The UK cover for Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? And Other Reflections on Being Human. (Doubleday, to be released July 13, 2012)
New Korean cover of The Belief Instinct.
In 1929, a Soviet physician named Mark Sereisky began advocating a new “cure” for male homosexuality, in which the testicles of recently deceased straight men were transplanted into the scrota of gay men. Follow-up work showed it was an abysmal failure, rendering them sexually dysfunctional and suicidal, but just as gay as ever.
Noelle’s first birthday party, 17 years ago.
Yesterday I visited some girls I used to babysit and regaled them with old stories and photos.
Born this way?
“In light of the present findings, it is suggested that the traditionally applied `neurotic’ label is not necessarily applicable. The following terms are suggested as appropriately descriptive of the lesbian personality in comparison to her heterosexual female counterpart:
1. More independent.
2. More resilient.
3. More reserved
4. More dominant.
5. More bohemian.
6. More self-sufficient.
7. More composed.”
The best part of my backyard.
A short interview with FSG editor Amanda Moon on growing up gay in the 80s, why I write about science, the essay that made me pull in the moral reins and who inspires me.
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