Homosexuality

Why does homosexuality exist? What is the current thinking in the nature vs nurture debate? Mike Williams and a panel of guests discuss.

Ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics next month and the controversy surrounding Russia’s anti-gay laws, Mike Williams and a panel of guests discuss homosexuality. Essentially, why does it exist? Is there any evolutionary advantage? And what is the current thinking in the nature vs nurture debate?

(Image: A participant unfolds a rainbow flag during a local annual gay pride parade. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Mon 27 Jan 2014 09:32GMT
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