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Asteroid named after gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny
Minor planet 40463, an asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny.
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See someone you’re attracted to? Study says pupils reveal sexual orientation
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...
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Scientists claim to have solved the ‘evolutionary riddle of homosexuality’
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...
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Fischer: New theory suggests homosexuality ‘the result of a birth defect’
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...
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Meet Jack: Scientist, inventor, kayaking enthusiast, ‘Glee’ fan, likes boys,...
The age of 13 is a time when most American teenagers worry about their freshman year of high school, begin experiencing their first intimate attractions to others, and keep busy playing video games,...
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Nigerian student claims he’s discovered ‘scientific proof’ gay marriage is wrong
A post-graduate student at the University of Lagos in Nigeria claims he has made a scientific "breakthrough" by proving that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are wrong.
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Openly gay teen scientist honored by Vatican as positive role model
CROWNSVILLE, Md. — An openly gay teen scientist has been honored by the Vatican for his work to develop a cost-effective method to detect pancreatic cancer.
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Federal prosecutors charge scientist in major HIV vaccine fraud case
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Responding to a major case of research misconduct, federal prosecutors have taken the rare step of filing charges against a scientist after he admitted falsifying data that led to...
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Scientist pleads not guilty to faking HIV vaccine study
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A former Iowa State University scientist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges alleging that he falsified research for an AIDS vaccine to secure millions of dollars in federal...
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Science magazine formally retracts study on voters’ gay rights views
Science magazine on Thursday formally retracted a highly publicized article about a study gauging the ability of openly gay canvassers to shift voters’ views toward support for same-sex marriage.
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Babies made from two same-sex parents could be possible in two years
Scientists have show for the first time that it is possible to create human egg and sperm cells with stem cells.
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Researchers think they may have found ‘the gay gene’
The study, which was conducted earlier this year, observed 47 pairs of adult male twins.
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Scientists debate boundaries, ethics of human gene editing
Scientists are arguing about the revolutionary technology, which promises to cure intractable diseases -- and threatens to make designer babies a reality.
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Robert Spitzer, psychiatrist who shed light on homosexuality, dies
Dr. Robert Spitzer — a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality’s designation as a pathology — died Friday...
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The gay man long accused of “starting AIDS” is finally off the hook
New research shows that Gaetan Dugas was not the "Patient Zero" long thought to have launched HIV in the U.S.
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Researchers say gay men might be able to conceive children without women
Before you go making babies, however, know this: it's only been tested on mice and women would still be needed to carry and deliver the baby.
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Rick Santorum, Donald Trump, and oxymoronic ‘Biblical’ science
What is more traditional and value-laden than conserving and thus sustaining the Earth’s resources?
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A study found evidence of a genetic determinant of sexuality & that’s OK
Why are scientists trying to determine the causes of sexual orientation? Because they're human.
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Trump elevates another unqualified homophobe to run a federal agency
NASA will be overseen by a climate change denier with no scientific background. But, boy, Jim Bridenstine doesn't like LGBT people.
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Kids know their gender identity at an incredibly young age
They're telling us. We just have to listen.
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The American Medical Association announces it will push to ban conversion...
ShutterstockSoon-to-be physicians want to advocate for legislation ending conversion therapy, train medical staff on sexual orientation and gender identity, and close the pay gap among other...
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Trans people may have “rare” gene variants related to brain sex differentiation
ShutterstockA new study compared the DNA of transgender people and cisgender people and found 21 gene variants that may be related to gender identity.
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Pete Buttigieg thanks his husband at his historic Senate confirmation hearing
The first out gay nominee for a Cabinet secretary position just had a hearing in a Senate committee where he thanked his husband for his support. Former South Bend, Indiana mayor and Joe Biden’s...
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Bisexual genius wins Nobel Prize for reconstructing DNA of ancient humans
Bisexual Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday. The 67-year-old helped found the study of paleogenetics, a field that investigates ancient humans and other species...
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