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What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay helped create this field in 1991 with a much-publicized study in Science, where he reported on a difference in the brain structure between gay and straight men. Since then, an entire scientific discipline has sprung up around the quest for a biological explanation of sexual orientation. In this book, LeVay provides a clear explanation of where the science stands today, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of laboratories that specialize in genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, and family demographics. He describes, for instance, how researchers have manipulated the sex hormone levels of animals during development, causing them to mate preferentially with animals of their own gender. LeVay also reports on the prevalence of homosexual behavior among wild animals, ranging from Graylag geese to the Bonobo chimpanzee.

Do you love wildlife, conservation and laughing? Do you love the gays? NO?! Then let us change your mind! Join a bear cub and an otter as we talk about the animals we love, hate and admire and the creatures that scare the f*ck out of us. Haven’t you ever wondered how many legs a kangaroo has? No? Listen anyway New episodes fortnightly!

Nature is Gay is a biweekly podcast all about the queer world around us and just how gosh darn normal it is. Every Monday we explore gender and sexuality in animals, plants, fungi, and everything in between!

A couple of best friends who want to explore the paranormal in ways we have not been able to do before. Go on adventures with us while we record our experiences, interview non-believers, watch and review horror movies. If you like ghosts and history, the Ghost Gays are for you! Email your ghost stories, or places for us to visit us at ghostgayspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @ghostgayspodcast Follow us on Twitter @ghost_gays

Official Selection of the 2024 Tribeca Audio Festival. Selected as one of Apple Podcasts Favourites of 2024 so far.Strap on your binoculars and lace up your boots: A Field Guide to Gay Animals explores sexuality, gender, and joy in the animal world.Hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson take you on a quest to see beyond the natural world as we know it and into the natural world as it is: queer as f*ck.Homosexuality has been documented in over 1,500 species of animals. From gay geese and bisexual bison to lesbian elephant love affairs and all-male, all-whale orgies, expressions of same-sex ...