Monday, January 14, 2008

A gay and lesbian blood type?

This was my evening last night. I started to color this super cool velvet poster my brother gave me for Christmas. That was until I was reminded that velvet fabric gives me the chills. I'm going to have to use paint instead of markers so I don't get the chills. So then I grabbed my laptop and surfed the internet. Look what I found!

Have you all seen heard of this study on gays and lesbians called "It's in the blood" from Box Turtle Bulletin. I am so intrigued.

Using a sample of over 7,000 participants, sociologists at Minot State University in North Dakota identified a correlation between sexual orientation and both blood type and Rh factor.
Heterosexual males and females exhibited statistically identical frequencies of the A blood type, while gay men exhibited a relatively low incidence and lesbians had a relatively high incidence (p < .05). In the case of the Rh factor, unusually high proportions of homosexuals of both sexes were Rh- when compared to heterosexuals (p < .06). The findings suggest that a connection may exist between sexual orientation and genes both on chromosome 9 (where blood type is determined) and on chromosome 1 (where the Rh factor is regulated). [here's the study link]

2 comments:

Casdok said...

Like with autism and their research, does this mean they will try and cure you?

Deb said...

Can you imagine if they tried to "cure" us? That's awful!

But, I knew it couldn't have anything to do with "choice", unless of course, it was a forced choice.

Which would leave us where?


Back in the old dusty closet! Bleck!