Sentences with phrase «who is gay»

ACCEPTING A FRIEND WHO IS GAY: Looking across the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the proportion of students who report that they are accepting of a gay friend, increasing from 60 % in the early 1990s to 85 % today.

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It is 4 females living in the apartment and 1 male who is gay.

The Grotjahn news lands at the same time that artist Lari Pittman, who is gay and Latino, confirmed to The Times that he resigned his seat on the MOCA board about two weeks ago.

The resulting series, Domestic, (which Opie, who herself is gay, said was an attempt to document «the lesbian dream») contains a still life of a washer and dryer, which the photographer joked was «a lesbian washer and dryer.»

The issues in this historical romance are very contemporary, such as the heroine's sham of a marriage to a man who is gay but, due to his lineage and social standing in Victorian England, is just as much a victim of society as Tallie is.

I am a gay man who teaches; I am a teacher who is gay.

«Most of us have a close friend or family member who is gay, lesbian, or bisexual while far fewer have a close friend or family member who is transgender,» he says.

District residents received flyers that pictured Rodriguez, who is gay, burning in hell for his wickedness.

As threatened, Iowa state senators blocked the nomination of Jonathan C. Wilson to the state board of education last week, contending that the lawyer and former Des Moines school board member, who is gay, would be an advocate for «gay issues.»

He beats the ever - loving hell out of Red (Caleb Landry Jones), who is gay, I think, and is renting the billboards out to Mildred.

Wallace Langham («The Larry Sanders Show») is her personal assistant, who is gay but won't admit it.

As Elisa awakens from her dream, she goes about her routine — making hard - boiled eggs, taking a bath, making sandwiches and watching TV with Giles who is a gay commercial artist and has just lost his job for reasons unspecified, but we can guess.

Among filmmakers, Guadagnino, who is gay, is considered a strong contender for a director nomination.

I am passable CD who is gay male BUT androgynous and fem.

Keeping the experience very basic helped us because it solved a problem: figure out who is gay and then break the ice so you can talk to them.

There's only so much time you can spend in your local gay bar and then knowing who is gay, let alone who is single and interested in dating, is challenging to say the least.

Unless gay bars are your thing, dating is a game of guess and check; knowing who is gay, let alone who is single and interested in more than friendship, can be quite a challenge.

For example, one young faculty member * who is gay stood up at a women's mentoring lunch and described how another professor had inquired about her personal life in an offensive and intrusive way.

After the Scottish Parliament's Presiding Officer, Tricia Marwick, said she would «extend the hand of friendship» to Mahama, members of the Scottish Greens, including their co-convenor Patrick Harvie, who is gay, wrote to her on Wednesday to urge caution.

Other Republican lawmakers past and present who attended the party include Rep. Darrell Issa of California and former Rep. Jim Kolbe of Arizona, who is gay.

In addition, Sundquist, who is gay, said, «I'm deeply concerned about the rights of LGBT people and the increased wave of intolerance in this country.

«There is incredible hatred, and for some reason it's coming out now,» said Van Bramer, who is gay.

Quinn, who is gay, tried to backtrack on twitter, saying «Cynthia Nixon's identity has no bearing on her candidacy and it was not my intention to suggest it did».

That went to Matt Juda, and there was controversy earlier in the week when former Monroe County Legislator William Lightfoot, who is also seeking a City Council seat, made reference to Juda, who is gay, when Lightfoot asked if it would be reverse discrimination to anybody who chooses not to live that lifestyle.

So the 11th grader, who is gay, sued McKinley High School and the Buffalo school district over the right to start a Gay - Straight Alliance at the school on Elmwood Avenue.

Quinn scored one early victory, however, when the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, led by Stuart Appelbaum, who is gay and a leading critic of Bloomberg, embraced her candidacy at the end of January.

The Empire State Pride Agenda, which lobbies for the gay community, also sided with Breslin over Martland, who is gay.

«I can understand anxiety as a true struggle of conscience,» said Jason Ganns, 27, an Albany accountant who is gay and lobbying for same - sex marriage.

Among the potential Democratic mayoral candidates is John Liu, the city comptroller, who has run into some serious fundraising troubles of late, and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is gay, and has significant establishment support.

Major Republican donors, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman (who is gay), helped the cause.

He's a Manhattan Democrat who is gay and HIV positive, and takes over from Melissa Mark - Viverito, who left the job because of term limits.

Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who is himself gay, is sponsoring legislation that would ban mental health professionals in New York from practicing sexual orientation change efforts on individuals younger than 18.

Constand, who is gay and lives in Canada, waited a year to report the incident and initially settled the case with a civil suit in 2006.

With President Bill Clinton in his corner, Sean Patrick Maloney, who is gay, is doing everything he can to defeat Rep. Nan Hayworth, who has been supportive of some LGBT issues — including saying that she «respect [s]» the decision to pass marriage equality in New York.

I mentioned that Dale, who is gay, is hoping to become the Tory candidate at Bracknell, Berkshire, and invited subscribers to PinkNews, the homosexual website, to attend the open primary on October 17, saying: «You don't even have to be a Conservative to attend.»

Wiener, who is gay, said having a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in one of the state's most powerful positions will ensure that issues they face don't take a backseat now that same - sex marriage is legal.

«I unequivocally have no other reservations about homosexuality,» he said in a statement released by his campaign, noting that he enjoys a close relationship with his nephew, who is gay.

They're still breaking the law,» said Greenwich Village resident Joe Hopkins, who is gay and was one of the witnesses to the Dunkin' Donuts attack, along with his partner Frank Shaffer.

Hopkins, who is gay, said he wants police to crack down on the violence with the same diligence whether or not the perpetrators are LGBT people, because he fears that turning a blind eye to LGBT - driven violence could hurt the ongoing struggle for gay equality.

Aizic, who is gay, and his parenting partner, a female friend, live apart but created a framework for how they were going to raise their daughter.

Andrew Sullivan, a commentator who is gay and among the first to publicly defend same - sex marriage, summed up the decision poignantly: «When people's lives and careers are subject to litmus tests, and fired if they do not publicly renounce what may well be their sincere conviction, we have crossed a line.

What would you advise a person who is gay but believes that homosexual relationships and activity would be wrong?

When pressed by Cooper, who is himself gay, Luter said he believes America's problems stem from all its social ills: homosexuality, racism, abortion, and violent crime.

And how do you know for sure you're not sitting next to someone who is gay in a restaurant or anywhere else?

But what happens to the kid in Royal Ambassadors who is gay?

I also recommend checking out the book Torn by Justin Lee, a young man who was raised in a Southern Baptist church and who is gay.

Over the past 10 years, almost everyone who lives and breathes and watches television knows someone — especially a relative — who is gay.

According to christian churches god love everyone even those who kill people or those who sin, so if god forgives someone who kills someone I do nt think god will have a problem with a good person who is gay.

I do nt understand what rights i have as a strait person, that someone who is gay does not?