20 Interesting Facts About Gay

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1. Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they felt gay
2. The Q in Q-tips stands for quality. They were initially called Baby Gays
3. The Enola Gay was named after the pilot's mother, Enola Gay Tibbets
4. While he was held captive by the US Marines, Saddam Hussein was forced to watch the south Park movie over and over again. In the film, he's Satan's gay boyfriend
5. In Russia, it's illegal to tell children that gay people exist.
6. until the 5th century, the word "girl" referred to a child of either sex. Male babies were called "Knave girls" and females were called "Gay girls"
7. Despite the strong intolerance for gays in the country, Pakistan leads the world in searches for Gay porn n Google
8. Between 8% and 10% of domestic sheep are gay.
9. Gay men blink more than straight men and lesbians blink less than straight women.
10. In the 1980s, when the Navy first heard the slang term "Friends of Dorothy" used by gay men to privately identify one another, they launched a massive witch hunt for a woman named Dorothy, who they believed was running an underground gay military operation.
11. The more older brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay when he grows up - A phenomenon known as the "Fraternal Birth Order Effect." No such connection has been found in women.
12. Gay men incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps during World War II were forced back into prison at the end of the war
13. Seattle's first openly gay bar, "Shelly's Leg," was created with settlement money after Shelly, a 1970s dancer, lost her leg in a glitter cannon accident
14. The U.S. had a gay First Lady from 1885 to 1886. Rose Cleveland, Grover Cleveland's youngest sister, was acting US First Lady before Grover married in 1886. She was in a relationship with a wealthy widow, Evangeline Marrs Simpson.
15. Research conducted by Subaru in the 1990s found that their cars were surprisingly popular among lesbians, prompting them to develop campaigns that subtly, but specifically targeted that core group. This helped gay and lesbian advertising become more mainstream.
16. According to American Psychology Association, there is a gene that turns people gay and lesbian and it's not a matter of choice.
17. A study finds that women trust dating advice from gay male friends more than from straight men because gay men have fewer ulterior motives.
18. Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian, and bisexual kids.
19. The average American thinks a quarter of the country is gay or lesbian when in reality, the number is approximately 4%.
20. The world's oldest living animal in captivity is a 187-year-old gay tortoise named Jonathan.