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The popularity of the movie “The Kids are All Right” prompts many people to ask: Should the sexual orientation of prospective adoptive parents be considered when placing children in adoptive homes? According to a new study, the answer may be “no.” In a sample of 106 adoptive children living in different parts of the US, youngsters were developing well regardless of whether they were living with lesbian, gay or heterosexual parenting couples.
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On Valentine’s Day, we like to examine what’s new. There are all kinds of couples, but male homosexuality doesn’t make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view, because since gay men are much less likely to produce offspring than heterosexual men, shouldn’t the genes for this trait have been extinguished long ago? What value could this sexual orientation have, that it has persisted for eons even without any discernible reproductive advantage? There must be a REASON for it.
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One of life’s tragedies is to be born a woman in a man’s body. Now researchers have found a genetic cause for this.

DNA analysis of over 100 transsexuals showed that all of them had a longer version of the male androgen receptor gene, meaning that this essential male hormone may not be have reached their brains efficiently while they were in the womb.

BBC News quotes researcher Lauren Hare as saying, “We think that these genetic differences might reduce testosterone action and under masculinize the brain during fetal development.”

BBC quotes researcher Vincent Harley as saying, “There is a social stigma that transsexualism is simply a lifestyle choice, however our findings support a biological basis of how gender identity develops.”
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A study conducted 13 months after the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts found that legal protections and making a public statement of commitment were the most often mentioned motivations for same-sex marriage.

It also found that lack of family approval and difficulties planning and paying for the wedding were the biggest obstacles. Psychologist Robert-Jay Green says, “The arrival of same-sex marriage brings up many issues that often lurk in the background in families. It forces same-sex couples and their parents to confront their deepest feelings about same-sex love.”
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