Concept information
Preferred term
gay gene
Definition
- Plato may have offered the first explanation of homosexuality as an inborn trait in the Symposium, written in the 5th century b.c.e.: he suggests that all humans originally were paired, and homosexuals are the separated halves of male-male pairs. Two pioneers of the modern study of sexuality, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–95) and Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935) also believed that homosexuality was an innate characteristic. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Gay Gene]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/gay_gene
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