Breakthrough in Work on What Makes People Gay
Research suggests trait comes from opposite-sex parents
Scientists may have finally solved the puzzle of what makes a person gay, and how it is passed from parents to their children.
A group of scientists suggested Tuesday that homosexuals get that trait from their opposite-sex parents: A lesbian will almost always get the trait from her father, while a gay man will get the trait from his mother.
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Welp, looks like the next republican president can start up a Manhattan project to vaccinate our precious American fetuses against teh ghey once and for all.