Gay Men Are Found to Have Different Scent of Attraction
Here’s some more evidence that sexuality is an innate characteristic: Gay men are more likely to respond to male sex pheromones than they are to female ones. Scientists trying to sniff out biological differences between gay and straight men have found new evidence — in scent. It turns out that 
Gay or Straight? The Nose Knows
The study involved the responses of 82 gay and straight men and women to the odors of underarm sweat collected from 24 donors of varied gender and sexual orientation. By JR Minkel. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing.
Gay men react to pheromones differently than straights (15980)
The testosterone-derived chemical AND is found in male sweat and is believed to be a pheromone. It activated the anterior hypothalamus and medial preoptic area of gay men and straight women alike. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Gay men's brains respond differently than those of heterosexual males when exposed to a sexual smell, researchers have found. 
For Gay Men, an Attraction to a Different Kind of Scent
In the September Psychological Science, researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia will report how they collected armpit sweat from straight and gay men and women. Smelling a male pheromone prompts the same brain activity in homosexual men as it does in heterosexual women, a new study has found. It did not excite the sex-related region in the brains of heterosexual males, although an oestrogen-derived compound found in female urine did.
Scent study suggests difference in brains of gay, straight men
Using a brain imaging technique, Swedish researchers have shown that homosexual and heterosexual men respond differently to two odors that may be involved in sexual arousal, and that the gay men respond in the same way as women. But more evidence never hurts. Chinese researchers studied the pheromones naturally given off by men and women in things such as semen, sweat, and urine. Straight, gay men respond differently to sex scents / Brain
Gay men's brains respond differently than those of heterosexual males when exposed to a sexual smell, researchers have found. The gay men's brains responded more like those of women when they. . 
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This contrasts with the results of the previous study, in which the brain's response to a male hormone (AND) was almost exactly the same, regardless of the smeller. Thus, says Savic-Berglund, while gay men and straight women have an essentially identical response to an attractive hormone, gay women and straight men differ slightly in this response. .
Pheromone attracts straight women and gay men
Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they reported that gay men don’t respond to the chemicals the same way that straight men do. .