So tonight I was on this great vibe from my 10% club meeting and decided to peruse through the Advocate which I frequently do and I found this...Enjoy :)
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid49332.asp
So tonight we were talking about the percentage of people that are gay, and how the numbers are so skewed that nobody can really say there are X amount of GLBT in the US. One of the areas we talked about was in the acidemia. It is believed that between 3-5 percent of the entire GLBT population are educated. From my stand point I could definatly see this, more now then in the past but its definatly there. Also from my stance I believe the people the are most accepting are educated. Education opens your mind to many different networks, for whatever you believe in or support you can usually find a group of people that agree with you.
From here my mind floats to our part of the country, and the question of 'Could an openly gay person become a university president, or even anyone of high status?' Sadly, I don't think it could happen in our area of the country. We have no doubt come a long way to becoming more accepting of homosexuality, but there is a lot of room for improvement. I would hope that in the future people would accept it and realize gay people are just that, people. The same as anyone else, they just happen to sleep with a member of the same sex.
Also in this article they discuss how many places have 'glass ceilings' for gay people. This makes me think about when Coco-Cola was sued because it was found out that they had a glass celing for African Amercians. This was deemed illegal because its in violation of the civil rights act. In many universities, and even in many states you can be fired one the sole basis of you are gay. In the world of academia this has imporved in the last decade, in fact our own university includes sexual orientation in their antidiscrimination policy. Also, most Fortune 500 companies include sexual orientation and gender identity in their antidiscrimination policies, and some go as far to offer health coverage to same sex partners. My only wish is that in my lifetime the country adopts this philosophy and realizes we are just people, the same as everyone else.
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Great job explaining the "glass ceiling" on the gay population. It seems strange that companies might still be using sexual identity when filling out application. However, this makes the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy seem a pretty rational. Also, its great that you mention the skew in the numbers concerning gay population, because everyone seems to have a different number in their head.
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