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Social scientists also point out that the theory would mean the trend for smaller families in the Western world would mean fewer gay men, too, and that doesn't seem to be true either.ĭr Blanchard said, however: 'The theory that early childhood experiences lead to homosexuality has had 100 years and its supporters have come up with zip.' There are also higher levels of antibodies in the womb for subsequent sons which could affect the orientation of the brain.īut not all the experts believe Dr Blanchard's theory because there is no evidence that Roman Catholics and Mormons, who tend to have large families, produce more gay men. Second, third and subsequent unborn male babies in the womb are exposed to more testosterone - something which may go back to when younger siblings needed to be stronger to survive if food was scarce. But Dr Blanchard said a mother's body changes every time she gives birth to more than one son. His research was backed up by John Manning at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, who said: 'It's one of the few reliable correlates of homosexuality that I know of.' Those with four older brothers were three times as likely. There was virtually no difference in numbers of other siblings - suggesting there is no truth in the theory that a lone boy with lots of sisters is more likely to grow up gay.ĭr Blanchard, of the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, said he initially thought the idea that being gay was more likely if a man had older brothers seemed 'absurd, egregious pseudoscience'.īut his studies showed those with an average of 2.5 older brothers were twice as likely to be gay as those with no older brothers. The gay men, had, on average, 1.32 older brothers compared to heterosexual men, who had an average ofĠ.96 older brothers. All were white and none were twins, he told the journal New Scientist. He studied the family backgrounds of 302 gay men and the same number of straight men. Now Canadian psychologist Ray Blanchard says the answer depends on how many older brothers a man has. However, the researchers think their findings are linked to what happens in the womb, rather than the effects of growing up among older boys.įor decades, academics have argued over nature versus nurture - whether individuals are born gay, or become gay because of where and how they grow up. Gay men had more older brothers, on average, than straight men, a study has found.įor every older brother a man has, the chances of him being gay increases by 33 per cent.
Gay hate crimes and gay slurs are still a common occurrence and as I have said still no protection against discrimination against LGBT in the workforce, housing and business.Boys with older brothers are more likely to be homosexual than those with sisters, younger brothers or no siblings at all, according to research. Just because the media is postmodern and ahistorical and tricked us into thinking homophobia is over because a few out gay men and lesbians have become celebrities. Homophobia should never be trivialized and a gay person regardless of age being concerned about homophobia rising again is not being a loon. Scholars have been noticing this since the 1980s during the Reagan Administration. The US is becoming more fascist and a police state. I need help for worrying about history repeating itself? Look at what's happening in Chechnya, India and etc. R192 You should respect your gay elders too and making a mockery of the gay men who died from HIV is not cool. He is another byproduct of the Internet, you can watch videos of him on his YT channel dating back when he was 14. In the video he flirts with a guy and a girl but the lyrics only matches a guy. One of his hit videos is about a typical closet case scenario, I wish you were sober.
I don't know why he doesn't do it already.Īnother kid that hasn't come out even though he's obviously gay is Conan Gray. I think he did, then said it was a joke, etc, but its pretty obvious by his last two albums, all great btw, that he is gay. Tyler the Creator hasn't come out officially. Say all you want about his non voice and whatnot but he's a rapper and decent at that and he didn't wait the end of his career to do it. Lil Nas X was very bold to come out as gay (not queer) at age 20 at the top of his game in a genre that is notoriously homophobic, you can't ignore that. They weren't manufactured, they just happen to be born in the age of social media, they're actually original in their own right.