Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why explained

Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation
Author:	Simon LeVay
Cover Artist:	Scott Camazine
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Subject:	Sexual orientation
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Pub Date:	2011
Media Type:	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages:	412 (first edition) 246 (second edition)
Isbn:	978-0-19-973767-3
Isbn Note:	(hardback) 978-0-19-993158-3 (paperback)

Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation (2011; second edition 2016) is a book by the neuroscientist Simon LeVay and published by Oxford University Press. The book received mainly positive reviews, praising it for LeVay's wide-ranging overview of scientific research on sexual orientation. In 2012, it received the Bullough Book Award for the most distinguished book written for the professional sexological community published in a given year.

Bibliography

Books

• Book: LeVay. Simon . Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation . . New York . 2012 . 978-0-19-993158-3 .
• Book: LeVay. Simon . Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation. Second Edition . . New York . 2017 . 978-0-19-029737-4 .

Journals

• Gay, straight, and the reason why: the science of sexual orientation . Anderson. W. P. . . 48 . 8 . 2011 .
• Gay: born or made? . Blum. Deborah . . 208 . 2784 . 2010 . 53. 10.1016/S0262-4079(10)62703-0 . 2010NewSc.208Q..53B .
• Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation . Jones. Stanton L. . Christian Scholar's Review . 41 . 2 . 2012 .
• Driving While Gay . Leleux. Robert . . 102 . 17 . 2010 .
• A New Look at the Causes and Correlates of Sexual Orientation . Lippa. Richard . . 65 . 5/6 . 2011 . 442–443. 10.1007/s11199-011-9997-1. 141698620 .
• Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why - The Science of Sexual Orientation . Payne. Drew . . 27 . 41 . 2013 . 10.7748/ns2013.06.27.41.29.s38.
• Of Genes, Genitals, and Gender . Rosario. Vernon . . 18 . 4 . 2011 .
• Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation . Woolwine. David . GLBTRT Newsletter: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered Round Table . 23 . 1 . 2011 .
• Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation . . 78 . 18 . 2010 . .
• Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation . . 257 . 31 . 2010 . .

Online articles

• Web site: Hoffman. Louis . Lincoln. Justin . Science, Interpretation, and Identity in the Sexual Orientation Debate: What Does Finger Length Have To Do With Understanding a Person? . April 13, 2011 . . 27 November 2015 .
• Web site: LeVay. Simon . My Books . 2013 . Simon LeVay's website . 17 October 2013 .
• Web site: Ruse. Michael . What Freud didn't know about being gay . 24 August 2012 . The Globe and Mail . 17 October 2013 .
• Web site: Schlichenmeyer. Terri . Born this way . 26 November 2010 . Dallas Voice . 14 December 2015 .
• Web site: Velasco. Schuyler . "Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why": Where does homosexuality come from? . 25 October 2010 . Salon.com . 24 November 2013 .

External links

• Author's summary of the book