WILLIAM DEVALL, LEISURE AND LIFESTYLES AMONG GAY MEN: AN EXPLORATORY ESSAY, Internatnal Review of Morn Soclogy, Vol. 9, No. 2 (July-December 1979), pp. 179-195
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- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- POLICI ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR & QUEER (LGBTQ) ISSU
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, tersex, asexual, and more. The terms are ed to scribe a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. * gay social functions *
As the Supreme Court readi s long-awaed lg on same-sex marriage, two Pew Rearch Center surveys this sprg — one of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr adults and the other of the Amerin public — found a mon thread: that society as a whole has bee more acceptg of gays and lbians. The number of Amerins who had a favorable view of gay men stands at 55%, an 18 percentage pot crease pared to a earlier; 58% had a favorable opn of lbians, a 19 percentage pot crease over the same time span.
A March-April survey of the general public also showed that, recent years, there has been a cle the percentage of Amerins who thk that more gays and lbians raisg children is a bad thg for Amerin society. That ntrasts wh 1985 when 64% said a Los Angel Tim survey that they would be “very upset” if their child told them he or she was gay or lbian. Wh the LGBT populatn, roughly seven--ten gay men (70%) and lbians (67%) have told their mothers, while 53% of gay men and 45% of lbians have told their fathers.
POLICI ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR & QUEER (LGBTQ) ISSU
* gay social functions *
An overwhelmg percentage of Amerins (87%) say they know someone who is gay or lbian, pared to 61% who said so twenty years ago an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey. The survey of the general public found that 23% say they personally know “a lot” of gay or lbian people, while 44% say they know some, and 19% have only one or two gay or lbian acquatanc.