Is there a "gay brain"? Neuroscience of LGBT

Is there a gay brain? The neuroscience of homosexuality

(This is your brain on science) The neuroscience of homosexuality, 2016, Allen Institute for Brain Science. Allen Human Brain Atlas. Available from: human.brain-map.org.  Song: Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A minor, fourth movement, St. Cecelia Symphony Orchestra 2003.

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