Results for: gay marriage
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Gays Beat Straights When It Comes To Keeping Their Special Friends Healthy, Study Says
A new study on “health work” in relationships shows that women take care of their men, women take care of their women, and men take care of their men. In other words, gay people are the best.
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Recession or No, You’re More Likely to Be Broke If You’re Gay
If you’ve been feeling like you’re at the end of your rope financially, this study confirms that if you’re queer, it’s probably because you are.
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Gallup Reports on Minuscule LGBT Population, Actually Gets Some Stuff Right
So what if we’re only 3.4% of the population? We’re an interesting bunch of people.
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Homosexuals and Heterosexuals Exist, Says Groundbreaking Study
You have no idea how long it took me to figure out that this was the only definitive takeaway from this particular data analysis.
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Infographic Guide to Dead Lesbian Characters on TV
The dead lesbian TV characters trope is even worse than you think.
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105 Trans Women On American TV: A History and Analysis
Autostraddle walks you through the entire history of trans female characters on American television from 1965-2015.
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Violence and Visibility: Transgender Women on TV in 2015
“We wrote more obituaries for murdered trans women in 2015 than TV recaps for any single show we cover.”
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10 First-Ever Lesbian Characters On American TV: Killers, Tramps, Thieves and Therapists
From lesbian gangs killing old ladies in a nursing home to actresses with Mommy issues to inspirational schoolteachers, these are ten of the first-ever lesbian characters on American primetime television, 1961-1977.
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This Is How Fox News Brainwashes Its Viewers: Our In-Depth Investigation of the Propaganda Cycle
We all know someone who has become part of the conservative punditry herd and, over time, traded their compassion for paranoia; their thoughtful opinions for manufactured outrage; and their empathy for hateful rhetoric.
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Gallup And Everyone Else Wants to Know: Were You Born This Gay?
42% of Americans believe that gay people are born rather than made.
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Where Do Lesbians Live? New Gallup Numbers Add More Numbers To Pile Of Confusing Numbers
In which I dive into piles of mostly-confusing data to figure out where the girls are in a country where gayborhoods tend to be filled with boys.
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More Than Words: 11 “Queer” Questions From 70 Years Of Gallup Polls
What do other people think of us?! The country wants to know.
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GLAAD’s Studio Responsibility Index On Gay Representation Recalls Last Year’s Awful Movies
“Of the 101 films released last year by the six major studios, only five films contained any semblance of queer lady representation.”
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Survey Says: Gay is Okay in the UK, Will Probably Continue to Be
The annual British Social Attitudes survey indicates increasing acceptance of homosexuality, though same-sex adoption and parenting remain controversial.
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Survey Says: Gay is Still Not Okay in Singapore, Won’t Be Any Time Soon
A national survey using homophobic language yields homophobic results: 47% of Singaporeans “reject gay lifestyles.” What does this mean and why is it important?
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The View from Pew: LGBT Acceptance At An All-Time High
We haven’t yet been accepted as gospel, but we’re lightyears ahead of where we were 10 years ago.
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Lovers in a Quantified Time: Canadian Census Counts Queer Families
Statistics Canada releases reports on the evolution of Canadian families in the years since same-sex marriage was legalized.
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The Divided States of Gaymerica: They Love You in Maine, Loathe You in Mississippi
The states are beginning to fall into four categories: Winners, Up-and-Comers, Wild Cards and Longshots. We discuss the Evangelical root of this disparity and what it means for homogays living in Longshotville.
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The 21 Most Lesbianish Cities in the US: The Autostraddle Guide
We did our own highly scientific research to determine where in the country you’re most likely to meet other queer ladies, hang out with other queer ladies and admit that you’re a queer lady in public!