For 20 years, nearly all the studi on gay men the workplace have found an intil rult: parg the earngs of two men wh siar tn profil, years of experience, skills, and job rponsibili, gay men nsistently earns ls than straight men (between 5% and 10% ls). The stabily of this fdg has been remarkable: has been replited across numero datasets several different untri. Until now. In a recent paper, rearchers om Vanrbilt analyzed data om a major feral survey the Uned Stat that had not prevly been ed this lerature – prumably bee only recently began to ask about sexual orientatn – and found that the gay male earngs penalty had disappeared.
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- GAY MEN USED TO EARN LS THAN STRAIGHT MEN; NOW THEY EARN MORE
- GAY COUPL MORE EDUTED, HIGHER-INE THAN HETEROSEXUAL COUPL
GAY MEN USED TO EARN LS THAN STRAIGHT MEN; NOW THEY EARN MORE
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This statistic shows the median hoehold e of gay upl (male-male) the Uned Stat om 2015 to 2021. In 2021, the median hoehold e of gay upl the U.S.
Median hoehold e of gay upl the Uned Stat om 2015 to 2021. Opn on step-child adoptn by homosexual upl Italy 2016.
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GAY COUPL MORE EDUTED, HIGHER-INE THAN HETEROSEXUAL COUPL
For 20 years, nearly all the studi on gay men the workplace have found an intil rult: parg the earngs of two men wh siar tn profil, years of experience, skills, and job rponsibili, gay men nsistently earns ls than straight men (between 5% and 10% ls). In a recent paper, rearchers om Vanrbilt analyzed data om a major feral survey the Uned Stat that had not prevly been ed this lerature – prumably bee only recently began to ask about sexual orientatn – and found that the gay male earngs penalty had disappeared. A recent Pew Rearch Foundatn study reported that 92% of all LGBTQ adults felt that society is more acceptg of them than a ago, and 87% of adults report personally knowg someone who is gay or lbian (up om 61% 1993).
Women who are same-sex upl and the labor force tend to make far more money than siar women heterosexual upl, while men gay upl tend to make slightly ls than their heterosexual unterparts. People gay upl are also more likely to be the labor force (that is, workg or lookg for a job) than their heterosexual unterparts, and they're far more likely to be highly are a few of the datapots om a new report on the mographics of Ameri's same-sex upl.
And while the enomic fdgs are at first puzzlg—why would gay women earn so much money, while men same-sex hom tend to take an earngs h?