Loraine J A, Ismail A A, Adamopoulos D A, Dove G A
Br Med J. 1970 Nov 14;4(5732):406-9.
Serial assays of hormones and their metabolites are reported in the urine of three male and four female homosexuals. Urinary testosterone levels were abnormally low in the two men who practised exclusive homosexuality and were within the normal range in the third, who had both homosexual and heterosexual relationships. In the women assays were generally performed throughout one menstrual cycle; in three the pattern of hormone excretion was ovulatory in character, while in the fourth evidence for ovulation was equivocal. Levels of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (L.H.) were raised in the female homosexuals, while those for oestrogens, particularly oestrone, were below the range for normal heterosexual subjects during their reproductive life; readings of follicle-stimulating hormone (F.S.H.) and pregnanediol were normal in three women. The data reported here are in keeping with the view that abnormalities in endocrine function may occur in both male and female homosexuals.
对三名男性和四名女性同性恋者尿液中的激素及其代谢产物进行了系列检测。两名只进行同性恋行为的男性尿液中睾酮水平异常低，而第三名男性有同性恋和异性恋关系，其睾酮水平在正常范围内。对女性进行的检测通常贯穿一个月经周期；三名女性的激素排泄模式具有排卵特征，而第四名女性的排卵证据不明确。女性同性恋者的睾酮和促黄体生成素（L.H.）水平升高，而雌激素水平，尤其是雌酮水平，在其生殖期低于正常异性恋者的范围；三名女性的促卵泡激素（F.S.H.）和孕二醇读数正常。此处报告的数据与内分泌功能异常可能在男性和女性同性恋者中均会出现的观点相符。
