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gaydar stories: 6 news summaries

Facebook Friend List Can Indicate Sexuality: Study

MIT students identified gay men using sexuality of online friends

Sep 21, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students at MIT designed a program that allowed them to identify gay men using their Facebook friends' sexual preferences, and the results are sparking debate about online privacy, the Boston Globe reports. The "Gaydar" project looked at the “interested in” field and tabulated the number of gay friends... More »

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social networking • MIT • Facebook • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • gay

OPINION

 RIP Gaydar: 
 You Just Can't 
 Tell Anymore 

Straight and gay behavior not so different these days

Aug 11, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gaydar just isn’t what it used to be: The line has blurred between what was long considered classic gay and straight behavior, Danica Lo writes in the New York Post. These days, the fact that a guy's “handsome,” “well-groomed,” and wants to hold real conversations... More »

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(Newser) - Gaydar is real, according to a new study, but only if you don’t think about it too hard. Participants were shown the faces of 98 straight women and 94 lesbians taken from a dating website, reports Miler-McCune, and were able to guess sexual orientation rapidly, at a rate better... More »

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lesbians • psychology • gaydar • gay

 How'd We Miss Lesbian LiLo? 

Why it took a year to read the Sapphic writing on the wall

Jul 9, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s a lesbian? When did that happen? Turns out Star magazine first reported LiLo’s girl-on-girl romance in summer 2007—centuries ago, in celebrity gossip. Gawker explains why it took us so long to catch on.
  1. Because gay Hollywood couples try to hide it: Holding hands in
... More »

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lesbians • Lindsay Lohan • list • celebrity • gossip • romance • gaydar • Samantha Ronson

Scientists
Honing Gaydar

Studies seek innate differences between gays and straights
 

Jun 16, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are examining how homosexuality may affect everything from penis sizes to how one navigates new cities, reports the Los Angeles Times. Innate differences between gays and straights rooted in biology could lead researchers to discover the biological origins of sexual orientation. More »

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lesbians • homosexuality • biology • gaydar • studies • gays

Science Makes Great Strides
in Gaydar

Just walking can reveal sexual orientation,
new study shows

Sep 14, 07 2:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The way people walk apparently broadcasts their sexual orientation, researchers have discovered.  Participants in a new study were able to correctly identify gay men based only on their gait, a sign that “gaydar” might be real. “We can pick these signals up; we can tell who’s... More »

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homosexuality • sexual orientation • sociology • gaydar • gays

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