But Badgett notes one little wrinkle in this strategy: Her research, and that of her peers at the gender research Williams Institute at UCLA, shows that LGBT people, in particular lesbians, typically make much less than
their straight counterparts.
They will be less reluctant to be ashamed of their personal preference and will have hope that they can be just as happy as
their straight counterparts.
But you're going to have to be more realistic in this day and age than prescribe abstinence against «fornication», especially for one segment of the population that your extremist version of Christianity has already judged and deemed not worthy of the same benefits in life as
their straight counterparts.
While gay and lesbian couples may not breed as fast as
their straight counterparts, they still work together and bring children and families into the world just fine.
Without such fights and progression, The Wife would not be in the military (openly at least), we'd not be married or even civil partners, and we wouldn't have the benefit for living in a military provided house like
our straight counterparts should she have joined up despite the ban.
Homosexual men and women had a 67 percent lower likelihood of waiting until the third date to kiss someone than
their straight counterparts.
Forty - nine percent of gay men and lesbian women have never been in a relationship with someone they slept with on a first date, but 76 percent of
their straight counterparts have never.
Nearly half of gay men and women said they have slept with an ex versus just one in three of
their straight counterparts.
The widest gap seems to be among homosexuals and
their straight counterparts, as heterosexual men and women were almost twice as likely to report never being in a threesome than gay men and lesbian women.
Films like Deadpool 2, on the other hand, establish the reality that queer people, you know, exist in the world and are every bit as capable at playing superhero as
our straight counterparts.
(The rate of «suicidality» is almost five times higher for gay, lesbian, and bisexual students than for
their straight counterparts.)
They are actually discriminating and that's the concern — there will be a quota system where if you're gay and you want to be a lawyer you have fewer options than
your straight counterparts,» she says.