Current research indicates that between 3 and 10 per cent of people identify as nonheterosexual (Frankowski 2004; Ryan and Futterman 1998). ❋ [email protected] (Feynman And Coulter's Love Ch (2009)
Le Guin: "... the entrance of a substantial number of women sf writers in the 60s and 70s, along with some unconventional males of the same generation, enlarged the scope of the genre, increased its literary and intellectual sophistication, introduced credible female and nonheterosexual characters, and improved the general quality of the prose -- and won a lot of new and faithful readers." ❋ Unknown (2009)
They may be intentionally or unintentionally punishing them for their sexual orientation, she added, or decision makers may be less likely to consider mitigating factors, such as self-defense, for a nonheterosexual adolescent than for a heterosexual peer. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)
In other words, privacy as perceived by the majority Court was defined by its privileging of "family, marriage, or procreation," all construed narrowly to exclude nonheterosexual relationships. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If you're in an urban area, asking them to imagine all the nonwhite nonChristian nonheterosexual people they know being taken away gives a pretty good sense of "a lot of people." ❋ Roger Sutton (2007)
In summary, heterosexism is discrimination directed against any form of nonheterosexual behavior, identity, relationship, or community as well as the ideological system that supports such action. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Cultural institutions such as religion, law, media, politics, government, and education promote heterosexism and encourage psychological heterosexism, or individual behaviors and attitudes that encourage, promote, and and act violently or hatefully against persons who are nonheterosexual. ❋ Unknown (2007)
With a substantial majority of younger men and women committed to the proposition that sex is primarily for pleasure rather than for procreation, tolerance of and experiment with pornography, nonheterosexual, and nongenital relationships were bound to increase. ❋ Marvin Harris (1981)
Yale sociologists Katherine Himmelstein and Hannah Bruckner use surveys from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to demonstrate that nonheterosexual youth are no more likely than heterosexual youth to engage in violent behavior. ❋ Tey Meadow (2012)
The Family Leader pledge laments that marriage is "debased" by, among other things, an "antiscientific bias which holds, in complete absence of empirical proof, that nonheterosexual inclinations are genetically determined, irresistible, and akin to innate traits like race, gender, and eye color." ❋ Michael Smerconish (2011)
The 71st finding of fact in Judge Walker's decision states that children raised by homosexuals are just as likely as children raised by heterosexual parents to be "healthy, successful, and well adjusted." new research by Dr. Schumm, "children of GLB [gay, lesbian, or bisexual] parents were more likely to either have identified as GLB or to have at least experimented with nonheterosexual behavior." ❋ Unknown (2010)
Cyberbullying can cause psychological distress among nonheterosexual youth Online questionnaire effective screening tool for mental health problems Acupuncture could relieve joint pain linked to breast cancer treatments On the 100th International women's day, Nishant Ratnakar asks women from various fields who live and work in the city what they love about being a woman, what values they live by and what drives them every day. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Cyberbullying can cause psychological distress among nonheterosexual youth Online questionnaire effective screening tool for mental health problems Warfarin users more vulnerable to brain bleeding after stroke treatment ❋ Unknown (2010)
