Ariel – that is such an interesting article by Peter Tatchell!!! Personally, having had a read around, I think there’s evidence for a biological component to sexual orientation – but not a simple genetic link.

Whichever way – his discussion around the social consequences of the genetic approach are interesting. I guess what the Kinsey institute has done is highlight how much diversity there is in sexual desires and experiences. Personally, I think the homo/hetero distinction is a bit old. There’s so much more diversity within human sexuality – what we are attracted to, in who, where and when, what we find sexually arousing in what situations (and perhaps terrifying or repugnant in others). Its all very fascinating. But I suspect we won’t be able to explore that as a community until people really truly get beyond these two categories (homo, hetero, with bisexual somewhere in the middle).

I will have a think and maybe write something on my blog. Thanks for highlighting it!

CA

PS. Warren – you can’t tell. There is no evidence for any associations between sexual orientation and early life experiences ;). What do I win?

Maybe instead we could guess which one is the negro?