by Patrick Appel
William Saletan challenges the accuracy of this "gaydar" experiment:
How did the researchers know which men on Facebook were gay? Answer: "We performed a search for men's profiles that indicated romantic or sexual interest in other men (i.e., self-identified homosexual men)." All the gay men were out. Not a closet case in the bunch. … If you want to test gaydar in the closet, try showing your subjects pictures of a different group of men: ex-gays. You can find their names, sometimes with photos or videos, proudly displayed on missionary Web sites. These men have rejected gay identity and are trying not to send signals. If gaydar can pick them out in an experiment, that would be one hell of a story.
The Dish 