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Born Gay: The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation

By Glenn Wilson and Qazi Rahman. Peter Owen Publishers, London, England, 2005, 176 pp., £13.95 (paperback)

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    Doug P. VanderLaan & Paul L. Vasey

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VanderLaan, D.P., Vasey, P.L. Born Gay: The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation. Arch Sex Behav 37, 673–674 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-008-9373-6

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