lesbians heterosexuals in the same situation www.wesleyjsmith.com

7. Began looking to science to give us the answers… http://feminocracy.files.wordpress.com “The environment a child grows up in has nothing to do with what makes most gay men gay. Two of the most convincing studies have proved conclusively that sexual orientation in men has a genetic cause.” M. Abrams

8. 1st Study Exploration of environmental affects on individuals with genital deformities 2nd Study Examination of twins The two studies: http://carbolicsmoke.com http://img.dailymail.co.uk

9. 1st StudyPerformed by William Reiner He studied a group of males who were born with genital deformities and as a result surgically constructed and raised to be female. He found that these individuals were attracted to females despite their upbringing, and believed that if society and environment had a role; at least one of these man-turned-woman should have been attracted to men but there was: “no documented case of that happening.”

10. 2nd StudyPerformed by Michael Baily Examined twins and discovered the following: Identical Twins Fraternal Twins • grew up in same • environment so clearly • DNA has an affect one gay one gay 20% chance the other one was gay 50% chance the other one was gay

11. If identical twins have the same DNA then why only 50% ?

12. Geneticist Sven Bocklandt believes methylation is key. turns off certain sections of genetic code (often determines which genes will turn on – one from mom or one from dad?-) Methyl group added to DNA, in result: reducing gene expression Therefore, although both twins inherit the same DNA, Methylation could turn off the “gay gene” in the one.

13. Another geneticist, Dean Hamer published a study claiming to prove genetically that people are born gay. After interviewing/examining 76 pairs of gay brothers: -he pinpointed a stretch of chromosome where the gene that causes homosexuality resides -inherited maternally (compared the X chromosomes to find a shared genetic marker) -this marker is referred to as Xq28 However,

14. To this date we still haven’t found the exact base pairs that might cause homosexuality in males. Some researchers say this is partly because society refuses to fund sex research. www.fmp-8.cit.nig.gov

15. Another theory: It happens in the womb! FACT: Genes involved in sexual orientation produce receptors in one’s brain that absorb hormones released by the developing baby’s testicles. www.photobucket.com www.photobucket.com In gay men: -receptors less sensitive (or even blocked)- = lower levels of testosterone = brain develops some female characteristics such as male attraction

16. More in the 21st CENTURY: Conflicted views remain, but homosexuality is more publicly integrated http://pnsexplosion.com http://boifromtroy.com www.captial2.captial.edu www.aboutsaopaulo.com www.sofia-life.com