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Homosexuality: Gay Gene Ruled Out, Environment Blamed

January 23, 2020 10:31 am

Genes play just a small role in whether a person is gay, scientists have found, after discovering that environment has a far bigger impact on homosexuality.

In the biggest ever study into the genetic basis of sexuality, researchers from more than 30 institutions including Cambridge University and Harvard, looked at the DNA of nearly 500,000 people in Britain and the US.

They found that genes are responsible for between eight to 25 per cent of the probability of a person being gay, meaning at least three quarters is down to environment.…

Botswana High Court decriminalises homosexuality

June 11, 2019 8:10 am

Botswana’s High Court, in a highly-anticipated verdict, on Tuesday ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, which is outlawed under the country’s 1965 penal code.

Judge Michael Elburu “set aside” the “provisions of a Victorian-era” and ordered the laws be amended.

In a courtroom packed with activists, the judge emphasised that the current laws oppressed a minority of the population.

“There’s nothing reasonable in discriminating,” he said.

“We say the time has come that private, same sexuality must be decriminalized.”

“It is a variety of human sexuality,” he said.

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Angola decriminalises homosexuality

February 11, 2019 12:48 pm

The Angolan Parliament voted to abolish the abolish the legislation criminalizing homosexuality which dated back to 1886, when the country was still under the colonial rule of the Portuguese.

With the recent act of parliament, every discrimination based on sexual orientation in the country has been banned; and People who refuse to hire others because of their sexual orientation can now face up to two years in prison.

The LGBT community in the country hailed the decision of the parliament and urged other African countries to follow suit.…