60 Minutes This Sunday: What Makes You Gay or Straight?

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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:25 PMTo: Speakers Bureau; Chancellor's Committee on LGBTI IssuesSubject: 60 Minutes This Sunday: What Makes You Gay or Straight?

Good afternoon. My name is Robin , and I work at CBS News. I wanted to let you know about a story that "60 Minutes" will be airing this Sunday focusing on the question of what determines whether a person is gay or straight. It's a fascinating piece, and we're trying to get the word out beforehand to as many people as possible who might have a particular interest in this subject. To that end, we were wondering if you might consider sending out an email to your listserve and/or posting something on your website. The story will be broadcast on CBS stations on at 7:00 ET/PT on Sunday, March 12. Further details will be posted on our website, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13502.shtml which you're welcome to link to from your own site.Below, you'll find a short write-up about the piece."GAY OR STRAIGHT?"There are few issues as hotly contested -- and as poorly understood - as the question of what makes a person gay or straight. It's a political question, a social question, a religious question. But it's also a science question, and one that might someday have an actual, provable answer. The handful of scientists who work in this under-funded and politically charged field will tell you that the answer is a long way off. But their efforts are already yielding tantalizing clues. Lesley Stahl looks at the research being conducted in the field of sexual orientation on this week's "60 MINUTES," Sunday, March 12 at 7PM ET/PT on CBS.

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