What Should I Include in a Newsletter for Gay and Lesbian Families?

A link to a reputable FREE health clinic.

A list of web site reviews - top 10 websites for source information, and also any open support facilities.

Information on discussing homophobia.

Definitely advice on: ways of meeting similar families in order to support one another. advice on coming up against prejudice and questions the children might raise. Profiles on happy, stable families. Don't go too full on about the fact that they're proud to be gay ... most people just wanna be accepted as normal and fit in. Give the facts. Get the views of both straight and gay ... interview important and recognised figures in New Orleans.

This press release that just came out Click here to contact our News Team Tuesday, May 09, 2006 Research: Lesbian brains react differently New research has shown that lesbians’ brains react more like those of straight men than other women when exposed to male or female hormones. This suggests a biological basis to homosexuality, rather than solely being a learned behaviour, say researchers. The research was conducted by the Stockholm Brain Institute, and required volunteers to sniff pheromones – chemicals derived from male and female hormones. Heterosexual women found the male and female pheromones equally pleasant, while lesbians showed a marked preference for female pheromones. Straight men and lesbians also found the male pheromone more irritating, while straight women found the female pheromones irritating. Researchers also found the smells were processed in different parts of the brains for lesbians compared with heterosexual males and females. Straight males processed the female scent in the hypothalamus, which is related to sexual stimulation, whereas male scent was processed in the basic odour processing circuits, or ‘scent area’. For straight women, the converse was true, with the male scent processed by the hypothalamus, and the female scent in the ‘scent area.’ For lesbians, both male and female scents were processed in the ‘scent area’. “It shows sexual orientation may very well have a different basis between men and women… this is not just a mirror image situation,” commented Sandra Witelson, a brain anatomy expert at Canada’s McMaster University. “The important thing is to be open to the likely situation that there are biological factors that contribute to sexual orientation.” Last year, the same research team discovered that the response of gay men to hormones was similar to that of straight women. Ref: AP, via msnbc.com (d)