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The gene for homosexuality is passed on to sons from their mothers
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
Italian scientists have discovered why gays cannot degenerate in the course of evolution. The so-called homosexual gene is transmitted through the female line.
Homophobes often say that gays are in a "dead end" of evolution. They cannot have children, therefore, they are threatened with degeneration. Even if we accept the fact that gays are unable to produce offspring (although this is not true), they are still threatened with degeneration. After all, the homosexual gene is passed on to sons not from fathers, but from mothers.
Probably 99.99% of all gays were born in heterosexual families, which convincingly proves the inconsistency of the statement about a "dead end". And now this has been confirmed once again by scientists from the University of Padova in Italy. They have seen that homosexual men, as a rule, have female relatives (mothers, sisters, aunts, etc.) give birth to significantly more children than female relatives of heterosexual men.
According to Italian scientists, the homosexual gene is not simply transmitted through the mother, it also leads to higher reproduction in close female relatives of gays. Consequently, homosexuality is not transmitted from gay to gay at all, but passes through different generations of the family through women.
Actually, official science does not yet know exactly which gene causes changes in sexual desire. But there is a theory that it lives in the X chromosome, of which all men have one and women have two. Scientists also noted that relatives of gay men who have high fertility are less likely to have gynecological disorders and complications during pregnancy.