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==Biological research on the causes of homosexuality ==

==Biological research on the causes of homosexuality ==

Concering the any possible biological causes of homosexuality, the idea that homosexuality has a biological cause can be traced back to the preliminary findings of neuroscientist Dr. Simon LeVay in 1991. LeVay's studied the brains of 41 cadavers, which included 19 homosexual males, and claimed that "a tiny area believed to control sexual activity [the hypothalamus] was less than half the size in the gay men than in the heterosexuals."<ref>Charlene Crabb, ''Are Some Men Born to Be Homosexual?'', U. S. News & World Report, 9 September 1991, p. 58</ref><ref>S. LeVay, "A Difference in Hypothalamic Structure Between heterosexual and Homosexual Men," Science 253 (1991), pp. 1034-37</ref>  This study was immediately seized upon by many as  proof that homosexuality was biologically determined.  

Concering any possible biological causes of homosexuality, the idea that homosexuality has a biological cause can be traced back to the preliminary findings of neuroscientist Dr. Simon LeVay in 1991. LeVay's studied the brains of 41 cadavers, which included 19 homosexual males, and claimed that "a tiny area believed to control sexual activity [the hypothalamus] was less than half the size in the gay men than in the heterosexuals."<ref>Charlene Crabb, ''Are Some Men Born to Be Homosexual?'', U. S. News & World Report, 9 September 1991, p. 58</ref><ref>S. LeVay, "A Difference in Hypothalamic Structure Between heterosexual and Homosexual Men," Science 253 (1991), pp. 1034-37</ref>  This study was immediately seized upon by many as  proof that homosexuality was biologically determined.  

However, further scrutiny showed their hasty conclusions a critically lacking warrant.  

However, further scrutiny showed their hasty conclusions a critically lacking warrant.