Combating the stereotypes around homosexuality

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I'll add links as I read them.

I was going to add this into the gay marriage section, but decided I'll just put the information out there and see if anyone is willing to read it

http://www.queerty.com/science-says-gay-dads-possess-both-maternal-and-paternal-instincts-20140527

The 48 gay fathers raising children with their husbands seemed to be both mom and dad, brain-wise. Their emotional circuits were as active as those of mothers and the interpretive circuits showed the same extra activity as that of heterosexual fathers’.

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Then we have the right wing ideologues on Fox News somehow thinking it's Ok to Theorise that Elliot Roger went on his killing spree due to some sort of repressed homosexuality

http://www.queerty.com/fox-news-exp...sed-ucsb-shootings-was-misunderstood-20140527

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Just to give people an idea of how common acts of violence against gays still is these days - most seem to justify it as a way to rally against marriage equality

http://www.queerty.com/amidst-marri...nt-rise-in-homophobic-acts-in-france-20140514

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http://www.queerty.com/florida-idio...o-make-point-about-marriage-equality-20140506

Of course this story comes out of Florida. Chris Sevier has filed a motion to marry his computer, claiming that because he uses it for masturbation, it’s no different from gay couples wanting to marry.

 

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http://www.queerty.com/this-surpris...oposal-will-melt-your-ice-cold-heart-20140422

 

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http://www.queerty.com/pat-robertson-thinks-jesus-never-would-have-baked-a-gay-wedding-cake-20140326

“If you look carefully at the Bible, what would have happened in Jesus’ time if two men decided they wanted to cohabit together?” Roberston asked. “They would have been stoned to death. So Jesus would not have baked them a wedding cake nor would he have made them a bed to sleep in because they wouldn’t have been there.”

Robertson then added: “But we don’t have that in this country here so that’s the way it is.”

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http://www.queerty.com/family-adopts-15-year-old-gay-teen-who-was-disowned-by-his-family-20140327

“Standing up for what is right is not always easy, but it is always right,” Mindy told Out In Santa Cruz. “Our family fell in love with Corey for Corey… His sexuality did not change who he was. I also want the world to know that we are a family. I want people to understand that genetics are just science. Families are built from uncondtional love.”