Gay Men Respond to Testosterone Like Women


	Gay Men Respond to Testosterone Like Women

CrazyRedHead

3-9-2007 7:02 PM

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science, gay marriage, gay, sex, gender, gender orientation

CrazyRedHead says:

debbyski directed me to this article - it's very interesting

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3-11-2007 5:52 PM

Harrison

Homosexuality is a very complicated subject. -_-

3-11-2007 6:26 PM

geeknoob

So then, do bisexual people respond to both?

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A new study shows that gay men respond differently from straight men
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