In this weeks post I wanted to further our class discussion on "the gay gene." When I left today's class I was left feeling skeptical about the situation if there is one. As I was reading for today's discussion I knew that finding if there was a gay gene that it would be put in the wrong hands and all hell would break lose. And I'm still trying to search for any benefits that would come to finding out if there was a gay gene. So with all my questions I wanted to find an article that could share some enlightenment on my thoughts. This article goes on to discuss the Human Genome Project and Simon LeVay's research on differences in the brain between straight & gay men and women. The findings of LeVay's were that his assumptions about homosexual urges can be biologically based—so long as cluster size is accepted as being genetically determined. But his research isn't creditable in my opinion. And LeVay himself say's this about his research: "It’s important to stress what I didn’t find.  I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay.  I didn’t show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work.  Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain." So what does that mean now? Many other people have done more studies about this subject and nothing has been found credible- but if there is a gay gene wouldn't that ultimately eliminate all gay people? At the end of this article they brought up this fact that gay couples can't produce a child- therefore no more of the "gay gene" would be passed on people. So I think that's the answer to this- I don't believe that there is a "gay gene." 

Works Cited:  http://www.trueorigin.org/gaygene01.asp