# Giving homosexuality the finger! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895 "2000-03-29T19:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/41 "2000-04-02T19:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I am not aware of bears in the lesbian community. Since the bear community deals with body hair… Are there not a small subculture of lesbians who manage to grow “beards” and other manifestations of facial hair? * * * “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![Cactus\_Jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Cactus\_Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cactus_Jack)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/42 "2000-04-06T14:24:00Z")
Hmmmn. Here’s another one I heard about. In men, if your ring finger is significantly shorter than your first finger, supposedly that’s a sign that depression will come on you late in life. It’s a genetic marker. This was “scientifically proven” in much the same way as the AP article. Anyway, I’m male and heterosexual, and I won’t be depressed late in life. I know this because my fingers say so. ---
**Author:** ![DaphyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@DaphyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphyDuck)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/43 "2000-04-06T14:39:00Z")
t…oo… m…an…y …jo…k…e.s! _hehe_ I was thinking about becoming gay but since I lost both ring fingers in a freak trampolining accident I guess I’m stuck being straight until I can find a double-ring-finger-organ-donor! Maybe that should be double-LONG-ring-finger-organ-donor. how did this thread ever get so many replies? * * * [Nessie Lives!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001553.html) (and “incognuity” should be a word!) ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/44 "2000-04-06T16:34:00Z")
Well. Both my index fingers are shorter than my ring fingers. Inconclusive. ::unzips pants:: Yep, I’m straight. Notthemama has a good point about the sample. Also, I question the validity of the assumption that finger size and ratio are the result of testosterone levels. And even if it is, as was previously pointed out correlation is not causation. I will reserve further comment until I can find the Nature article. John * * * Then he got up on top With a tip of his hat. “I call this game FUN-IN- A-BOX” Said the cat. -The Cat in the Hat ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/45 "2000-04-06T16:41:00Z")
Well, the first part holds up, but not the second part… I do have gay fingers, but I’m the oldest son and my brother is quite heterosexual, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/46 "2000-04-07T05:15:00Z")
I don’t feel like reading all 44 replies. I did the first six and found my eyelids growing heavy. But has anyone mentioned yet that having a longer index finger than middle finger is a classic sign of werewolfism? That and the pentagram on the chest. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/47 "2000-04-06T20:52:00Z")
Yeah, and an “S” on your chest inside a sacred triangle is a sign that you’re from the planet Krypton. ---
**Author:** ![Cactus\_Jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Cactus\_Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cactus_Jack)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-homosexuality-the-finger/17895/48 "2000-04-07T16:01:00Z")
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