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Before the 1970s, mostStereotypes on the LGBTQ community were extremely negative. In fact, for a large part of the nineteenth and 20th centuries, a large majority of the population (including doctors and scholars) felt that members of the LGBTQ community subordinate mental disorders.

Then, Stonewall's riots changed everything. In 1969, the police attacked a gay bar called The Stonewall Inn in New York and they fought. It was not just a historic moment - it was amovement. Throughout the next decade, LGBTQ rights were at the forefront ofActivism of social justiceWhich, in turn, led to increased awareness at theLGBTQ community. And while the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s has created more obstacles and stereotypes on LGBTQ people, by the 1990s, which have begun to evolve. LGTBQ characters started to appear with regularity ontelevision with shows likeQueer like folk,The word I, andWILL & GRACE.

Nevertheless, the LGBTQ community has always been set as "different". And whenever a community is in this position, stereotypes abound. Thus, in order to define the strand hetero, we have collected a list of some of the most common LGBTQ stereotypes. If you hear these sentences, know they are all totally, obviously wrong. Then you can educate others by correcting them too.

1. "All bisexual people are promiscuous."

According to a 2011 study by theWilliams InstituteMore than half of all non-heterosexual people in the United States identify as bisexual. But there is still a lot of mystery and stereotyping with respect to B LGBTQ. As theGay Alliance & Lesbian against defamation (GLAAD) stresses that bisexual people are often accused of being more promiscuous than non-bisexual people because they are attracted to men and women.

Many even blamedbisexual people For the spread of HIV and AIDS, all on the hypothesis that bisexual people participated in more dangerous sexual activities.

"A common stereotype is that bisexual people do not want to be, nor can not be,monogamine. This is just not true, "according to Glaad." Bisexual people are just as capable of forming monogamous relationships than heterosexual, gay and lesbian people. "

2. "You can not be bizarre and religious."

Some religions believe that homosexuality goes against the same pillars established in their holy texts. However, in recent decades, more judaism of reform resembling religious denominations and the episcopalist church - supported the LGBTQ community, according toThe Trevor project.

In fact, according to a 2018 survey of BuzzFeed News andPersight Whitman Strategies, only 39% of LGBTQ people claim to have any religious affiliation at all. In addition, on the 880 respondents, 23% identified as Protestant or Christian and 18% identified as Catholics, while lower percentages were Jewish and Buddhist. This means that more than 70% of respondents always feel related to religion, fully reproduce this stereotype.

3. "All lesbians are masculine."

Although it is true that some women who identify while lesbians are more masculine in appearance and at the disposal, the truth is that each lesbian is different. This obsolete stereotype has nothing more than to correctly correct a group of people in a small box definable.

Another misconception that goes hand in hand with this stereotype is that lesbian relations include a more "masculine" woman and a person considered more "female", that is, the dynamics of Butch-Woman. This hypothesis has been examined in more detail in a 2016 study by theAmerican sociological association, who found that most Americans feel the need to apply gender roles to those involved in same-sex relationships. "Even in same-sex couples where there are no sex differences between partners, people use gender differences as a way to get closer to differences in sex," said Natasha Quadlin, the main author of The study.

Like a lesbian identifier woman who is relatively feminine (and has friends who identify in the same way), I can say personally that this stereotype is completely false and does not recognize the fact that lesbians, like all other humans, come all forms , sizes, breeds and gender expressions.

4. "All gay men are effeminate and flamboyants."

Assuming everythinggay are more flamboyant and feminine than straight men are false. This stereotype dates back to the word "gay" itself, which had been originally used to describe someone who was too happy, strong and happy. Over the years, the etymology of the word has had a generalized effect on the perception of homosexual men.

A 2017surveyAttitude magazine Asked around 5,000 homosexual, bizarre or bisexual men - and 69% of them admitted that their sexual orientation had made them feel less masculine at some point in their lives. Many of those surveyed also stressed the fact thatgay Still are not equitably represented in the media, which added only on this stereotype to a note.

5. "All transgender women are queens of drags."

For those who may not be as familiar with the Transgender community, it's easy to assume that all trans women are queens - and vice versa. But it is also incorrect.

A queen of drag is simply a man who takes a female personality while costume or performing, according toThem, a LGBTQIA + publication. Those who choose to dress dragging are not necessarily identified as women when they are not dragging - a distinction that is often not considered.

Trans women, on the other hand, are people born with male genitals but identify themselves as women. They do not put a show by wearing female clothes - they express the sex with which they identify.

6. "Asexual people do not have libido."

Before plunging into this stereotype, it is first important to define what asexuality is. According toAsexual awareness campaign, an asexual person is a person who has no experiencesexual attraction. They can have love relationships with others, but the Asexual people do not feel sexually attracted to their partners. Despite this lack of attraction, some people axuated always have a libido.

"Asexuals with a libido experience that is sometimes called a" unneached sexual reader "," according to the campaign. "Whereas most people perfectly satisfy their libido through the partner sexual activity, for Asexuas with a libido, it is not usually the case because they are not sexually attracted to anyone."

7. "Intersex is just another word for transgender."

As theIntersexual company of North America Stresses, there are clear differences between transgender and be intersex.

Transgender people are those who feel as if they were "born inside the bad body", that is to say that their genitals do not match the sex they think they are. Those which are intersexual, however, are born with a combination of reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not correspond to the typical definition of the male or woman. Thus, while transgender people are traditionally identified as a single sex, intersex people have external and internal qualities of both people at a time.

8. "Lesbians hate men."

With regard to stereotypes, it is rather thin. Just because a lesbian dates from other women, it does not mean that she despises men.

Although people can assume that lesbians did not believe that they need men in their lives, the vast majority of lesbians maintain relationships with many men, friends, colleagues or family members. Just because their sexual orientation does not match yours does not mean that their point of view on men is different.

9. "All gay men are sexual predators or pedophiles."

In recent decades, anti-gay protesters claimed that homosexual men are a great danger to society, citing that sexual predators and pedophiles are more likely to be gay men. According toUniversity of California, DavisThese accusations were only fueled by stories of priests abusing boys in the Catholic Church.

However, as CPU researchers Davis emphasize, men and gay women represent only less than 1% of all molestation cases in which an adult has been identified.

10. "All trans people are mentally ill."

Here is another case where science is firm: some of the largest medical organizations around, including the American Medical Association (WADA) and the Americanny Psychiass Association (APA) - do not consider to transgent a mental disorder. Yes, in the past years, both orgs used "gender identity disorder", but more. Now the terminology is "gender dysphoria".

11. "Members of the LGBTQ community attempt to convert others."

Being a part of the LGBTQ community does not mean that you are looking to bring others on board. First of all, no one can become gay-you are attracted by the same sex, or you are not. And secondly, if a member of the LGBTQ community attempts to educate you about some of these stereotypes, it is only because knowledge helps reduce hatred and ignorance. Now that you have read this post, you are a step further towards this understanding. And while you are on the LGBTQ education train, do not miss these15 sensitating stories that will melt your heart.

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