Journalist and Author

Chandler Burr

1 article 1996

Chandler Burr is a journalist and author known for his writing on the science of sexual orientation, including his book *A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation*. He later served as the perfume critic for The New York Times. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1996, arguing for a conservative embrace of the biological basis of homosexuality.

WHY CONSERVATIVES SHOULD EMBRACE THE GAY GENE

December 16, 1996 · Blog

I recently wrote a book on the biological search for the origins of homosexuality. In its final chapter, I described some rather amazing work being done at two biotech companies: The first is trying to manufacture a computer chip out of human DNA to tell you exactly what genes you have, while the…