Is “Gaydar” Real?

You know those friends of yours who are always claiming that have great "Gaydar" and can tell if someone is straight or gay?  Or maybe you are that person?  Well, now there's science to back up the concept of "Gaydar".

The Public Library of Science has published a study from the University of Washington that claims people are capable of correctly judging a person's sexuality "with above-chance accuracy" just by looking at their face.

University of Washington students were presented with just under 100 black-and-white photos of men and women - each one flashed for less than a second. Hairstyles, facial hair, makeup, and glasses were absent in all photos to sidestep "easy clues."

Participants were able to accurately judge the sexual orientation of both the men and women in the photos over 50% of the time. In fact, the sexual orientation of women were correctly guessed in two-thirds of all cases.

So here's the question: Does this mean that all the non out-of-the-closet gays should just come out and stop hiding since many people have them already figured out anyway?  What do you think? Leave your response in the comments.

And then there's this: