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"Is sexual orientation determined at birth?"
Summary of Positions
  Pro Not Clearly Pro or Con (NC) Con None Found (?)
I. Individuals 37 (17.8%) 51 (24.5%) 31 (14.9%) 87 (41.8%)
II. Organizations 2 (1.6%) 14 (11.0%) 11 (8.7%) 99 (78.0%)

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I. Individuals
  #    A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z  
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- A -
Individuals Rating Position
Abraham, Ajit K., ThM ?
Abraham, K.C., PhD ?
Adler, Tina ?
Agrawal, Rina, MD, PhD ?
Alexander, Gerianne M., PhD ?
Allen, Laura S., PhD ?
Anastas, Jeane W., PhD, MSW NC
Anderssen, Norman, PhD ?
Appleby, George A., DSW, MSW NC
- B -
Individuals Rating Position
Bagemihl, Bruce, PhD NC
Bailey, J. Michael, PhD Pro
Baldwin, Steve Con
Bancroft, John, MD NC
Banks, Amy, MD ?
Bem, Daryl J. Con
Besen, Wayne Pro
Bhanot, Anil Pro
Bieber, Irving, MD Con
Blanchard, Ray, PhD Pro
Blank, Susan, MD, MPH ?
Bogaert, Anthony, PhD Pro
Boswell, John, PhD ?
Breedlove, S. Marc, PhD NC
Buchanan, Robert, DMIn NC
Bullough, Bonnie, PhD, RN NC
Bullough, Vern, PhD NC
Burr, Chandler, MA Pro
Bush, George W., MBA ?
Byne, William M., MD, PhD NC
Byrd, A. Dean, PhD Con
- C -
Individuals Rating Position
Cahill, Sean, PhD ?
Cameron, Paul D., PhD Con
Cederholm, Roy F. "Bud", Jr., MDiv ?
Chaiken, Shama B., PhD NC
Coates, Thomas J., PhD ?
Cochran, Gregory, PhD Con
Cohen, Kenneth M., PhD Pro
Conkin, Dennis Pro
Copeland, Peter ?
Corliss, Roger, PhD ?
Crain, Caleb, PhD ?
Cross, Charles NC
- D -
Individuals Rating Position
Dailey, Timothy J., PhD Con
Dallas, Joe ?
Dalmiya, Vishnu Hari ?
De Silva, A.L. Pro
Demir, Ebru, PhD Pro
Dhammika, Shravasti NC
Diamond, Lisa M., PhD NC
Dickson, Barry J., PhD Pro
Dickson, Nigel, MD NC
Diggs, John R., Jr., MD Con
Dimock, Peter, MSW ?
Dorris, Mike NC
Dunbar, Robin, PhD ?
- E -
Individuals Rating Position
Eccles, Thomas A., MD ?
Ewald, Paul W., PhD Con
- F -
Individuals Rating Position
Fitzgibbons, Richard P., MD Con
Frank, Barney, JD Pro
Freud, Sigmund, DMed Con
Freund, Kurt, MD ?
Freundel, Barry NC
Friedman, Richard C., MD Con
- G -
Individuals Rating Position
Gartrell, Nanette, MD ?
Gates, Gary J., PhD, MDiv ?
Glesne, David N., DMin Con
Gohmert, Louie, JD NC
Gooren, Louis, PhD, MD ?
Gorski, Roger, PhD ?
Grossman, Naomi ?
Groves, Lana ?
Guindon, Mary H., PhD ?
- H -
Individuals Rating Position
Haeberle , Erwin, DPhil, EdD NC
Hamer, Dean H., PhD NC
Hansen, Trayce L. Con
Harvey, Linda P. Con
Herek, Gregory M., PhD ?
Herszenhorn, David M. ?
Hess, Gregory M., JD NC
Hinsch, Bret, PhD ?
Hirschfeld, Magnus, MD Pro
Holland, Erik Pro
Holmes, William C., MD, MSCE ?
Hooker, Evelyn, PhD ?
Hooper, Judith B. ?
- I -
Individuals Rating Position
Illovsky, Michael, PhD ?
- J -
Individuals Rating Position
Jackson, Harry R., Jr. NC
James, William Henry, PhD NC
Jenny, Carole, MD, MBA ?
Jin, Fengyi "Jeff", MB, MPH ?
Johnson, David K., PhD ?
Jones, Kenneth T., MS ?
Jones, Stanton, PhD Con
Jorgensen, Erik, PhD NC
Jung, Carl Gustav, MD NC
- K -
Individuals Rating Position
Kantor, Martin J., MD NC
Keita, Gwendolyn Puryear, PhD ?
Kendler, Kenneth S., MD Pro
Kern, Sally NC
King, Coretta Scott ?
Kinsey, Alfred, PhD Pro
Kitamoto, Toshihiro, PhD ?
Kleponis, Peter, MA Con
- L -
Individuals Rating Position
Lalumiere, Martin, PhD ?
Lama, Dalai ?
LeVay, Simon, PhD Pro
Lippa, Richard, PhD ?
Lohr, Jeffrey M., PhD ?
Long, Judith, MsD Pro
Long, Ryan Grant NC
- M -
Individuals Rating Position
Malik, Faris Pro
Mann, Denise ?
Margasak, Larry NC
Martin, James T., MS, PhD Pro
McBride (aka Sei), Bridget Pro
McConaghy, Nathaniel, MD ?
McCormick, Cherly, PhD ?
McFadden, Dennis, PhD NC
McKnight, Jim, PhD NC
Medwin, Michele Brand ?
Melonakos, Kathleen, MA, RN Con
Money, John, PhD NC
Moon, Tom, MFT Pro
Morris, Desmond, DPhil NC
Munro, Kali, M.Ed. NC
Murray, Stephen O., PhD NC
Mustanski, Brian S., PhD Pro
- N -
Individuals Rating Position
Naus, Gerald ?
Nicolosi, Joseph, PhD Con
Nicolosi, Linda Con
Norton, Rictor, PhD ?
- O -
Individuals Rating Position
O'Leary, Dale Con
Olsen, Stony, JD Con
Over, Ray, PhD ?
- P -
Individuals Rating Position
Pacer, Kerry ?
Pathela, Preeti, DrPH ?
Pattanaik, Devdutt, MBBS Pro
Pattatucci-Aragon, Angela M., PhD NC
Pawelski, James G., MS ?
Pence, Mike, JD NC
Perkins, Tony ?
Phelps, Kerryn, MBBS Pro
Pillard, Richard, MD Pro
Plante , Hank ?
Ponder, Dan, Jr. Pro
Prabhupada, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ?
Pruitt, Matthew, PhD ?
- Q -
Individuals Rating Position
Quinsey, Vernon L., PhD Pro
- R -
Individuals Rating Position
Radican, Norman Dean NC
Rado, Sandor, MD Con
Rahman, Qazi, PhD Pro
Remafedi, Gary, MD, MPH ?
Rice, George P.A., MD ?
Ridley, Matt, DPhil NC
Robinson, Gene E., PhD Not clearly Pro or Con
Roselli, Charles E., PhD ?
Rosenak, Charlotte, PhD ?
Rosenfeld, Michael J., PhD ?
Roth, Joel, PhD ?
Rush, Aaron ?
- S -
Individuals Rating Position
Sanders, Alan R., MD Pro and Con
Sartelle, Joe Con
Satcher, David, MD, PhD ?
Satinover, Jeffrey, MD Con
Savic-Berglund, Ivanka, MD, PhD ?
Schiro-Geist, Chrisann, PhD NC
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Pro
Schulweis, Harold M., ThD Pro
Scully, James H., Jr. ?
Sharpe, Richard, PhD Con
Shaw, M. Thomas, III, MDiv ?
Sheldon, Louis P., MDiv NC
Shoptaw, Steven, PhD ?
Siddiqi, Muzammil H., PhD Con
Slap, Gail B., MD ?
Socarides, Charles, MD Con
Solimeo, Luiz Sergio NC
Sommer, Volker, PhD ?
Spaulding, Elaine C., PhD NC
Spitzer, Robert L., MD ?
Sprigg, Peter, MDiv Con
Stacey, Judith, PhD ?
Staver, Mathew, JD NC
Steinach, Eugen Pro
Swabb, Dick, PhD, MD NC
- T -
Individuals Rating Position
Throckmorton, Warren, PhD NC
Trembath, Kerry ?
- U -
Individuals Rating Position
Ulrichs, Karl Heinrich Pro
- V -
Individuals Rating Position
van Gend, David, MBBS Con
Van Wyk, Paul H., PhD NC
Vanita, Ruth, PhD ?
Vasey, Paul, PhD NC
Vilain, Eric, MD, PhD ?
Voracek, Martin, PhD ?
- W -
Individuals Rating Position
Walker, Elaine F., PhD ?
Weinrich, James D., PhD ?
Whitam, Frederick L., PhD Pro
White, Monica, PhD ?
Whitehead, Neil E., PhD Con
Widom, Cathy Spatz, PhD NC
Wilson, Edward O., PhD Pro
Wilson, Glenn D., PhD Pro
Wilson, Helen W., PhD NC
Wink, Walter, ThD ?
- X -
- Y -
Individuals Rating Position
Yancey, Antronette, MD, MPH ?
Yarhouse, Mark, PsyD NC
- Z -
Individuals Rating Position
Zucker, Kenneth J., PhD Pro
Zwilling, Leonard, PhD NC

II. Organizations
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- A -
Organizations Rating Position
Advances in Pediatrics ?
Air Force Research Laboratory ?
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL; formerly the Wright Laboratory) ?
Al-Fatiha Foundation ?
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) ?
American Academy of Family Physicians ?
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ?
American College of Pediatricians (ACP) Con
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary ?
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry ?
American Journal of Psychiatry ?
American Psychiatric Association NC
American Psychological Association NC
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) Con
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) ?
Archives of General Psychiatry ?
Archives of Sexual Behavior ?
Associated Press ?
Atlantic Monthly ?
AVERT NC
- B -
Organizations Rating Position
Behavioral Neuroscience ?
Biological Psychology ?
Boy Scouts of America ?
Boys Under Attack ?
Bridges Across the Divide ?
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News ?
- C -
Organizations Rating Position
Cable News Network (CNN) ?
California Safe Schools Coalition ?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) ?
Catholic Medical Association Con
Cell ?
Child Abuse and Neglect ?
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) Con
Citizens for Community Values Con
Coalition for Positive Sexuality (CPS) ?
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) ?
Concerned Women for America (CWA) Con
Cortex ?
Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG) NC
- D -
Organizations Rating Position
Developmental Psychology ?
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary ?
- E -
- F -
Organizations Rating Position
Family Research Council Con
Feminist Sexual Ethics Project ?
Fox News ?
- G -
Organizations Rating Position
Gallup Organization ?
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association ?
Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association (GALVA) ?
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ?
Gay-Straight Alliance Network ?
GLBTQ: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Queer Culture ?
God's Love-Our Witness ?
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) ?
- H -
Organizations Rating Position
Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment (HOME) Con
Hormones and Behavior ?
House Armed Services Ad Hoc Subcommittee ?
Human Genetics ?
Human Rights Campaign Pro
- I -
Organizations Rating Position
Institute of Medicine ?
- J -
Organizations Rating Position
Jewish Mosaic NC
Journal of Abnormal Psychology ?
Journal of Gender Studies ?
Journal of Homosexuality ?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology NC
Journal of the American Medical Association ?
- K -
- L -
Organizations Rating Position
Lambda Legal ?
Laterality ?
Los Angeles Times ?
- M -
Organizations Rating Position
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology ?
Massachusetts Department of Education ?
McGill University Student Health Service ?
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ?
Mission to America NC
Molecular Brain Research ?
Moment Magazine ?
- N -
Organizations Rating Position
National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) Con
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) ?
National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) No position
National Center for Lesbian Rights ?
National Geographic ?
National Organization on Male Sexual Victimization (NOMSV) ?
Nature ?
New Directions Ministries NC
New Scientist ?
New York Post ?
New York Times ?
- O -
Organizations Rating Position
Office of the Surgeon General NC
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance Pro
Ontario Public Health Association ?
Opinion Research Corporation ?
- P -
Organizations Rating Position
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) Con
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) NC
Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples ?
Pediatrics ?
Pew Charitable Trusts ?
Physiology & Behavior ?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ?
Proceedings of the Royal Society ?
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice ?
Psychiatric News NC
Psychological Bulletin ?
Psychological Reports ?
Psychoneuroendocrinology ?
- Q -
- R -
Organizations Rating Position
Republican Policy Committee ?
Reuters ?
- S -
Organizations Rating Position
Same Sex Attracted Youth NC
San Francisco Chronicle ?
San Francisco Department of Public Health ?
San Jose Mercury News ?
Science ?
Science News ?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ?
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) ?
Social Science and Medicine ?
- T -
Organizations Rating Position
The Observer (UK) ?
Toronto Star ?
Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) Con
- U -
Organizations Rating Position
U.S. News and World Report ?
UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center ?
US Department of Defense (DoD) NC
US Department of Health and Human Services ?
US Library of Congress ?
- V -
- W -
Organizations Rating Position
Washington Post ?
WebMD ?
Wikipedia ?
Williams Institute ?
- X -
- Y -
Organizations Rating Position
Young People's Sexual Health (YPSH) ?
Youth First Texas NC
- Z -