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5 MYTHS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE DEBUNKED
* gay misconceptions *
In a Febary poll, Gallup found that more people self-intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr – or “somethg other than heterosexual” – on an anonymo survey nducted 2021 than any other pot the last , a change largely driven by young people.
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. This victim-blamg posns LGBTQ2 youth as a problem that needs to be fixed, rather than focg on the environment of homophobia, transphobia, and heteronormativy that creat a climate where is OK to discrimate agast and target those who are perceived to be different. Siar tactics, for example, were ed to oppose the legalizatn of same-sex marriage Canada wh outlandish statements suggtg that legalizg gay marriage would lead to btialy and the llapse of the fay un – none of which, naturally, have e te.
10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED
Gay people have been acced of many stereotyp that are not te. Here are 5 myths about beg homosexual. * gay misconceptions *
It is clear that the more supportive practic a school has place, such as prehensive LGBTQ2 polici, safe ntacts, and GSAs, the ls homophobic bullyg stunts experience and the more nnected and supported LGBTQ2 stunts feel. Unrstandably, there were a lot of ridiculo misnceptns about the homosexual muny back then, but today there shouldn't be any exce -- we have openly gay celebri, policians, and plenty of well-wrten fictnal exampl pop culture to pick om. We live a world that ns on tailed mographic breakdowns -- we know roughly how many people have a fear of heights, or how many "people" like th cst pizza -- surely we uldn't be the dark about somethg as simple as how many of are gay, right?
TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT GAY MEN
The problem is obv -- we're relyg on surveys an era when 's still not OK to be gay huge swaths of Ameri, let alone the rt of the world (for example, if we went purely by self-reportg, there has been only one gay player the 94 years the NFL has existed).