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Article: Despite political solidarity, gender gap persists between lesbians and gay men
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- September 5, 2005
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DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
AP Worldstream
09-05-2005
Dateline: 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 all-male, while many lesbians have ...