Sentences with phrase «perceived as lesbian»

All but four participants reported abuse by peers and / or school personnel for being perceived as lesbian or gay.

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People who are in submissive positions to authority, actual or perceived, including women, racial ethnic persons, as well as lesbian, gay and bi-sexual persons, are particularly vulnerable to violence.

While there are some people now living in heterosexual marriages who once perceived themselves to be gay, there are millions of gay and lesbian persons who have accepted their sexual orientation as a gift from God and live productive and deeply spiritual lives.

People with low cognitive ability tended to express prejudice towards groups perceived as liberal and unconventional (e.g., atheists, gays and lesbians), as well as groups of people perceived as having low choice over group membership (e.g., ethnic minorities).

Truth to be told, dating lesbians do not have to be that complex as it is perceived.

Many of the stereotypes are often perceived by other lesbian singles as prominent in online dating sites, but this is not the case.

Around 2008, eHarmony was getting some flack because the site wasn't perceived as gay - and lesbian - friendly, as singles... (read more)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender children can be targeted by their peers, and pupils perceived by peers as being LGBT can be «just as vulnerable» as children who identify as LGBT.

It's institutional purpose is to provide what it perceives as a «Christian» education, not to stick it to gays or lesbians.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) youth and those perceived as LGBT are at an increased risk of being bullied.

For some people, maintaining secrecy may be perceived as the only option for having a romantic relationship (e.g., gay and lesbian people who live in very homophobic areas).

For example, people tend to perceive bisexual individuals as being more likely to cheat on their partners compared to heterosexual, gay, or lesbian individuals.3

Some heterosexual women report kissing other women as part of the college social scene or for men's attention, while others do so to experiment or explore potential same - sex desires.1 A 2012 study found that both women and men perceive women who kiss other women in heterosexual spaces (for example, bars that heterosexual individuals frequent) as more promiscuous than those who kiss a man, and that women and men perceive such women as more likely to be heterosexual than bisexual or lesbian.2 In some ways, this last finding may suggest that women and men do not always perceive female - female kissing as necessarily an expression of women's same - sex desire.