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And most say they don’t care what straights think, as long as they have rights. Outside of the Stonewall Inn, widely considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement, gay men say they aren’t surprised. More straight men disapprove of homosexual public acts of affection than women, though the paper doesn’t reveal how large the percentage difference is.
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Over 20 percent of heterosexuals interviewed disapproved of gay men telling the respondents about their relationships.
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When asked if it were a lesbian couple, 72 percent of straight people approved. Of the heterosexuals interviewed, 95 percent said they approved of a scenario in which a straight couple kissed each other on the cheek in public, but only 55 percent approved of a gay couple doing the same. The authors surveyed 1,000 Americans, both LGBT and straight, and discovered that 70 percent of respondents said they supported inheritance rights for gay couples. “Regardless of whether egalitarian values motivate individuals in the United States to confer legal rights to lesbians and gays, ideas about the moral inferiority of lesbians and gays may still guide social interactions,” said the report published in the American Sociological Review. Heterosexual Americans say overwhelmingly that same-sex couples should enjoy the identical legal benefits as their straight counterparts, but many fewer Americans, both straight and gay, approve of public displays of affection by gay men, according to a sociological study published Thursday.Įven as same-sex marriage is legalized across the country, the report finds that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans still face social stigma.