New study raises old question of whether people are born gay

The scientific community is divided over a new study that claims to show major differences between the brains of gays and straights of both sexes, according to this article. Sandra F. Witelson, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at McMaster University in Ontario, said the study supports the theory that there are basic differences in gay and straight brains "right from the beginning," while William Byne, a professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said he was "skeptical" of the research, in part because of the "history of jumping to conclusions and overinterpreting findings in this field." The Washington Post