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“Fellas, is it gay to get an A?”

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Considering what obstacles most of us have historically faced - in academia, in employment, in society - it is hardly surprising that LGBTQ people are more driven, more industrious, and more successful as a result. We have had to be to withstand anti-LGBTQ biases.

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I certainly wouldn’t describe this as “How nice!”. That’s extremely tone deaf and contrary to the intentions of the study.

First of all, this isn’t news for most people in the community.

Secondly, this study’s conclusions that “societal pressures that appear to impede lesbians in school even as these stressors possibly unnerve gay males into compensating for homophobia through academic striving” are NOT GOOD THINGS.

For every gay boy out there that is pushing himself to succeed in order to prove himself worthy, there is another that is failing to “succeed” and falling down a hole.

EVERYONE is worthy of human dignity and respect regardless of their academic achievements.

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Great article, and I can relate to pushing myself academically to augment being a gay teen/man. More practically, or just stereotypically, maybe gay guys might do better in school because we spend less time on sports, and less time entrenched in a culture where we prioritize sports over academics.

I admit I didn't read the study paper itself, but I wonder if reporting bias impacted the numbers. Is it possible that high schoolers who live in areas that are better resourced or areas where people already care more about education more likely to self-report as being gay, whereas high schoolers in less resourced or less academically focused areas less likely to reveal their sexuality in surveys? I would probably feel more comfortable saying I'm gay in Massachusetts than Mississippi, and I'd probably be doing better academically in MA than MS too. I can't be the first person to wonder about this, so this was probably controlled for somehow in the study.

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Same. I blame it for my disobedience now. When’s my next spanking due?

Fabulous in school since day 1 😉

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BLBITW minority stress and anxiety ftw
now go translate that into unreasonable expectations for your partners as well!

I got questions about the study. How is "educated" define? If you got 50 gay people going for gender study degree vs 200 straoght people going for an aerospace degree in a study, the educated part feels skewed.

I'm gay with an aerospace degree...

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