Are homosexuals born that way? Part IV – Is there a genetic basis for homosexuality?

The largest study to date on the genetic basis of homosexuality has revealed five spots on the human genome that are linked to same-sex sexual behaviour—but none of the markers are reliable enough to predict someone’s sexual orientation.  The findings, which were published in science.org on 29 August 2019, were based on the genomes of nearly 500,000 people and shore up the results of…

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Are homosexuals “Born that way” Part III: The Research of Dr. Dean Hamer, et al., at the National Cancer Institute

Is homosexuality genetic? Dr. Dean Hamer and his researchers at the National Cancer Institute claim that “male sexual orientation is genetically influenced.” Initially, they discovered elevated rates of maternally but not paternally related homosexuality in the families of 76 gays. This suggested potential maternal transmission of homosexuality through the X chromosome. Their Research: Thus, the team examined 22 regions, or "loci,” covering the X…

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LGBTQs and Civil Rights 

Some countries promote civil rights of LGBTQs by prohibiting rehabilitation and therapy for LGBTQs to support in their recovery path to heterosexuality. But we know that LGBTQs are statistically more prone to suffer from:  A significantly decreased likelihood of establishing or preserving a successful marriage  A five-to-ten-year decrease in life expectancy  Chronic, potentially fatal, liver disease—hepatitis  Inevitable fatal esophageal cancer  Pneumonia  Internal bleeding  HIV…

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How The Homosexuality Movement Politicized Science? 

In 1963 the New York Academy of Medicine charged its Committee on Public Health to report on the subject of homosexuality, prompted by concern that homosexual behavior seemed to be increasing. The Committee reported that:  “Homosexuality is indeed an illness. The homosexual is an emotionally disturbed individual who has not acquired the normal capacity to develop satisfying heterosexual relation.” It also noted that: “some…

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