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Article: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN DEAL WITH GENDER GAP LEADERS SAY DIFFERENCES HAVE NARROWED SINCE THE 1960S AND 1970S.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2005
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Byline: DAVID CRARY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO -- Although they campaign arm-in-arm for gay rights, lesbians and gay men don't always march in step.
With bemusement and at times frustration, they acknowledge a lingering gender gap in how they live, socialize and perceive each other.
The two groups each grapple with real differences, and with stereotypes of themselves and the other sex: that gay men are the party-goers, flashy and promiscuous; that lesbians are the relatively dull homebodies -- "soccer moms," in the words of one activist.
In San Francisco and New York, nightclubs in the main gay districts tend to be virtually ...