# ? for gay men? Do you have an older brother? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gay-men-do-you-have-an-older-brother/178981 "2003-06-01T19:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gay-men-do-you-have-an-older-brother/178981/21 "2003-06-02T17:15:53Z")
No. I have one older heterosexual sister. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gay-men-do-you-have-an-older-brother/178981/22 "2003-06-02T19:06:22Z")
Only child ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gay-men-do-you-have-an-older-brother/178981/23 "2003-06-02T19:12:50Z")
I’m not gay, but one of my gay friends has an older brother who is also gay. There are no older children in that family. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gay-men-do-you-have-an-older-brother/178981/24 "2003-06-02T19:13:37Z")
I’m the youngest of four boys, and my two next-oldest brothers and I are, as far as I know, straight. 14 sources–is that 14 gay men with older brothers, or 14 independent studies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gay-men-do-you-have-an-older-brother/178981.md?page=1)