Today,thestoryofanidea.Anideathatsomepeopleneed,othersreject,andonethatwill,ultimately,behardtoletgoof. SpecialThankstoCarlZimmer,EricTurkheimer,AndreaGanna,ChandlerBurr,JacquesBalthazart,SeanMckeithan,JoeOsmundson,JenniferBrier,DanielLevine-Spound,MaddieSofia,ElieMystal,HeatherRadke
EPISODECREDITS:
Reportedby-MattKieltyProducedby-MattKieltyOriginalmusicandsounddesigncontributedby-MattKieltywithmixinghelpfrom-ArianneWackFact-checkingby-DianeKelly
EPISODECITATIONS:
Videos:
LisaDiamond-BornThisWay,TEDx (https://zpr.io/WJedDGLVkTNF)
Books:
JoannaWuest-BornThisWay:Science,Citizenship,andInequalityintheAmericanLGBTQ+Movement (https://zpr.io/rYPwyhNHtgXe)
DeanHamer-TheScienceofDesire:TheSearchfortheGayGeneandtheBiologyofBehavior (https://zpr.io/3FuKZyu2bgwE)
LisaDiamond-SexualFluidity:UnderstandingWomen’sDesireandLove (https://zpr.io/cj3ZSLC2xccJ)
EdwardStein-TheMismeasureofDesire:TheScience,Theory,andEthicsofSexualOrientation (https://zpr.io/UQfdNtyE3RtQ)
ChandlerBurr-ASeparateCreation:TheSearchfortheBiologicalOriginsofSexualOrientation (https://zpr.io/GKUDhyfNacUf)
JacquesBalthazart-TheBiologyofHomosexuality (https://zpr.io/um6XMmpfkmQS)
AnneFausto-Sterling-SexingtheBody:GenderPoliticsandtheConstructionofSexuality (https://zpr.io/rWNrTYLeLZ3s)
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