Scientific Data is Not Going to Make the Case for Equality

Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview Dr. Jeremy Yoder about his 2019 Slate column “A New Age of Gay Genomics Is Here. Are We Ready for the Consequences?” and his follow-up blog post from 2024, “What do we know about the genetics of “born this way?” — and how does it help us to know it?” To see more information about Jeremy, visit this episode's ⁠website⁠.       Read a transcript of this episode.    Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!    Edited by Ellen Jarosz    Learn more:    CSUN Queer Studies Program  CSUN University Library  Circa Queer Histories Festival  More Reading: Andrea Ganna, et al. “Large-Scale GWAS Reveals Insights into the Genetic Architecture of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior,” Science 365, Iss. 6456 (30 August 2019). DOI: 10.1126/science.aat7693. Freely available to the public at the project’s website: https://geneticsexbehavior.info/.Joanna Wuest. Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement. Chicago: University of Chicago Pres, 2023. Find it in your local library | Buy a copyLulu Miller. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2021. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy