From the Washington Blade:

A recent study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has added to the body of knowledge on the relationships between genes and sexual orientation, according to a recent issue of Human Genetics.

Although the research was concluded two years ago, the small number of people working on the issue resulted in a delay of two years before the research was published, lead investigator and D.C. resident Dr. Dean Hamer said this week.

The investigation builds on studies that have suggested that there tend to be clusters of gays within a family. In 1993, a group of researchers under the direction of Hamer, who was also a researcher on the recent study, examined DNA from gay men and their family members and found that gay men within a family share a segment of DNA on the X chromosome, which men inherit only from their mothers.

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A step towards nature vs. nurture is a step towards more rights, IMO. Unless, of course, it’s a step towards new medical science that will find a way to rid the world of us.