Science

American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer says that a new theory that epigenetic marks may play a key role in determining why people are gay is proof that homosexuality might be a "birth defect" which could lead prospective parents to choose abortion. [ Read more → ]

A group of scientists say they possibly have solved the question of what makes a human being gay, according to a study published Tuesday by the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis. [ Read more → ]

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Researchers at Cornell University believe that sexual orientation can be revealed by pupil dilation when watching persons whom participants found attractive, according to a study published Aug. 3 in the scientific journal PLoS ONE. [ Read more → ]

Minor planet 40463, an asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny. [ Read more → ]