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Left handed and homosexual

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by confusedbubble, Feb 1, 2016.

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I read being left handed is a sign of homosexuality so are you

Poll closed Mar 2, 2016.
  1. Left handed

    21 vote(s)
    20.6%
  2. Right handed

    74 vote(s)
    72.5%
  3. Ambidextrous (able to use both)

    7 vote(s)
    6.9%
  1. confusedbubble

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    I read somewhere that being left handed is a sign of homosexuality so are you

    Left handed
    Right handed
    Ambidextrous (use both hands)
     
  2. DougTheBicycle

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    Was the somewhere an old text issued by the church in the dark ages? Because it used to be that both were equally bad.

    I'm right handed, whatever that means.
     
  3. confusedbubble

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    No it came up in facts about left handers

    Oh I'm left handed and Lesbian(!)(!)
     
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    I've also heard left handedness is associated with creativity. I know a fair number of creative right handed people.

    As for left handedness being indicative of homosexuality, I think there are some studies that back up that it's slightly more common. If I am talking to a male who may very well be gay or bi, and they are also left handed, I'm inclined to think that it's more likely that they are.
     
  5. guitar

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    Lefties are more likely to be gay on average, but righties will still probably be 80% in here.
     
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    My husband and I are both right handed.

    Todd
     
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    I'm right handed.

    Being LGBT and being right or left handed are much probably not correlated things.
     
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    I'm ambidextrous :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

    But, yeah, I did notice a small correlation between left handness and LGBTness xP
     
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    Don't lefties only make up like 2% of the population? And don't they die 7 years earlier than righties on average?

    The lefties being more creative is supposedly true though, because the right half of the brain is the more creative half, whereas the left side of the brain is the more logical (can't find the right word??) half.

    I'm right handed. I can't even click my fingers with my left hand.
     
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    Lefties are a small portion of the population. But I have seen several studies that show a strongly disproportionate percentage of gay men (25-30%) are left handed.

    In fact there are several polls here at EC (obviously not controlled samples) in the archives that would seem to support that idea.

    I am not sure if the pattern applies equally to lesbians.
     
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    Well, there goes that theory >_>
     
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    Granted, I'm bisexual. But I thought it was hilarious because my brother, two of my sisters, and my current boyfriend are all left-handed and for obvious reasons, one of those people is clearly LGBT.
     
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    I'm left handed. All males on my dads side are left handed as well, strangely enough. Also, my mom is ambidextrous:eusa_danc
     
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    I'm right-handed. All the left-handed people I know are straight, though.
     
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    I'm left handed.
     
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    Nope I'm a right handed gay boy! :grin:
     
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    I punch with my right. You guys that are gay and left handed, congrats, you beat the odds twice~
     
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    Judging by these results, it would seem the stereotype is true. The ratio here is much larger than the ratio among the general population. I'm right-handed myself (though I'm not exactly homosexual), but my experience with seeing this question in other places leads me to believe that it is true; there is a higher incidence of left-handedness among homosexuals.

    Good to see the ambidextrous results are accurate; a lot of people say they're ambidextrous when they're not. If you're truly ambidextrous, your hands are in theory interchangeable.
     
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    I am right-handed and I like girls.
     
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    The results are interesting to see so far