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:Eric Ethington (Author) | June 10, 2012
Needless to say, I was shocked this morning when I opened the paper and saw an article titled “Studies Challenge Widely Held Assumptions About Same Sex Parenting.” The shock shifted to outrage as I actually looked at the study myself and found it glaring with major flaws and bias. Every major and credible study performed [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 7, 2011
The latest research from the Williams Institute at UCLA indicates that there are more than 9,000,000 people in this country who identify as LGBT. The number of people who report having same sex attraction, but don’t identify as LGBT is even higher. Always interesting to see how many people report having same sex attractions, but [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 4, 2011
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have just released an enormous report on the nationwide discrimination status of Transgender citizens. Surveying nearly 6,500 trans-identified individuals in all 50 states, it shows some scary but not surprising statistics. The extensive research reveals that people who identify as Transgender are 4 times more likely to live [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 19, 2011
This morning, Equality Utah delivered the state’s first full and comprehensive report on discrimination against LGBT citizens to every legislator. The report details just how frequent discrimination occurs, how it happens and includes personal stories from citizens. See it below! The report was put together jointly by Equality Utah and the Williams Institute of UCLA. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows that not only the majority of Americans, but also the majority of religious Americans favor a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. So… when is McShame McCain going to catch on? This new poll shows that as of November 2010, 73% of Americans either support or [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 12, 2010
A study done by an online dating service OkCupid measured the sexuality of all 3.2 million users. The study measured the differences between straight and gay people in many different fields including how often they have sex. What did they find? We’re all the same. Tipped by PRIDEinUtah reader Deb Henry Other factors included in [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | May 28, 2010
Well this is just kinda fun. A Dutch research company has completed a study which they say proves that ‘gaydar’ isn’t just a myth or urban legend, but is scientific fact. For the research, 42 gay and straight volunteers were presented with photos of outlines of large squares and rectangles. Each shape was packed with [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | May 26, 2010
Dr. Gary Remafedi of the University of Minnesota has made a career of studying teens. One of his studies was recently used by NARTH on their website and in a letter they sent to parents nationwide, quoting him as saying that teens who think they are homosexual usually become straight again by the time they’re [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.