On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Hetzel, Roderick went:
> I'm looking for scientific references that discuss the causes of
> homosexuality (or sexual orientation, in general). In other words, do
> studies suggest that homosexuality is relatively stable throughout life and
> deterimined by biological/genetic/physiological factors, or is homosexuality
> determined by learning experiences and able to changed throughout life.
> Someone has recently asserted to me that people can simply choose to be
> straight or gay and has asked me for scientific evidence showing otherwise.
A nice friendly primer, with plenty of references to primary sources,
is Simon LeVay's book _Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research
into Homosexuality_. His previous book, _The Sexual Brain_, is also
helpful.
--David Epstein
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