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gay gene
gay gene n. colloquial a sequence or sequences of DNA supposedly predisposing a person towards a homosexual orientation.
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1974 Gay Liberator (Detroit) June 8/3 Either gayness, or genes closely linked to the gay gene make their possessor, on the average, 4 times as ‘fit’ as a committed heterosexual.
1986 Los Angeles Times 13 July (Mag.) 21/1 An extreme sociobiologist would argue that there is a gay gene.
1993 New Scientist 24 July 3/2 While the ‘discovery’ of the gay gene may generally have been welcomed by gay rights groups, it could..also help to produce tests to see whether a fetus was carrying that gene, or a search for ways to alter its function.
2000 H. Hammond Lesbian Art in Amer. i. 99 Despite reports of a gay gene, most of us believe that to be queer is not simply a biological condition but a combination of biology, socially conditioned factors, and conscious choice, as is heterosexuality.
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