and Lady Eva, which documented the lives of transgender women in the conservative South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. This was followed in 2019 by The Rogers, about transgender men in Samoa. These films became part of a campaign to decriminalize same-sex relationships across the Pacific. Hamer, Wilson and Wong-Kalu continued their collaboration in 2020 with the animated short film Kapaemahu, based on the hidden history of four stones on Waikiki Beach placed there as a tribute to four legendary mahu who first brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii. It premiered and won the Special Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Oscar as Best Animated Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Hamer is a frequent guest on TV documentaries and news shows including Good Morning America, Nightline and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He is featured in the Barbara Walters' special Heaven and Bill Maher documentary Religulous, and has been profiled in Time magazine. Scholarly influence According to Google Scholar, Hamer's works have been cited over 27,000 times and he has an h-index of 72 as of August 2020. Books The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior (Simon and Schuster, 1994) Living with Our Genes: Why They Matter More Than You Think with Peter Copeland (Anchor, 1999) The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into our Genes (Doubleday, 2004) Films Out in the Silence (Dir Joe Wilson, Dean Hamer, 2009). WPSU website Kumu Hina" (Dir. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, 2014). PBS website Leitis in Waiting (Dir Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Prod Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, 2018). PBS website Kapaemahu (Dir Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, 2020). Kanak Pakipika website See also Biology and sexual orientation Serotonin transporter References External links Dean Hamer's website D.C. scientist breaks new lead on gay gene Is God In Our Genes? 1951 births Living people American agnostics American geneticists Harvard Medical School alumni Writers on LGBT topics American LGBT scientists LGBT people from New Jersey People from Montclair, New Jersey American LGBT writers 21st-century LGBT people