I heard a report recently about transgenderism, and a prevailing theory points to hormonal effects on fetal brain development. I suspect that something similar is at work with homosexuals.
If true, it would mean that homosexuals could be 'born gay' with or without genetic causation. Btw, the fact that some animals exhibit homosexual behaviors is irrelevant. A Black Widow spider kills and eats her mate, but that would not be a very strong defense in a murder trial. ;) -----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:43 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: the list There are no known genetic markers for homosexuality. Homosexuality seems likely to have some genetic components and some social components. The genetic portion that been being investigated so far centers around the endocrine system and fetal exposure to androgen. The endocrine system is enormously complicated and androgen is a very fundamental and wide-ranging hormone (one of the things that makes males versus females for instance). The exposure of a developing fetus to androgen at different points in development can have very different effects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280794 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
