A Drug That Makes You Gay

Today we memorize thatscientists can turn fruit flies merry in hours with drug . But this is n’t the first gay - making drug to appear in sensationalized ( or retell ) scientific discipline . Last yr , a minster with a blog caused a freaky panic by announce that there ’s scientific evidence showing that soy beanscan feminise you and make you gay . He swear on the ( on-key ) data that there ’s a chemical in soya beans that ’s similar to estrogen to bolster his parameter . ( Yes , he has been soundly debunk . ) But there are other , better gay drug out there .

In Ken MacLeod ’s novel Newton ’s Wake , characters can get a intimate preference modification if they want to , using various post - human engineering . Often , it ’s just considered the polite matter to do .

And orientation - bending drugs are a staple of scifi porn . The short story “ Blue ” [ nsfw ] is a classic case . An hugger-mugger cop shoot a mysterious drug call “ aristocratic ” that make her require to bed anything that moves — including a nice lady erotica star .

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Our favorite minute in gay - make drug , however , was an article that appeared in New Scientist several days ago about howsperm is an anti - depressant . In one of those head - clutching moment of scientist babble out about shit they know nothing about , the research worker involve in the survey , Gordon Gallup , say :

I understand that among some jovial males who have anal retentive copulation , it is not uncommon to essay to retain the seed for elongated periods of time . Suggesting , of course , that there may be psychological effects .

Um , yeah . So if those yield fly drug and soya bean bean plant had n’t made you queer yet , the penury to fall apart out of your depression by having anal retentive sex with a guy will do it . AP Photo / Pat Sullivan

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