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rocking23 · 28th Jan 2009, 01:02 PM

So, last night, I got thinking: (This always happens right before bed, my brain is on thought overdrive :P.)

i) People who are RIGHT-handed are considered to have the normal brain, most experiments either have all right-handed people or all left-handed people, while a left-handed person's brain is wired the complete OPPOSITE to a right-handed person.

ii) A gay person's brain is wired differently than a straight person's and according to this post: http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18470 the brain is sized differently.

So, what I was thinking was:
1) If a person was SUPPOSED to be born left-handed and then was born gay, would their brain re-wire to accommodate being gay and end up being right-handed due to this re-wiring? And,
2) Are all gay people (or at least the majority) one type of handed (ie/ all right?)

Fill out the poll and we'll give this experiment a try!

littledinosaurs · 28th Jan 2009, 01:05 PM

my friend is a left handed lesbian and my other friend is a right handed lesbian.

MoniqueMassacre · 28th Jan 2009, 01:16 PM

i i can use both hands ... does that make me a freak

jazzrawr · 28th Jan 2009, 01:18 PM

Right handed. I know quite a few lefties, but I don't know if they're gay...

BeautifulStranger · 28th Jan 2009, 01:20 PM

Well, I was born left-handed
But I didn't know any lefties, so I thought I was defective

So I forced myself to write right-handed.

theworld · 28th Jan 2009, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoniqueMassacre

i i can use both hands ... does that make me a freak

nope, maybe freakishly brilliant though???

partietraumatic · 28th Jan 2009, 01:21 PM

umm well i write with my right hand...but mum thinks i maybe was naturally left handed. When i was learning to write i always picked up the pencil/pen with my left hand but my school always seemed to tell me to put it in my right hand. Plus when ive done tests and stuff at school my ability with my 'wrong' hand is always a fair bit above average.

so..yeah,dont know what that means in the context of this study but i voted gay male right lol

MoniqueMassacre · 28th Jan 2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theworld

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoniqueMassacre

i i can use both hands ... does that make me a freak

nope, maybe freakishly brilliant though???

lol i have always been able to do i wasnt tought it comes in handy when i brake one of my hands

theworld · 28th Jan 2009, 01:25 PM

dude, breaking hands isn't cool. haha, my piano teacher would freak, word of the day, if I broke one. well, actually probably not. that's an exaggeration

MoniqueMassacre · 28th Jan 2009, 01:29 PM

haha i brake bones all the time if its not my hands its my leg my foot my writst arm knee hip shoulder lol nose XD

theworld · 28th Jan 2009, 01:37 PM

holy cow!!! that must hurt! how do you manage to break so many bones?

SwissBoy88 · 28th Jan 2009, 01:39 PM

left-handed!

musicgirl112233 · 28th Jan 2009, 02:33 PM

I'm right handed

Markio · 28th Jan 2009, 02:37 PM

I'm a left-handed gay male!

lodiug · 28th Jan 2009, 02:57 PM

Right handed!

28th Jan 2009, 03:55 PM

For what? I write with my right hand but I throw and play sports with my left...

JoeSchmoe · 28th Jan 2009, 03:57 PM

Lefty for life

BeautifulStranger · 28th Jan 2009, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoniqueMassacre

i i can use both hands ... does that make me a freak

No, it makes you ambidextrious.

God I hope that's spelled right... Germany is murdering my English.

BlakeHarmony · 28th Jan 2009, 04:09 PM

I'm right handed

Bunny · 28th Jan 2009, 04:11 PM

Wow, it seems like most gay dudes really are left-handed. o-o

Also this poll doesn't apply to me. D':

View Poll Results: Are you left-handed or right-handed?
I am a GAY MALE and I am RIGHT handed	74	52.11%
I am a GAY MALE and I am LEFT handed	14	9.86%
I am a GAY FEMALE and I am RIGHT handed	22	15.49%
I am a GAY FEMALE and I am LEFT handed	2	1.41%
I am a BI MALE and I am RIGHT handed	14	9.86%
I am a BI MALE and I am LEFT handed	1	0.70%
I am a BI FEMALE and I am RIGHT handed	12	8.45%
I am a BI FEMALE and I am LEFT handed	3	2.11%
Voters: 142. You may not vote on this poll

28th Jan 2009, 01:02 PM	#1
rocking23 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Toronto Age: 19 Posts: 452 Join Date: May 2008	An EC Science Experiment! So, last night, I got thinking: (This always happens right before bed, my brain is on thought overdrive :P.) i) People who are RIGHT-handed are considered to have the normal brain, most experiments either have all right-handed people or all left-handed people, while a left-handed person's brain is wired the complete OPPOSITE to a right-handed person. ii) A gay person's brain is wired differently than a straight person's and according to this post: http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18470 the brain is sized differently. So, what I was thinking was: 1) If a person was SUPPOSED to be born left-handed and then was born gay, would their brain re-wire to accommodate being gay and end up being right-handed due to this re-wiring? And, 2) Are all gay people (or at least the majority) one type of handed (ie/ all right?) Fill out the poll and we'll give this experiment a try!

28th Jan 2009, 01:05 PM	#2
littledinosaurs J'essaie de Parler Français! :] Full Member Gender: Garçon Orientation: Bisexuel Location: Nouvelle-Angleterre. Age: 21 Posts: 2,351 Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! my friend is a left handed lesbian and my other friend is a right handed lesbian. __________________ Âllo Là

28th Jan 2009, 01:16 PM	#3
MoniqueMassacre Banned Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: out to every one and wont lie to any one who askes Location: woodland CA Posts: 112 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: An EC Science Experiment! i i can use both hands ... does that make me a freak

28th Jan 2009, 01:18 PM	#4
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! Right handed. I know quite a few lefties, but I don't know if they're gay... __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

28th Jan 2009, 01:20 PM	#5
BeautifulStranger GaGa's Knight in Flaming Armor Full Member Gender: 여왕 Orientation: Boys Boys Boys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Jukjeon-dong, Yongin-si Age: 20 Posts: 1,823 Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: An EC Science Experiment! Well, I was born left-handed But I didn't know any lefties, so I thought I was defective So I forced myself to write right-handed. __________________ Co-Founder of the 'Sailor Moon Made Me Gay' club EC's official Diva Extraordinaire Future 'Mr. Kellan Lutz' "Since women have vaginas, they also have drama to fill the void."

28th Jan 2009, 01:21 PM	#7
partietraumatic A gay heteropolitan? Full Member Gender: Male Out Status: Enough for now Location: Oxford and Birmingham, UK Age: 20 Posts: 1,300 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! umm well i write with my right hand...but mum thinks i maybe was naturally left handed. When i was learning to write i always picked up the pencil/pen with my left hand but my school always seemed to tell me to put it in my right hand. Plus when ive done tests and stuff at school my ability with my 'wrong' hand is always a fair bit above average. so..yeah,dont know what that means in the context of this study but i voted gay male right lol __________________ 'Im not your toy and this isn't another girl meets boy'

28th Jan 2009, 01:25 PM	#9
theworld Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon Age: 21 Posts: 209 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: An EC Science Experiment! dude, breaking hands isn't cool. haha, my piano teacher would freak, word of the day, if I broke one. well, actually probably not. that's an exaggeration

28th Jan 2009, 01:29 PM	#10
MoniqueMassacre Banned Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: out to every one and wont lie to any one who askes Location: woodland CA Posts: 112 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: An EC Science Experiment! haha i brake bones all the time if its not my hands its my leg my foot my writst arm knee hip shoulder lol nose XD

28th Jan 2009, 01:37 PM	#11
theworld Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon Age: 21 Posts: 209 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: An EC Science Experiment! holy cow!!! that must hurt! how do you manage to break so many bones?

28th Jan 2009, 01:39 PM	#12
SwissBoy88 Charmed and Dangerous Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: best friend, MOM, some co-workers Location: Switzerland Age: 23 Posts: 6,721 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! left-handed! __________________ Either one is free or one is not. The concept of freedom is an absolute. After all, one cannot be moderately dead, moderately loved, or moderately free. It must always remain a matter of either or. After all... I'm just a boy, standing in front of another boy, asking him to love him....

28th Jan 2009, 02:33 PM	#13
musicgirl112233 Soy Un Perdedor Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Some people Location: South Carolina Age: 17 Posts: 939 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! I'm right handed __________________ " Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." -A Midsummer Night's Dream Our differences provide opportunties for greater understanding.

28th Jan 2009, 02:37 PM	#14
Markio EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Family, friends, and staff! Location: California Age: 21 Posts: 1,139 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! I'm a left-handed gay male! __________________ Celebrate diversity!

28th Jan 2009, 02:57 PM	#15
lodiug EC Addict Full Member Posts: 500 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: An EC Science Experiment! Right handed!

28th Jan 2009, 03:55 PM	#16
Myke Guest Posts: n/a	Re: An EC Science Experiment! For what? I write with my right hand but I throw and play sports with my left...

28th Jan 2009, 03:57 PM	#17
JoeSchmoe Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Lost Count Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 64 Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: An EC Science Experiment! Lefty for life

28th Jan 2009, 04:09 PM	#19
BlakeHarmony EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: queer Out Status: friends, parents, sibs, (nearly) anyone who asks Location: Calgary Posts: 895 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! I'm right handed __________________ Let's eat, Grandpa. Let's eat Grandpa. Punctuation saves lives! "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion" Henry David Thoreau

28th Jan 2009, 04:11 PM	#20
Bunny EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Boys <3 Out Status: if they would only ask Location: Canada~ Age: 18 Posts: 430 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: An EC Science Experiment! Wow, it seems like most gay dudes really are left-handed. o-o Also this poll doesn't apply to me. D':

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