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Is it just me or is there a connection between homosexuality and left-handedness?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by AlexPatrickMorrissey, Jul 11, 2010.

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  1. AlexPatrickMorrissey

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    Hmm...

    Myself and a lot of other LGB I've seen are lefties. Is it just me or is there a pattern? :dry:

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  2. Spectre

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    It's just you.
     
    #2 Spectre, Jul 11, 2010
  3. AlexPatrickMorrissey

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    Yeah, probably. But damn, it is creepy!
     
    #3 AlexPatrickMorrissey, Jul 11, 2010
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    Totally right-handed here. Again, I think it's just you.
     
    #4 VampConspiracy, Jul 11, 2010
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    This is really interesting. I myself am left-handed, too.
     
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    I'm left handed for most things, and i've noticed a correlation too. You can compare the random occurrences of people being born gay and people being born left handed too, they're very similar 'traits' i guess.
     
    #6 Harve, Jul 11, 2010
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    #7 otc877, Jul 11, 2010
  8. Chip

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    There are several studies, and there does appear to be a fairly strong correlation. Left-handers are about 10% of the population. Gay people are also about 10% of the population. If left-handers were a normal distribution of the gay population, then about 10% of the gay population would be left-handed, and about 1% of the total population would be gay AND left-handed.

    But both anecdotally and from studies, that does not seem to be the case. Among my 10 closest gay friends, 4 are left-handed. And among a completely different group I was with several years ago, we happened to discover that among 4 of us in the car, (all of whom were gay men), *all* of us were lefthanded. The statistical likelihood of that happening entirely by chance is pretty low.

    I'd love to see some wider evaluation of this, and I'd also be curious to know if it extends to lesbians or is only with gay men.
     
    #8 Chip, Jul 11, 2010
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    I'm left handed so I think so, and my gay friend is left handed
     
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    im left handed.
    but really one thing guys
    when your a lefy it means you think more with your right side of your brain. your more hands on then book smart. might have nothing to do with being gay.
     
    #10 Spit Fire, Jul 11, 2010
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    That's odd. I'm right handed, however.
     
    #12 ANightDude, Jul 11, 2010
  13. Jiggles

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    Right handed here. =/
     
    #13 Jiggles, Jul 11, 2010
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    Right-handed... Not surprisingly, mostly only the lefties are going to find this interesting and worth looking into :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
    #14 theJosephDean, Jul 11, 2010
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    Me, the few gays I know and my bisexual "boyfriend" are all right-handed :grin:
     
    #15 Mister Gaga, Jul 11, 2010
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    I know quite a few left-handed heterosexuals. I'm left-handed because my dad is. *shrugs*

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    I'm definitely more book smart than kinesthetic. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
    #16 Steve712, Jul 11, 2010
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    Gay and left handed. :slight_smile:

    A friend of mine who is gay too is also left-handed. Hmm.
     
    #17 excuseyou77, Jul 11, 2010
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    All of the left-handed people I know (of all sexualities) are all super book-smart and would rather not do hands-on projects. =/
     
    #18 theJosephDean, Jul 11, 2010
  19. paco

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    i'm right handed..but i'm goofy footed--which basically means i have better balance on my left foot. but i'm odd.. pretty much everything i do is at complete odds with every other thing i do.
     
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    I think that it's normal to be better than the opposite foot from your good hand. My right foot used to have better balance, although now they're fairly equal.
     
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