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10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED
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 facts and myths *
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. Many lbian, gay and bisexual people know that they are attracted to members of their own sex at an early age, sometim as young as 6 or 7 years old. 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. Ever sce born-aga sger and orange juice pchwoman Ana Bryant helped kick off the ntemporary anti-gay movement some 40 years ago, hard-le elements of the relig right have been searchg for ways to monize gay people — or, at a mimum, to fd arguments that will prevent their normalizatn society.