An overwhelmg share of Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults (92%) say society has bee more acceptg of them the past
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Myth: Lbian, gay and bisexual people n be intified by certa mannerisms or physil characteristics. People who are lbian, gay or bisexual e as many different shap, lors and siz as do people who are heterosexual. * lgbt curious facts *
Many lbian, gay and bisexual people have early heterosexual experienc, but are still lbian, gay or bisexual; many avowed heterosexuals have had sexual ntact wh members of their own sex, but are still heterosexual. In surveys of lbian, gay and bisexual people, 52-87% have been verbally harassed, 21-27% have been pelted wh objects, 13-38% have been chased or followed and 9-24% have been physilly asslted. The most accurate generalizatn might be this: lbian, gay and bisexual people are different om one another the same ways that heterosexual people are different om one another.
Fun fact #1 Bisexual rights activist, Brenda Howard, is nsired the ‘Mother of Pri’ as she first ordated the Liberatn March (the origal name of what we ll Gay PRIDE today) New York June 1970, exactly a year after the Stonewall Rts. Dark tth #1 Beg a gay man the followg untri was or is still illegal, but beg a gay woman the untri was never illegal or has sce been legalised: Uned Kgdom – beg a gay man was illegal until 1967; beg a gay woman was never illegal; South Ai – beg a gay man was illegal until 1998; beg a gay woman was never illegal; Jamai – beg a gay man is still illegal (legalisatn has been proposed) and the current penalty is 10 years imprisonment and / or hard labour; beg a gay woman was never illegal; Sgapore – beg a gay man is still illegal and the current penalty is two years prison; beg a gay woman has been legal sce 2007; and Banglash – beg a gay man is still illegal and the current penalty is 10 years prison; beg a gay woman is not illegal.