Common Ally Qutns LGBTQ+ Center | How n I tell if someone I know is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr? What should I do if I thk someone is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, but they haven’t told me? How do I make myself more approachable to people who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr? What kds of thgs might a person who is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr go through when g out?
Contents:
- HOW TO SUPPORT, EMPATHIZE WH, AND AFFIRM LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
- ARE GAY PEOPLE SMARTER THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE?
- GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
- WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
HOW TO SUPPORT, EMPATHIZE WH, AND AFFIRM LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
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Colloquially, is often ed as a synonym for beg socially liberal as “I am an open-md person so of urse I support gay marriage. G., "gay/lbian" to scribe attractn to the same sex/genr, "bisexual" to scribe attractn to multiple sex/genrs; "asexual" to scribe a lack of attractn to anyone, etc.
There is no specific way that a gay or lbian person acts, drs, or speaks—a person's sexual orientatn do not rrelate wh their genr exprsn. There may be, for stance, some gay people that scribe themselv as more mascule, feme, or genr-fluid, while lbian dividuals may siarly exprs themselv wh varyg gre of masculy, femy, or genr-fluidy. However, you n have a better unrstandg of different sexual orientatns by learng more about gay and lbian people.
Work on dismissg any stereotyp that you may have about gay and lbian people so that you n start workg on seeg them as the people that they are.
ARE GAY PEOPLE SMARTER THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE?
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Another important part of unrstandg gay and lbian people is realizg people n't choose their sexualy, as 's an herent part of who they are. Of the 24 wners this year, at least three are openly gay, meang gay people are signifintly overreprented among the geni pool.
GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
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The news has led some to speculate that gay geni outnumber straight on, proportnally, the populatn at large. Last year, Satoshi Kanazawa argued the Journal of Bsocial Science that gay people are typilly born wh more telligence than the average heterosexual. Some scientists speculate that the same geic factors that e homosexualy one genr also duce hyperfertily the other, a theory lled sexually antagonistic selectn.
A gay man might be at an evolutnary ad end, other words, but his sisters will be blsed wh extreme fecundy, more than makg up the balance. This would lead more telligent gay people to e out while leavg dumber gay people the closet, thereby pletely skewg the data.
Gay upl are more likely to have higher hoehold and llege gre than straight upl—two possible proxi for telligence. Gay men llege, moreover, have higher-than-average GPAs and are signifintly more likely to participate extracurricular activi.
WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
Here, aga, an alternative explanatn seems highly persuasive: Gay people might jt work harr than their heterosexual unterparts. Startg childhood, most gay people are acutely aware of the challeng they’ll face, the roadblocks they’ll enunter, the discrimatn they’ll battle. Gays born to small towns—which tend toward homophobia—unrstand early on that they mt pe orr to fd acceptance.
Wh this nstant threat of bigotry the background, is any wonr that gay people strive for good gras and great jobs? Gay upl plan well for their fancial futur not bee they’re brilliant money managers, but bee they have ltle to no social safety . Gays might be overreprented the “geni” pool—and the Ivy League, and the Fortune 500—but there are more than enough dumb gays to even out the numbers.