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• TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN"GAY MEN AND GAY WOMEN ARE SENTIAL TO HUMANY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. JAM O’KEEFE GAVE A RECENT TED TALK AT TEDXTALLAGHT DUBL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY—AND HOW 'S NOT ABOUT SEX, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE'S SON JIMMY IS GAY, AND WHEN JIMMY ME OUT TO HIM AND HIS WIFE 12 YEARS AGO, O'KEEFE NFSED THAT HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIS SAFETY AND HIS SON'S HAPPS, BUT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MORE HE REALIZED THAT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T ABNORMAL, BUT A WAY FOR A SPECI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“VIEWED THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTN, HOMOSEXUALY SEEMS TO BE A REAL SELF-FEATG NON-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY," O'KEEFE TOLD THE DIENCE AT HIS TED TALK. "GAYS HAVE 80 PERCENT FEWER KIDS THAN HETEROSEXUALS. THIS IS A TRA THAT OUGHT TO GO EXTCT A FEW GENERATNS, YET DOWN THROUGH RERD HISTORY EVERY CULTURE AND MANY ANIMAL SPECI AS WELL, HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT DISTCT SUBGROUP. IF THIS WERE A GEIC ERROR, NATURAL SELECTN SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO CULLED THIS OM THE GENE POOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE SUGGTS CIRCUMSTANC LIKE THE MOTHER GIVG BIRTH TO A HIGH NUMBER OF MALE OFFSPRG OR SEVERE PRENATAL STRS N CREASE THE CHANC OF GIVG BIRTH TO A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BRGS UP THE THEORY OF EPIGEICS, GEN THAT "EXPRS THEMSELV DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF THE [HUMAN]FAY IS FLH WH PLENTY OF KIDS AND/OR ’S A STRSFUL PLACE TIME, NATURE OCSNALLY FLIPS THE EPIGEIC SWCH TO TURN ON THE GAY GEN. THIS ALTERS BRA VELOPMENT THAT CHANG SEXUAL ORIENTATN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU PROBABLY HAVE GAY GEN YOUR DNA,” HE TOLD THE DIENCE, “BUT UNLS THEY WERE ACTIVATED YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB, THEY REMAED ILED UP AND SILENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS FASCATG TALK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: UNIRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
• 7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS

TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN"GAY MEN AND GAY WOMEN ARE SENTIAL TO HUMANY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. JAM O’KEEFE GAVE A RECENT TED TALK AT TEDXTALLAGHT DUBL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY—AND HOW 'S NOT ABOUT SEX, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE'S SON JIMMY IS GAY, AND WHEN JIMMY ME OUT TO HIM AND HIS WIFE 12 YEARS AGO, O'KEEFE NFSED THAT HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIS SAFETY AND HIS SON'S HAPPS, BUT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MORE HE REALIZED THAT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T ABNORMAL, BUT A WAY FOR A SPECI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“VIEWED THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTN, HOMOSEXUALY SEEMS TO BE A REAL SELF-FEATG NON-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY," O'KEEFE TOLD THE DIENCE AT HIS TED TALK. "GAYS HAVE 80 PERCENT FEWER KIDS THAN HETEROSEXUALS. THIS IS A TRA THAT OUGHT TO GO EXTCT A FEW GENERATNS, YET DOWN THROUGH RERD HISTORY EVERY CULTURE AND MANY ANIMAL SPECI AS WELL, HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT DISTCT SUBGROUP. IF THIS WERE A GEIC ERROR, NATURAL SELECTN SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO CULLED THIS OM THE GENE POOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE SUGGTS CIRCUMSTANC LIKE THE MOTHER GIVG BIRTH TO A HIGH NUMBER OF MALE OFFSPRG OR SEVERE PRENATAL STRS N CREASE THE CHANC OF GIVG BIRTH TO A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BRGS UP THE THEORY OF EPIGEICS, GEN THAT "EXPRS THEMSELV DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF THE [HUMAN]FAY IS FLH WH PLENTY OF KIDS AND/OR ’S A STRSFUL PLACE TIME, NATURE OCSNALLY FLIPS THE EPIGEIC SWCH TO TURN ON THE GAY GEN. THIS ALTERS BRA VELOPMENT THAT CHANG SEXUAL ORIENTATN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU PROBABLY HAVE GAY GEN YOUR DNA,” HE TOLD THE DIENCE, “BUT UNLS THEY WERE ACTIVATED YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB, THEY REMAED ILED UP AND SILENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS FASCATG TALK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: UNIRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Gay. He is one of John's gay -workers, Rick's boyiend, and Jared's ex-boyiend. Although not much is known about Guy, he is homosexual and ador men.

LZ Granrson: The myth of the gay agenda. In a funny talk wh an urgent msage, LZ Granrson pots out the absurdy the ia that there's a "gay liftyle, " much ls a "gay agenda. Gay Gordon-Byrne: You serve the right to repair your stuff.

A self-clared "repair geek, " Gay Gordon-Byrne is a drivg force behd the right-to-repair movement, which aims to empower people to fix their stuff. IO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay.

“TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED

iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, turns out, nsir themselv to exist the gray areas of sexualy, not 100% gay or straight. Roxane Gay: Confsns of a bad femist.

When wrer Roxane Gay dubbed herself a "bad femist, " she was makg a joke, acknowledgg that she uldn't possibly live up to the mands for perfectn of the femist movement. Joel Burns: A msage to gay teens: It gets better.

In a urageo, tensely emotnal talk at the cy uncil Fort Worth, Texas, uncilman Joel Burns reach out to the targets of teen bullyg -- kids who are gay, perceived as gay, or jt different -- wh a val msage about their liv, and the harassment they face. Thomas Lloyd: Why am I "so gay?

7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI

"If I had a dime for every time I was asked, 'Why am I so gay?

" In this humoro talk, Lloyd explor the trici of social "verg" as a gay man, fdg muny and the importance of inty owners... Startg h San Francis, his belief a more personal approach to lol ernment led him to n for office the heart of Amerin gay culture, the Castro.

Lynne Elvs: The myths of gay adoptn. Roxane Gay | TED Speaker.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

In "Bad Femist, " her 2014 book of says, Roxane Gay laid out a wise, funny and eply empathetic visn of morn femism, acceptance and inty -- flaws and all. Shane Wick: Why I me out as a gay football ach. "Football teach so many great life lsons to those who play or ach, " he says, "but one negative thg that do teach is that beg gay is not okay.

Incg joy wh Ross Gay (Transcript). Incg joy wh Ross Gay.

ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS

Yoba Richen: What the gay rights movement learned om the civil rights movement. As a member of both the Ain Amerin and LGBT muni, filmmaker Yoba Richen is fascated wh the overlaps and tensns between the gay rights and the civil rights movements. Dan Clay was worried about beg dismissed as "too gay" at work, so he dialed down his personaly.

Gay Gordon-Byrne | TED Speaker. Gay Gordon-Byrne fights for your right to repair the nsumer goods you buy.

As a gay uple San Francis, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time livg the way they wanted. They set off on a world tour search of "Supergays, " LGBT people who were dog somethg extraordary the world.

Jok Church tells a short, movg story of the teacher who sheltered him as a young gay teen and helped him grow -- and how, many years later, he and his partner had the privilege of returng the favor. Jam O’Keefe gave a recent TED talk at TEDxTallaght Dubl about homosexualy—and how 's not about sex, but survival.

O'Keefe's son Jimmy is gay, and when Jimmy me out to him and his wife 12 years ago, O'Keefe nfsed that he was worried for his safety and his son's happs, but the more he thought about the more he realized that homosexualy wasn't abnormal, but a way for a speci to survive.

“Viewed the light of evolutn, homosexualy seems to be a real self-featg non-productive strategy, " O'Keefe told the dience at his TED talk.

"Gays have 80 percent fewer kids than heterosexuals.

This is a tra that ought to go extct a few generatns, yet down through rerd history every culture and many animal speci as well, homosexualy has been a small but distct subgroup.

”O'Keefe suggts circumstanc like the mother givg birth to a high number of male offsprg or severe prenatal strs n crease the chanc of givg birth to a gay also brgs up the theory of epigeics, gen that "exprs themselv different ways based on external circumstanc.