Other factors besides childhood gender nonconformity are covered in this study (PDF is free to download at above link), but (as in the Hines et al study) "gender nonconforming childhood behavior was a strong predictor of sexual orientation as previously shown."
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Childhood gender nonconformity between ages 2-4 "significantly and persistently predicts" adolescent sexual orientation. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331110351_Early_Life_Conditions_and_Adolescent_Sexual_Orientation_A_Prospective_Birth_Cohort_Study …pic.twitter.com/8c8ryNtoIL
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So how does this square with top US gender psych Ehrensaft's assertion that a toddler girl ripping out hair clips or a toddler boy "making a dress" out of his onesie are sending "gender messages" that the child is maybe actually the opposite sex? https://vimeo.com/185149379
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But.... there were only 30 gay boys and 17 gay girls - and maybe not even that high - they coded as "gay" those who responded they were primarily mostly gay but also attracted to opposite sex. I would think that would be "bisexual" - but maybe they needed to inflate the "gay"
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"As bisexuals may differ from gay/lesbian individuals in some components of sexual orientation, we treated them as separate groups. Accordingly, adolescents who chose 100% heterosexual or mostly heterosexual but also attracted to the same sex were coded as heterosexual, those who
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