''Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation'' (2011; second edition 2016) is a book by the neuroscientist
Simon LeVay
Simon LeVay (born 28 August 1943 in Oxford, England) is a British-American neuroscientist.
He received a bachelor's degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1966, a Ph.D. in Neuroanatomy at the University of Göttingen in ...
and published by
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...
. The book received mainly positive reviews, praising it for LeVay's wide-ranging overview of scientific research on sexual orientation. In 2012, it received the Bullough Book Award for the most distinguished book written for the professional sexological community published in a given year.
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Author's summary of the book
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why
2011 non-fiction books
Books by Simon LeVay
English-language books
Non-fiction books about same-sex sexuality
Oxford University Press books
Popular science books
Sexual orientation and science