Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!caip!topaz!ll-xn!cit-vax!nike!lll-crg!lll-lcc!mikeh
From: mikeh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Michael Hamilton)
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Bizarre Theory #242:  Gay Males and Baldness.
Message-ID: <388@lll-lcc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Aug-86 11:59:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: lll-lcc.388
Posted: Fri Aug 22 11:59:20 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Aug-86 06:04:51 EDT
References: <658@sdcc12.UUCP>
Reply-To: mikeh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Michael Hamilton)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, Lab Comp Ctr
Lines: 29
Keywords: motss

In article <658@sdcc12.UUCP> wa60@sdcc12.UUCP (paul van de graaf) writes:
>
>	Here's one of my strange theories I thought I'd bounce off a few heads
>here in talk.bizarre.  (probably belongs in net.motss, but they're SO touchy!)
>
>	From my own observations, I've noticed that a large segment of the gay
>male population have thinning hair.  It's usually quite fine hair and tends to
>start to bald at the top of the head.  Elton John, an admitted bisexual and
>baldy, is the sort of guy I'm talking about.
>
>	While I haven't cruised gay bars counting heads, I do feel I have
>something here.  Maybe there's a genetic link or something to explain the
>supposed 1:10 gay to straight ratio throughout the ages.  Perhaps a few
>research scientists on the net might like to test out this theory.
>
>Just a theory, though; but I'd interested in confirmations/denials...
>
>Paul van de Graaf	    sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa60 		U. C. San Diego


I think this observation is somewhat valid, although I seriously
doubt a genetic connection. Rather I think that many middle aged
homosexuals just tend to comb their hair straight back which
makes normal balding more noticeable.

mike

"I've got a mouse who hasn't got a house,I don't know why, 
 I call him Gerald."