Gay Rights
Statistics
- 80% of Catholics don’t think they have the right to judge a same-sex couple according to a national poll
- 10% of the U.S population is gay or bi
- 6-14 million kids have gay parents
- There were 6,604 hate crimes do to sexual orientation in 2009
- 75% of students in the US don't have state laws that protect them from discrimination or harassment based on sexual orientation
- 97% of students in a public high schools report that they have heard homophobic remarks from others regularly
- 26% of kids who come out to their parents get kicked out
- 25% of gay students have tried to commit suicide at least once, only 20% in supportive environments, compared to the 4% of straight kids
- 43% of people agree to lesbian marriages, 47% no, 10% unsure
- According to the 2010 census there were 564,391 gay couples
- A study in 1992 proves that 55.5% of gay men and 71.2% of lesbians were in steady relationships
- 7.2 million people under 20 are gay or lesbian
- In recent studies it has been proven that bisexuals make up 1.8% of the US population while gays and lesbians make up 1.7%
- There are more male same sex couples than females...The difference is 2%
- Over 25,000 gay students have been threatened before
History
- In Ancient Greece soldiers were encouraged to fall in love with other soldiers because studies showed that men who were fighting for their men were fiercer warriors
- 1969 is often regarded as the year that the gay rights movement took off
- The first time same sex marriage was recorded was in the early roman empire
- The first pro-gay organization was founded in 1951 but had to use code to keep from being prosecuted
Rights Gays Have
- Can be in the army
- Can adopt
- Can get married in 6 states
Famous Gays
- Lady GaGa
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Portia De Rossi
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Drew Barrymore
- Jessie J
- Ricky Martin
- Jonathon Groff
- Chris Colfer
- Alexander McQueen
- Clay Aiken
- Lance Bass
- Lindsey Lohan
- Rosie O’Donnell
- Jane Lynch
- Angelina Jolie
- Channing Tatum
Meaning of Fag
- Bundles of sticks
- Meatball
- Cigarette