Gay Men: Toned. Gay Women: Fat. Why?

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Hmmmm. Who'd a thunk it?

Uncle Sam has been giving the National Institutes of Health millions of dollars to study how sexual minorities grapple with weight — “Why Lesbians Are Fat,” in blunt language — and the Washington Free Beacon’s Elizabeth Harrington has been tracking the project’s ballooning budget, from $1.5 million to $2.2 million to, as of her report Friday, $2.87 million.

What have taxpayers gotten for their money? A handful of research papers delivering some small insights into homosexual health.

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Gay and lesbian kids were up to 76 percent less likely than straight youth to play on a sports team, one paper reported, due largely to issues with “gender nonconformity and athletic self-esteem.”

Another paper broke down a huge difference between gay men and lesbians: Gay men tend to think they’re fat when they’re not, while lesbians have the opposite problem.

“Compared with exclusively heterosexual males, heterosexual males with prior same-sex partners and bisexual males were more likely to self-perceive as overweight despite being of healthy weight or underweight,” the study found. “Compared with exclusively heterosexual females, lesbians and bisexual females were more likely to self-perceive as being of healthy weight or underweight despite being overweight or obese.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/31/lesbians-tend-to-be-obese-gay-men-tend-to-be-toned-the-feds-have-paid-close-to-3-million-trying-to-figure-out-why/

Edited August 31, 2014 by ExExpat

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What a waste of taxpayer money. For the zillionith time, people are fat simply because:

1) they eat too much, and/or

2) they exercise too little.

Sexual orientation is irrelevant. They could've paid me a few hundred thousand to come up with this study, and saved millions.