It's been proven ? men do read maps better than women, but the case is slightly different when sexuality is considered.
An investigation into gender differences conducted at the University of Warwick has found that sexual orientation, as well as gender, affects map reading skills.
Straight men performed best in the experiments during tests which involved, among other things, mentally rotating objects, matching angles and verbal exams.
Gay men followed, with lesbians coming third and heterosexual women in last place.
Professor Elizabeth Maylor of the University of Warwick, who was on the team of psychologists, told the Telegraph her findings.
"Gay men showed a more female typical pattern of performance than straight men did and lesbians showed a more male typical pattern of performance than straight women did," she said.
The tests were carried out on over 198,000 people aged 20 to 65 years-old: 109,612 of which were male and 88,509 female.
However, the results also suggested that men would be lost without their female opposite number.
Women were found to be better than men at locating objects ? and before you can drive a car, you have to remember where it was parked.
