23% of young black women now identify as bisexual
Among women, bisexuality is statistically on the rise.
13 June, 2019
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Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey to chart the complexities of social change in the United States.
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Supreme Court to hear 3 cases on LGBT workplace discrimination
In most states, LGBTQ Americans have no legal protections against discrimination in the workplace.
22 April, 2019
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- The Supreme Court will decide whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also applies to gay and transgender people.
- The court, which currently has a probable conservative majority, will likely decide on the cases in 2020.
- Only 21 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws effectively extending the Civil Rights of 1964 to gay and transgender people.
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What makes someone gay? Science is trying to get it straight.
Evolutionarily speaking, being gay is still something of an enigma
19 February, 2019
- Heterosexual people have been less interesting to scientists than gay people, in terms of where they come from, because, evolutionarily speaking, being gay doesn't lead to a higher "higher reproductive fitness" — meaning, it doesn't lead to more babies.
- Across cultures, gay boys tend to be more interested in spending time with their mothers.
- We still don't really know why gay people are attracted to each other.
Americans have become less biased — in regard to race, disability, and sexuality — since 2004
The study suggest implicit biases can change significantly over a relatively short timeframe.
07 January, 2019
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- The study examined the results of more than 4 million tests designed to measure implicit and explicit biases.
- The tests measured attitudes toward groups defined by age, disability, body weight, race, skin tone, and sexuality.
- All explicit biases decreased during the study's timeframe, while several categories of implicit bias diminished.
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- Standard evolutionary theory may not tell the full story of human sexuality, says Yale professor Richard Prum.
- Same-sex attraction may have evolved to contribute to female alliances, and male-male sexual attraction may have also evolved to enhance female freedom of choice, posits Prum.
- Richard Prum is the author of The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World. Read more about Prum's theory of same-sex evolution here.
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