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Contents:
- GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
- 15 STEREOTYP THAT LIM OUR PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN
- GAY STEREOTYP AND THE PRSUR THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE N FEEL TO EHER ACCEPT OR REBEL
- STEREOTYP, EMOTNS, AND BEHAVRS TOWARD LBIANS, GAY MEN, BISEXUAL WOMEN, AND BISEXUAL MEN
GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
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15 STEREOTYP THAT LIM OUR PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN
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GAY STEREOTYP AND THE PRSUR THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE N FEEL TO EHER ACCEPT OR REBEL
"People assume that if you're a male ballet dancer you're gay.
The owners of the Prada Gsel hair salon New York Cy are straight but people thk they're gay. Another stereotype is that gay people speak differently than straight people. "Gay men absolutely talk differently, on average.
STEREOTYP, EMOTNS, AND BEHAVRS TOWARD LBIANS, GAY MEN, BISEXUAL WOMEN, AND BISEXUAL MEN
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Five gay and five straight men spent an hour mglg wh dozens of people. Could the tters terme who was gay and who was straight?
The man who most people thought was straight was actually people do thk that gay men are more promiscuo than straight men, and fact, Bailey said, gay men do have more sex partners.