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'DISTURBG RULTS': GAY MEN BLUE-LLAR JOBS FACE MORE DISCRIMATN CANADA, FDS HALIFAX UNIVERSY REARCH STUDY

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While Canada pris self on beg clive when to the LGBTQ muny, a new rearch study om two Halifax universi suggts dividuals who are openly queer – pecially gay men - ntue to face discrimatn hirg, pecially blue-llar tras like weldg. The paper c rearch sayg that gay men, particular, are often paid ls than their heterosexual unterparts. “Gay men’s stereotypil characterizatn as more feme than heterosexual men is not favourable to their employment blue-llar jobs, ” the paper stat.

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AIN-AMERINS, BLUE-LLAR WORKERS DO AN ABOUT-FACE ON GAY MARRIAGE: POLL

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i work a pretty blue llar job (nstctn) and hoo boy let me tell you 's not one of the workplac where i uld jt sually go "im gay btw". Im closeted at work so as ppl assume i'm straight they also thk 's pletely safe to say really homophobic sh to me. I almost feel like i would hope to get some sually homophobic jokg about , 's almost worse if everyone was jt really quiet bee knowg all the vrlic sh a lot of my -workers say out loud, that would mean somethg is up.

's really hard for me to image suatns i sometim hear om ppl about workplac where 's jt naturally ol and ok to be gay.

So like i gus i wonr if there are any other gay folks workg tras or such and what are peopl experienc of that? I’m hant to label dis as blue llar mic sce started gay unrground clubs and end up epomized by Stud 54 (a very un-blue llar tablishment if there ever was one).

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However, the dis craze fely h the blue llar world a big way, and s hostile backlash the early 1980s may have been jt as much about class warfare as was about homophobia. It’s not jt lawmakers who are quickly changg their tune on same-sex ’s been a surprisg shift attus among groups who have historilly opposed gay marriage, cludg Ain-Amerins, the elrly, those livg the South, and blue-llar workers. Acrdg to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, jt four years ago the majory of Ain-Amerin voters opposed gay marriage, 32%-53%.

In 2004, the vast majory were opposed to gay marriage, wh 18% favor and 80% agast . Ameri’s elrly and those livg the South are also changg their views, although most still are agast gay marriage. Siarly, most the nservative South are agast gay marriage, wh 42% favor and 50% opposed.

8, California’s ban on gay marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, which ni feral benefs to gay upl. Younger Amerins, who overwhelmgly support gay marriage, are g of votg age.

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"People are startg to realize that there are more gay folks their circle, " Reid said. "In terms of growg Ain-Amerin support for gay marriage, Reid said Obama's learship has somethg to do wh the change. She poted out that even when Print Obama "evolved" on gay marriage, many church pastors and lears were skeptil.

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Ain-Amerins, blue-llar workers do an about-face on gay marriage: poll .

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