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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.98,0:00:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One summer evening,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.09,0:00:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my eighteen-year-old son Jimmy\Nsaid he wanted to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.64,0:00:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after my wife Joan and I got his three\Nmuch younger siblings tucked in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.09,0:00:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read their bedtime stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.05,0:00:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joan and I sat down in our bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.43,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jimmy came in and closed\Nthe door behind him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.35,0:00:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he sat down on a chair across\Nfrom the bed where we were sitting,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.93,0:00:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "Mom and Dad,\NI have something important to tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.89,0:00:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not a problem, it's not\Na bad thing, it's just different."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.16,0:00:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We said, "Okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.45,0:00:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he looked at us in earnest,\Nand he said, "I'm gay."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.29,0:01:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after a few seconds\Nof deafening silence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.48,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joan takes a deep breath and says,\N"Jimmy, we will love whoever you love."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.38,0:01:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was about 12 years ago\Nwhen he came out to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.02,0:01:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll have to admit that, at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.40,0:01:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joan and I did think\Nthis could be a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.44,0:01:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for his safety, even.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.97,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as his father, I had this feeling\Nthat, somehow, I had failed him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe, because of that, he wouldn't\Nhave a chance to have kids of his own.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.34,0:01:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm a cardiologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.32,0:01:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I like to imagine the world through\Nthe eyes of a hunter-gatherer ancestor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.76,0:01:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for clues about how to thrive\Nin the modern world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.42,0:01:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, viewed in the light of evolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.46,0:01:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homosexuality seems to be a real\Nself-defeating non-productive strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.24,0:01:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, gays have 80% fewer kids\Nthan heterosexuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.81,0:01:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a trait that ought to go extinct\Nin a few generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.73,0:02:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but down through recorded history,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.22,0:02:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every culture,\Nand many animal species as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.50,0:02:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homosexuality's been a small,\Nbut distinct subgroup.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.95,0:02:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this were a genetic error,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural selection should have long ago\Ncalled this from the gene pool.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.38,0:02:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, while I was pondering this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.45,0:02:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this paradox about the natural\Norigins of homosexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.08,0:02:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our babies grew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.86,0:02:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jimmy has three younger\Nsiblings who adore him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.51,0:02:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has this magnetism \Nand this charming wit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.50,0:02:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps them feel happy and relaxed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.11,0:02:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day, while contemplating\Nthis "Jimmy effect,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.85,0:02:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it suddenly dawned on me:\Nhomosexuality is not so much about sex;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.79,0:02:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really more about survival,\Nthe family's survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.87,0:02:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So us, Homo sapiens, we are among\Nthe most social species on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.54,0:02:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, it's not just a kill-or-be-killed\Nstruggle for existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.71,0:03:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a snuggle for existence, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.51,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An ability to love our family\Nand bond with our group
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.42,0:03:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,determines, in many cases,\Nwhether we survive or perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.02,0:03:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's the survival\Nof the fittest family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.03,0:03:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the fittest individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.59,0:03:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you share 50% of your DNA\Nwith your siblings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.50,0:03:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your nieces and nephews\Nshare 25% of your DNA.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.24,0:03:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frоm evolution's perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.65,0:03:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the same genetic success\Nif you raise one child on your own
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.86,0:03:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you enable a sibling\Nto raise two children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.52,0:03:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frоm evolution's perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.77,0:03:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is all about \Ncooperation and altruism.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.76,0:03:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homosexuality is\Ngenetically-programmed altruism.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.11,0:03:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gays are designed by nature\Nto help us be kind to one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.03,0:03:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Ellen DeGeneres says.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.24,0:03:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.10,0:03:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, E. O. Wilson,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.68,0:03:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably the greatest evolutionary\Nbiologist since Darwin himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.67,0:03:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says homosexuality gives advantages\Nto the group by specialized talents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.74,0:04:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unusual qualities of personality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.76,0:04:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a society that condemns\Nhomosexuality harms itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.54,0:04:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what does professor Wilson mean\Nby "unusual qualities of personality"?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.56,0:04:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me tell you\Nabout our dear family friend Jenny.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.50,0:04:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is 35, single, straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.58,0:04:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was telling us she is looking\Nfor a man who's smart and funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.66,0:04:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's sensitive, who's a good listener.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.51,0:04:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she says she occasionally\Nmeets a guy like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.54,0:04:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she complains, "You know,\Nhe usually has a boyfriend already!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.93,0:04:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.43,0:04:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, although people tend to obsess over\Nwhat gays do or don't do in a bedroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.14,0:04:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really this distinctive personality\Nand a strong intellect
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.84,0:04:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are more critical,\Nfrom evolution's perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.65,0:04:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, scientific studies do indeed show
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.83,0:04:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people in the sexual minority\Ntend to be intelligent,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.32,0:04:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly when it comes\Nto emotional intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.91,0:05:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this study showed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.40,0:05:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that boys and girls who scored\Nin a very bright IQ range
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.10,0:05:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were twice as likely\Nto be homosexual as adults
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.48,0:05:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as those children who scored\Nin the low to average range.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.29,0:05:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, among gay males,\Non psychological testing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.48,0:05:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gay males tend to score higher\Nin metrics of compassion and cooperation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.96,0:05:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lower in metrics of hostility.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.98,0:05:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if Michelangelo had been straight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.41,0:05:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he might have just wallpapered\Nthe Sistine Chapel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.07,0:05:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.76,0:05:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Songwriter Sam Austin says,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.68,0:05:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Homosexuality is God's way of ensuring
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.57,0:05:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the truly gifted aren't\Nburdened with children."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.40,0:05:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.74,0:05:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, in the US, about 2 out of every\N25 people are in the sexual minority.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.97,0:05:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diversity is nature's secret weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.99,0:06:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If all males were gay,\Nthat would be a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.19,0:06:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if all males were warriors,\Nwe'd always be at war.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.76,0:06:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recipe for a successful human culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.03,0:06:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a synergy of many \Ndifferent ingredients.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.63,0:06:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homosexuality is like a catalyst
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.91,0:06:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help emotionally connect\Ngroups of people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.03,0:06:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For heterosexuals, to disapprove of gays
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.17,0:06:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of like the white flour\Nin bread disapproving of the yeast.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if your genome is your hardware,\Nepigenetics is your software.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.44,0:06:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have many different DNA programs\Ndownloaded on your DNA,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.77,0:06:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and epigenetics chooses\Nfrom among these to determine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.88,0:06:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which version of you actually is\Nthe best fit for the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.62,0:06:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, ants, you probably didn't know it,\Nbut are another highly social species
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.40,0:06:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have epigenetic mechanisms\Nvery similar to humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.84,0:06:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two are identical twin sisters, huh?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.24,0:07:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though their DNA sequences\Nare exactly the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.21,0:07:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one, the worker,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.53,0:07:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a brainy little scurrier\Nwho goes out looking for food,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.37,0:07:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas the one on the right, the soldier,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.62,0:07:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is obviously a brawny one\Nto fight off enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.01,0:07:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the queen ant\Nepigenetically orchestrates this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.75,0:07:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by placing different epigenetic tags\Non the developing ants.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.21,0:07:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.62,0:07:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she places tags \Nwhen the colony is under attack
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.06,0:07:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to uncoil the DNA and light up\Nthe genes to make the soldier,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.35,0:07:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when the colony is hungry,\Nshe puts different tags to uncoil the DNA
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.68,0:07:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and epigenetically create\Nthe conditions for the worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.32,0:07:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in this way, the epigenetics -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.68,0:08:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dynamic power of epigenetics\Nchanges our genetic expression,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.28,0:08:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we're born with traits\Nthat allow us and our families
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.24,0:08:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best chance to succeed\Nin the current conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.43,0:08:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you probably have\Ngay genes in your DNA,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.38,0:08:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, unless they were turned on\Nin your mother's womb,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.77,0:08:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they remain coiled up and silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.92,0:08:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A recent groundbreaking\Nstudy from UCLA found
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.49,0:08:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, by looking at a group of men,\Nsome gay, some straight,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.77,0:08:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at epigenetic tags\Nin nine different sites,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.08,0:08:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could predict with 70% accuracy\Ntheir sexual orientation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.57,0:08:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what conditions in the uterus\Nturn on those gay genes?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.91,0:08:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for a male,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.53,0:08:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your chances of homosexuality\Nincrease in proportion
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.25,0:08:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the number of previous baby boys\Nwho inhabited your mother's uterus.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.79,0:08:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for every older\Nbiological brother you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.96,0:09:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your chances of being born gay go up 33%.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.66,0:09:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Long before we invented the pill,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.87,0:09:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature devised homosexuality\Nas a prescription for birth control.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.20,0:09:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four straight, heterosexual males,\Nnature says, "Enough already!,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.78,0:09:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mom's immune system\Nswitches on the epigenetic switch
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.06,0:09:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a gay male is born into the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.72,0:09:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one will not be overburdening\Nthe clan with yet more mouths to feed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.33,0:09:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the next generation\N- sometimes more isn't better -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.86,0:09:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's not going to be\Nkilling his brother
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.92,0:09:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a fight over who gets the girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.21,0:09:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfully, the sexual minority\Nthese days have many options
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.16,0:09:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for having kids of their own,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.57,0:09:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a hunch my gay son\Nmay bless us with grandchildren
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.33,0:09:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before our three straight children do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.72,0:09:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, another gene,\Nthis one on the X chromosome,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.52,0:09:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called a "male-loving gene,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.05,0:10:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, when it shows up in a female,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.03,0:10:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she tends to mate early\Nand have a lot of kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.91,0:10:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, when the male-loving gene\Nshows up in a male,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.59,0:10:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it predisposes to homosexuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.26,0:10:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is another gene\Nthat balances a family
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.93,0:10:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destined to have a large brood\Nof kids and grandkids
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.39,0:10:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an occasional gay son whose natural\Ntendency to promote togetherness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.33,0:10:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could improve the chances of survival\Nfor the whole family.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.07,0:10:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.88,0:10:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot more science about\Nsexual orientation in men than in women,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.71,0:10:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this talk is mostly about gay males.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.93,0:10:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though, I have no doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.69,0:10:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that female homosexuality\Nis also a natural variation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.27,0:10:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is advantageous\Nfor the family and the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.12,0:10:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jimmy has no older brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.38,0:10:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is he gay?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.49,0:10:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when Joan was pregnant with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.52,0:10:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discovered a large cancer\Ngrowing in her chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.92,0:10:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Metastasis in the neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.34,0:11:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a scary time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.66,0:11:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had radiation therapy to her chest
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.18,0:11:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while Jimmy was still\Nin the third trimester.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.86,0:11:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a rocky start for little Jimmy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.78,0:11:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miraculously, they both survived\Nand are in great health today.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.46,0:11:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.74,0:11:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,severe prenatal stress\Ndoes predispose to homosexuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.21,0:11:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this study, 37% of gay males
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.88,0:11:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reported their mothers\Nsuffered severe prenatal stress
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.73,0:11:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to only 3%\Nof heterosexual males' moms.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.50,0:11:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kind of like the queen ant,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.89,0:11:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the mom is placing\Nepigenetic markers on the baby
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.24,0:12:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change his identity to help\Nthe future welfare of the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.91,0:12:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as if the mom was saying,\N"I'm in trouble here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.36,0:12:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need a kind and clever ally\Nto help me hold this family together."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.79,0:12:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, to summarize,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.79,0:12:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the family is flushed\Nwith plenty of kids
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.91,0:12:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and/or it's a stressful place and time,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.27,0:12:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature occasionally flips\Nthese epigenetics switches
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.73,0:12:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn on the gay genes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.42,0:12:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This alters brain development,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.50,0:12:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that changes sexual orientation\Nand also improves emotional intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.20,0:12:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no doubt that Jimmy was born gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.12,0:12:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's his first birthday party.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.23,0:12:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.26,0:12:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was three, he said, "Mommy,\Nwhen I grow up, I want to marry Daddy."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.26,0:12:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.53,0:12:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, some parents send their kid away,\Nyou know, well-meaning parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.36,0:12:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a conversion camp \Nto pray away the gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.77,0:12:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might as well send the kid to a camp
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.68,0:12:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convert his eye color\Nfrom brown to blue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.17,0:12:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not happening!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.91,0:13:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jimmy is like social glue\Nholding our family together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.01,0:13:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, whether his brother Evan\Ngets beat up in a bar fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.81,0:13:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or his sister Caroline\Ngets dumped by a boyfriend,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.79,0:13:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or his sister Kathleen gets busted\Nfor plagiarizing Wikipedia -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.24,0:13:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.47,0:13:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know Jimmy's made them feel
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.42,0:13:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they belong to something\Nbigger than their problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.20,0:13:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, storytelling is the great\Nsurvival skill of the Irish,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.28,0:13:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, right here in Dublin, 162 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.28,0:13:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of your finest storytellers was born:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.71,0:13:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oscar Wilde.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.55,0:13:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oscar ran away to the University of Oxford
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.73,0:13:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he met a young poet\Nnamed Bosie Douglas.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.96,0:13:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their long-standing \Nopenly gay relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.10,0:13:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infuriated and humiliated\NBosie's father, Lord Queensburry -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.05,0:13:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not making this up -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.33,0:13:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.07,0:14:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was so mad that he eventually\Nhad Oscar arrested for gross indecency,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.74,0:14:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thrown into a dungeon\Nfor two years of hard labor.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.80,0:14:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oscar died three years later, a young man.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.90,0:14:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oscar wrote, "Always forgive your enemies.\NNothing annoys them so much."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.12,0:14:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.50,0:14:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these days, open homophobia is being\Nreplaced by more of a subtle heterosexism
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.30,0:14:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people in the sexual minority
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.69,0:14:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are often considered \Nsecond-class citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.06,0:14:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy George says, "There's this illusion
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.19,0:14:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that homosexuals have sex\Nand heterosexuals fall in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.87,0:14:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's completely untrue.\NWe all want to be loved."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.29,0:14:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agree: among all the things in life\Nit'd be hardest to live without,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.96,0:14:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love would come first.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.40,0:14:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But indoor plumbing and toilet paper\Nwould be pretty high up there too, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.09,0:14:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.05,0:14:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you about one more study,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.01,0:14:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one a heartbreaking,\Nnationwide study, from the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.16,0:14:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looked at US teens, and they found\Nthat those in the sexual minority
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.97,0:15:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were twice as likely to be bullied,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.72,0:15:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five times more likely\Nto have attempted suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.70,0:15:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty-nine percent of gay teens\Nhad tried to kill themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.46,0:15:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days, around the world,\Nin many countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.83,0:15:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's illegal to have same-sex\Nphysical intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.35,0:15:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many countries,\Nit's punishable by death.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.71,0:15:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the red countries,\Nit's punishable by imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.38,0:15:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In India, the law states \N14 years to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.53,0:15:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because "homosexuality\Nis against the order of nature."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.13,0:15:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except that it's not!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.24,0:15:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature prescribes homosexuality\Nat specific times and places,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.60,0:15:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and endows these people\Nwith special traits
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.08,0:15:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that help the people around them flourish.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.27,0:15:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is against the order of nature
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.12,0:15:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the ongoing persecution\Nof the sexual minority.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.11,0:15:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are not confused or defective people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.63,0:15:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that need to be cured,\Nor punished, or ostracized.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.49,0:16:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to be accepted,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.86,0:16:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for who they are, and embraced.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.20,0:16:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make us better.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.46,0:16:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had told me 30 years ago,\Nas I held my baby boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.34,0:16:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he would grow up to be gay,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.20,0:16:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have been devastated,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.22,0:16:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but looking back, I see Mother Nature\Nknew what she was doing!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.98,0:16:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her clairvoyant intelligence,\Nforged during eons of evolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.56,0:16:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instinctively knew my family would need\Nthe advantages of a gay son.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.51,0:16:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, admittedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.43,0:16:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the science of homosexuality\Nis still in it's infancy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.75,0:16:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as his father,\Nwhat I can tell you for sure
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.08,0:16:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that Jimmy is exactly\Nwho he was meant to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.76,0:16:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my family is stronger and happier\Nbecause he's in our clan.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.73,0:16:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about you?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.25,0:16:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you set sex aside?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.36,0:17:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Realize gay men and gay women\Nare essential to humanity?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.93,0:17:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're like the ants.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.57,0:17:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in our diversity where we find\Nour collective strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.47,0:17:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.56,0:17:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)