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| A study that may lead to proof that gay men are biologically different from straight
men was conducted at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Medicine
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or two,” that may be linked to sexual orientation.
According to the report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, the Swedish researchers used a total of 36 people as subjects for
their study. The 36 were divided into three groups of 12: gay men, heterosexual
men, and heterosexual women. All 23 were “healthy, un-medicated, right-handed,
and HIV-negative,” the study report says. The report says all 36 were
also within a similar age range and had a similar level of education.
The report said all of the heterosexual men and women scored a “0”
on the Kinsey scale of heterosexuality/homosexuality, while all of the gay men
scored a 6 on the Kinsey scale. The scale, developed by famed sex researcher
Alfred Kinsey, uses a 0 to describe people who say they engage solely in opposite
sex sexual activity throughout their lives. A score of 6 is used to describe
people who engage solely in same-sex sexual activity during their lifetime.
Brian Mustanski, a university of Illinois researcher who worked with Hamer
on the study linking chromosomes to gay siblings, called the study by the Swedish
researchers “very well done” and a significant advance in findings
suggesting a genetic link to sexual orientation.
“What’s so compelling is that the region of the brain [that the
study examined] has been shown to be involved in sexual activity and sexual
orientation,” Mustanski said.
Lou Chibbaro Jr. can be reached at lchibbaro@washblade.com.
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