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CHILDREN OF HOMOSEXUALS AND TRANSSEXUALS MORE APT TO BE HOMOSEXUAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2005

PAUL CAMERON
PAUL CAMERON
Affiliation:
Family Research Institute, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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Abstract

Do the sexual inclinations of parents influence those of their children? Of 77 adult children of homosexual parents who volunteered for three different investigations, at least 23 (30%) were currently homosexual: twelve (55%) of 22 daughters and three (21%) of fourteen sons of lesbians; five (29%) of seventeen daughters and three (17%) of eighteen sons of gays; none of six sons with both a gay and a lesbian parent. At least 25 (32%) were currently heterosexual. Of the ten with transsexual parents, one of nine daughters was currently lesbian, one was currently heterosexual, and one was transsexual. The son’s sexual preference was not reported. These findings suggest that parents’ sexual inclinations influence their children’s.

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Regular Articles
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , May 2006 , pp. 413 - 418
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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