There's a gay wage gap – and 's lked to discrimatn

Contents:

• THE STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY
• THREAD: MY GAY FOR PAY EXPERIENCE, AMA
• GAY FOR PAY
• THE 25 HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY
• WHAT DO THE GAY WAGE GAP MEAN FOR LGBTQ+ FAI?
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

THE STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY

Intertgly, works two different directns: most studi show a wage penalty for gay men but a wage premium for lbian women pared wh their heterosexual unterparts. One analysis of 32 studi om several untri found that on average, gay men earned 11% ls than heterosexual men, while lbian women earned 9% more than heterosexual women. Wh the data on gay people, there are also variatns between untri and pendg on how exactly sexual orientatn is classified, for example whether ’s based on survey evince or habatn – and there are studi such as this one om the US that found gay men actually earng more.

Rearch suggts gay men are more likely to avoid occupatns that are more male-domated than other men (which clus the bt paid jobs), while lbian women are more likely to avoid female-domated occupatns than other women (which are typilly worse paid). A key qutn is whether the differenc wag and choice of employment are driven by prejudice, or whether they are the rult of some nate, work-relevant tras of gay people related to their preferenc or skills.

THREAD: MY GAY FOR PAY EXPERIENCE, AMA

This would be enomilly efficient and would hold back output, bee would suggt that gay men are not makg the ntributn that they uld. First, rearch om Atralia has shown that gay and lbian workers choose to enter occupatns wh fewer prejudiced workers, wh male-domated occupatns more likely to feature discrimatn. The Frankl & Marshall Global Barometer of Gay Rights gave 62% of untri a failg gra on legal and social protectns afford to LGBT+ people 2018.

One approach is to timate the lost productivy due to discrimatn among gay people, based on rearch om untri where such data are available. For stance, uld higher participatn of gay people the workforce actually ter prejudiced heterosexual people om, say, workg as productively, or even workg at all?

GAY FOR PAY

Some 29% of people aged between 13 and 23 who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, unfed, asexual (LGBTUA+) chose to avoid a reer STEM bee of fears that they would be discrimated agast. Once LGBTQ+ people enter the workforce, they occupy different rol, wh an unually high ncentratn of gay and lbian workers psychology, law, social work and universy teachg.

As shown by a 2015 paper published Admistrative Science Quarterly, there’s some tth the ‘gay jobs’ stereotype, wh occupatnal segregatn lked to an LGBTQ+ employee’s sire for task pennce, which mak ncealg their sexual orientatn easier.

In recment suatns, gay or lbian applints the UK are 5% ls likely to be ved to an terview than heterosexual male or female applints. In the US, employers are more likely to view rum om applints who stated their sexual orientatn as gay or lbian wh a cril eye.

THE 25 HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY

A UK study published the Indtrial and Labor Relatns Review found that the pay gap tends to be greater for gay men who are partnered – and therefore leadg a visibly LGBTQ+ life – vers those who are sgle. However, gay men and lbians who are open about their sexual orientatn at their workplace are more likely to report higher job satisfactn. Rearch om the US 2020 found that anti-discrimatn laws cut hourly earngs penalti by 11% for gay men, pared to heterosexual men.

WHAT DO THE GAY WAGE GAP MEAN FOR LGBTQ+ FAI?

End they go home to their wiv and male adult performers who go "gay for pay, " a term ed to scribe gay porn which two (or more) otherwise straight dus have sex on mera, the above scenar is jt another day at the Male Porn Stars Are Straight — But They Have Sex Wh Men for a LivgSource: YouTubeThis week, MTV is airg an episo of Te Life explorg the liv of two such performers, and their stggl to balance the seemgly nflictg mands of their profsnal and personal liv. They're risg stars the gay porn dtry, but will the prsur of every day life force them to rensir their lucrative reers?

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

In straight porn, the pay for men is notorly lower than the pay for women, so "gay porn [actors] general make a lot more than straight porn, " Damian McKnight, the CEO and producer of the succsful gay-for-pay se Broke Straight Boys, told the Daily Dot last year. In a book that me out earlier this year, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight Whe Men, thor Jane Ward argued that male sexualy is a lot more fluid than most of are willg to acknowledge.

" she prevly told said, adult entertament publicist Mike Stabile told Mic that he believ the sexualy of a gay-for-pay porn star is likely to be a b more flexible than your average joe. "They seemed to have more of a fluid sexualy, or were jt extremely sexual, even if they intified as straight their private liv, " he said of the gay-for-pay actors he's worked wh the past.

"Of urse, there are some who are jt bee of the money, guys who sist on havg loud cellphone nversatns wh their girliends while on-set, or beg homophobic.

), another qutn remas: Why the hell are gay guys so drawn to porn featurg straight (or "straight") dus the first place? That's a ltle more plited, as some believe that gay men's tenncy to fetishize straight men engagg gay sex stems om a ep-rooted place of self-loathg or shame. "Bee of ternalized homophobia (which typilly looms large before and durg the early g-out procs), they're more often lookg for men who act mascule, " thor Joe Kort wrote 2013 for the Huffgton Post.

For stance, when gay-for-pay porn star Chris Tyler was asked by the Village Voice what the harst part of his job was, he answered:"Takg a 10-ch-pl dick.

"Talk about workg hard for the out the full preview for MTV's Te Life: I'm a Gay for Pay Porn Star below:Source: YouTube.

Here are jt some of the Hollywood stars who have gone ‘gay for pay’ on the silver screen, as well as some of the out gay actors who have ma a name for themselv playg straight. Even though they both report beg unmarried partners, wh the legal environment at the time, straight upl were able to chose this stat while most plac the gay upl did not. On the other hand, spe some siari on average between gay partners and married upl, wouldn’t be be appropriate to jt pare the two groups eher.

This is necsary bee was reported that gay men were over-reprented lower-payg fields such as sal or service while gay women were more likely to be employed fields such as ernment and manufacturg (There were numbers behd the, not jt stereotyp, promise!

Three versns of the above mol were tted, each time changg the pennt variable of “Partner Stat” to reflect a different group – gay partners overall, male-male partners, and female-female. Ahmed and Hammarstedt (2010) expla the oppose effect happens bee gay men face creased hostily by straight men, who are over-reprented upper level management posns. I would further argue though that this specific type of discrimatn has more to do wh genr stereotyp, prentatn, and the unrvaluatn of so-lled “feme” quali some gay men are perceived to have rather than purely based on sexual orientatn.