Some people—gay men and women—are jt better at intifyg gays than others.
Contents:
- DAHLIA CACT GAY BRIGHT EY 1
- THK YOU ARE GAY? IT SHOWS YOUR EY, ACRDG TO STUDY
- QUEER EY: BLIPS ON THE GAYDAR
DAHLIA CACT GAY BRIGHT EY 1
Dahlia Cact Gay Bright Ey 1 Dahlia Cacti. "In fact, not even a divisn to 'straight, ' 'bi, ' and 'gay' tells the full story, " he said.
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Some people—gay men and women—are jt better at intifyg gays than others. It's te: Some people really do have "gaydar. But fact, acrdg to a study nducted 2005, some people are better at intifyg gays than others, and overall, gays are better at than straight dividuals.
THK YOU ARE GAY? IT SHOWS YOUR EY, ACRDG TO STUDY
William Lee Adams, an unrgraduate at Harvard College who studied the topic for his senr this, found that when volunteers quickly view a stranger wh mimal rmatn—om neck-up photos and vios, whout jewelry or makp—homosexual men and women are more accurate intifyg other homosexuals.
Gay men and women not only ma more accurate asssments, they were efficient, too: It took about 2 sends for gays to ci whether a person was straight or not. Says Adams, "You eher have gaydar or you don't.
QUEER EY: BLIPS ON THE GAYDAR
Of homosexuals, gay men were more easily regnized than lbians, perhaps bee of their visible niche the entertament world, says Adams.
Gay women were more likely than men to be misclassified by both heterosexuals and homosexuals as straight.