Today,thestoryofanidea.Anideathatsomepeopleneed,othersreject,andonethatwill,ultimately,behardtoletgoof. SpecialThankstoCarlZimmer,EricTurkheimer,AndreaGanna,ChandlerBurr,JacquesBalthazart,SeanMckeithan,JoeOsmundson,JenniferBrier,DanielLevine-Spound,MaddieSofia,ElieMystal,HeatherRadke

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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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