Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Tags: polls, research, language, slur, fag, online, youth, gay, lgbt, offensive
Has the campaign launched by adults in the LGBT community to combat online anti-gay slurs been in vain? A new poll from MTV and the Associated Press points to "yes."
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Tags: family research council, don't ask don't tell, dadt, tony perkins, hate groups, leader, trial, lies, bigots, gay, repeal
It is the first day in post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" America and anti-gay forces have already launched a campaign to call into question the legitimacy of repeal. So, for what reason does Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins say DADT-repeal should be called into question?
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Tags: evangelical, christian, same-sex marriage, marriage equality, gay, lgbt, catholics, prri, public religion research institute, poll, survey
As we suffer through Perry, Bachmann and Perkins' anti-gay ramblings that are surely ingrained by their evangelical faiths, we can find solace in knowing that this trend could be coming to an end sooner than later. A study (one that also found a majority of Catholics in favor of same-sex marriage) found that the young adults of the largest religious sector in the U.S. are becoming increasingly pro-marriage equality. Details after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Tags: sexual orientation, perception, impression, people, strangers, science, studies, research, gay, white, black, men, gaydar
We'd love to think that being gay doesn't affect other people's impression of us. However, according to two studies out of the University of Toronto, even if a stranger hasn't picked up on the multitude of cue's we send the second we sashay into any door, people subconsciously and immediately form opinions based on sexual orientation. The shocking results, after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Tags: religious millenials, youth, polls, survey, public religion institute, studies, research, lgbt, rights, gay, marriage equality, employment, discrimination
Yet another poll finds that a majority of youth, even those who describe themselves as religious, supports far-reaching rights and equality for the LGBT community. Take that, olds!
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Tags: studies, research, science, online dating, hookup, websites, apps, grindr, adam4adam, manhunt, digital, internet, sex, hiv, std, transmission, rates, plan, information
Thanks to a proliferation of GPS-based and online hookup sites for gay guys, getting booty has never been easier. Unfortunately, it's also never been easier to pick-up a little something extra on the side. To counteract the high risk of STD transmission among men who have sex with men online, a study, funded by amFAR and conducted in cooperation with owners of sites and apps, users and HIV and STD awareness groups, has recommended a handful of ways hookup businesses in the digital age can encourage their members to practice safe sex. So, what are they?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Tags: glsen, family research council, tony perkins, slander, little black book, students, lgbt, gay, documentary, conservative right wing, anti-gay christians
Update Wednesday 1:50 p.m. PST
Holy Bullies reports that after GLSEN sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Family Research Council regarding their false information about the LGBT youth organization, FRC has quietly edited the video. Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters write:
"The new video (seen below) does not say that GLSEN had anything to do with distributing The Little Black Book. However it continues to refer to Brian Camenker regarding GLSEN and repeats the nonsense regarding "Fistgate," a controversy which Camenker played a huge role in."
They add that "FRC didn't even have the good Christian grace to apologize. Instead the organization takes the tone of 'we may have been wrong about that charge, but these new charges prove... FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Tags: american sociological association, bullying, academic, studies, research, science, race, ethnicity, students, impact, lgbt
It doesn't take a study to know that bullying has a negative academic impact upon victims, but new research from the American Sociological Association arriving at the notion certainly generates more pressure for the anti-bullying movement. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 22 August 2011
Tags: bisexuality, bisexual men, studies, science, research, northwestern university, prove, study, existence, gay, same sex, straight
Northwestern University might've aided the social stigma surrounding bisexual men when in 2005 its researchers announced they could not prove the existence of male bisexuality. Now, after another go (which actually involved complex and difficult research), Northwestern is singing a different tune with its discovery that men who are physically and chemically aroused by both genders actually exist!
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Tags: it gets better, anti-gay, tony perkins, family research council, president obama, obama administration, joe biden, videos, lgbt youth, anti-bullying
As annoying as these statements might be for us adults, it's actually heartbreaking for the tens of thousands of LGBT kids who live in homes that receive these letters from the Family Research Council. After the jump, read the fundraising letter from FRC calling its followers to stand against the "It Gets Better" project.
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