What to do with gay sheep? Hmm. I know, let's adjust their hormones and see what we can come up with. Hold on, say some folks who fear having homosexuality bred out!
TimesOnline - London Times, December 31, 2006
The Sunday Times
Science told: hands off gay sheep
Isabel Oakeshott and Chris Gourlay
Experiments that claim to "cure" homosexual rams spark anger
Scientists are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of 'gay" sheep ina programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homsexuality in humans.
The technique being developed by American researchers adjusts the hormonal balance in the brains of homosexual rams so that they are more inclined to mate with ewes.
It raises the prospect that pregnant women could one day be offered a treatment to reduce or eliminate the chance their offspring will be homsexual. Experts say that, in theory, the "straightening" procedure on humans could be as simple as a hormone supplement for mother-to-be, worn on the skin like an anti-smoking nicotine patch.
[There is considerably more, but I cannot type it all and the article is not available unless I pay for it.]
One further point from the article -
[Martina] Navratilova defended the "right" of the sheep to be gay. She said: "How can it be that in the year 2006 a major university would host such homophobic and cruel experiments?" She said gay men and lesbians would be "deeply offended" by the social implications of the tests.
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