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Little Known Facts on the Born Gay Debate

According to a 2006 peer-reviewed study, a man's odds of being gay increase 33% with each older male sibling.
The first anti-homosexual law in the American colonies, The Buggery Act of Henry VIII, resulted in the 1624 hanging of Richard Cornish for having sex with a 29-year-old cabin boy.
Some researchers equate the traits of same-sex orientation with left-handedness.
In 1940, a Columbia University professor named Sandor Rado proposed the theory that homosexuality is a phobia of members of the opposite sex.
As of 1999, researchers had observed same-sex behavior in over 475 animal species.
Scientific studies have demonstrated physiological differences between heterosexual and homosexual people, such as eyeblink rates, inner ear structure, and hypothalamus size. Other studies have disputed these findings and other research on anatomical differences.

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Last updated on: 6/25/2009 3:53 PM PST