Hidden Premise

Sources

Peer-reviewed journal articles only. Generated automatically from every module.

24 sources. 3 of them argue against the position taken on this site — they are listed here because leaving them out would be dishonest.

Overview

  • Bailey, J. M., Vasey, P. L., Diamond, L. M., Breedlove, S. M., Vilain, E., & Epprecht, M. (2016). Sexual orientation, controversy, and science. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 17(2), 45–101. doi:10.1177/1529100616637616 — the best single starting point

Causes and development

  • Balthazart, J. (2018). Fraternal birth order effect on sexual orientation explained. PNAS, 115(2), 234–236.
  • Blanchard, R., & Bogaert, A. F. (1996). Homosexuality in men and number of older brothers. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153(1), 27–31.
  • Bogaert, A. F. (2006). Biological versus nonbiological older brothers and men's sexual orientation. PNAS, 103(28), 10771–10774. doi:10.1073/pnas.0511152103 — the decisive study
  • Bogaert, A. F., et al. (2018). Male homosexuality and maternal immune responsivity to the Y-linked protein NLGN4Y. PNAS, 115(2), 302–306.
  • Ganna, A., et al. (2019). Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior. Science, 365(6456), eaat7693. doi:10.1126/science.aat7693
  • Hamer, D., Mustanski, B., Sell, R., et al. (2021). Comment on 'Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior'. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aba2941 — the main published objection to Ganna et al. · argues against this site's position

Evolution and animals

  • Bailey, N. W., & Zuk, M. (2009). Same-sex sexual behavior and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(8), 439–446. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.014
  • Monk, J. D., Giglio, E., Kamath, A., Lambert, M. R., & McDonough, C. E. (2019). An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 1622–1631.

Health, stigma and acceptance

  • Blondeel, K., de Vasconcelos, S., García-Moreno, C., Stephenson, R., Temmerman, M., & Toskin, I. (2018). Violence motivated by perception of sexual orientation and gender identity: a systematic review. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. doi:10.2471/BLT.17.197251
  • Meyer, I. H. (2003). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations. Psychological Bulletin, 129(5), 674–697. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674
  • Raifman, J., Moscoe, E., Austin, S. B., & McConnell, M. (2017). Difference-in-differences analysis of the association between state same-sex marriage policies and adolescent suicide attempts. JAMA Pediatrics, 171(4), 350–356. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.4529
  • Ryan, C., Huebner, D., Diaz, R. M., & Sanchez, J. (2009). Family rejection as a predictor of negative health outcomes in white and Latino LGB young adults. Pediatrics, 123(1), 346–352. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-3524

Conversion therapy

  • Blosnich, J. R., et al. (2023). Reply to Sullins. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52(3), 885–888.
  • Blosnich, J. R., Henderson, E. R., Coulter, R. W. S., Goldbach, J. T., & Meyer, I. H. (2020). Sexual orientation change efforts, adverse childhood experiences, and suicide ideation and attempt among sexual minority adults. American Journal of Public Health, 110(7), 1024–1030. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305637
  • Spitzer, R. L. (2012). Spitzer reassesses his 2003 study of reparative therapy of homosexuality. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 757. doi:10.1007/s10508-012-9966-y
  • Sullins, D. P. (2022). Sexual orientation change efforts do not increase suicide: correcting a false research narrative. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-022-02408-2 — read this before citing Blosnich et al. · argues against this site's position

Parenting

  • Cheng, S., & Powell, B. (2015). Measurement, methods, and divergent patterns: reassessing the effects of same-sex parents. Social Science Research, 52, 615–626.
  • Manning, W. D., Fettro, M. N., & Lamidi, E. (2014). Child well-being in same-sex parent families. Population Research and Policy Review, 33(4), 485–502. doi:10.1007/s11113-014-9329-6
  • Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K., & Cabus, S. (2020). School outcomes of children raised by same-sex parents: evidence from administrative panel data. American Sociological Review, 85(5), 830–856. doi:10.1177/0003122420957249 — whole-population data; the strongest design available
  • Rosenfeld, M. J. (2010). Nontraditional families and childhood progress through school. Demography, 47(3), 755–775.
  • Rosenfeld, M. J. (2015). Revisiting the data from the New Family Structure Study. Sociological Science, 2, 478–501.

Philosophy

  • Finnis, J. (1994). Law, morality, and 'sexual orientation'. Notre Dame Law Review, 69, 1049–1076. — the strongest case against. Read it first. · argues against this site's position
  • Macedo, S. (1995). Homosexuality and the conservative mind. Georgetown Law Journal, 84, 261–300. — the reply to Finnis