STOCKHOLM - Now when my friends and colleagues tell me, "Graham, that's something a lesbian would say," I'll know why they think that. According to a study from Sweden's Karolinska Institute, heterosexuals share a similar brain shape to homosexuals of the opposite gender.
What originated as an experiment to find out why one scientist's gay friend was "incredibly flaming," turned into a major project funded by the institute. The research had 90 people volunteer to have their brains scanned and studied. "There were very noticable similarities," said one doctor who noted that straight women and gay men have an enlarged area of the brain that probably controls sass, disdain for fat people, and the ability to enjoy Margaret Cho.
But science is just the beginning. I am looking for the social message here. Lesbians: It's time you and I started getting along. There aren't four kinds of brain anymore. There are two bodies and two brains and four possible combinations. We should get over our petty differences--you chasing straight girls and me decorating my office with pictures of girls kissing each other.A message to straight women: We're sorry that you felt proud of Rosie and Ellen for their daytime television success. It just turns out they were male brains in disguise. If it makes you feel any better, I'm not that proud of Regis.
Graham Chittenden has no medical training, nor the right to comment on any of the above topics.
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