Genetics play a part — but biology is only one piece of the puzzle when determining if someone will have sex with someone of the same sex.
Even before it was published, the study was controversial. Some LGBTQ+ scientists said they were worried that the results could “give ammunition to people who seek to use science to bolster biases and discrimination against gay people,” thereported. One worry, for example, was that people in power with anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments would call for gene editing, even if it were scientifically impossible.
“I deeply disagree about publishing this,” Steven Reilly, a geneticist and postdoctoral researcher who is on the steering committee of the Broad Institute’s L.G.B.T.Q. affinity group, said, according to the. “It seems like something that could easily be misconstrued… In a world without any discrimination, understanding human behavior is a noble goal, but we don’t live in that world.
With that said, scientists consulted with LGBTQ+ advocacy groups before they published their research. This also helped them emphasize some their work’s limitations For example, it only covered self-reported sexual behaviors, so people who weren’t comfortable sharing their sexual history weren’t included. Another caveat: Just because people have hooked up with someone of the same sex, it doesn’t mean they identify as gay or a lesbian, so the researchers didn’t use those terms in their work.
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