| Alistar |
| I read once that there is a very high percentage of gays among vegans. How true is this? And it was specifically emphasized VEGANS not vegetarians. |
| bojster |
| I know one vegetarian gay, one omnivore gay and quite a few straight vegans. So I can't confirm nor dement what you heard. However, I think it might be connected to the fact that vegans are usually more open-minded. Ah, actually there are a few les vegans I know... also feminists obviously. I'm confused. |
| Dodic |
| Jesus!!! I searched "vegan talk" in google. First site is vegtalk.org the second one is some gay website. :o |
| VeganMatt |
| Hi everybody. I'm new here to VegTalk, and a new vegan as well. Yes, you guessed right, I am also gay.............and very proud of it. I would love to see more gay friendly vegans come out, our voices are always easier to hear when there is more than 1. Matt :D |
| Backwood |
Hey Matt.. being open minded is a great thing. But it would be better if you were Bisexual rather than Gay:) Otherwise vegans will become extinct... :D and that is actually sad, after so much effort :( Cheers! |
| BigBecka |
| There's a myth/legend/rumour over here that there are high levels of oestrogen / progesterone in some soy and tofu, because it is grown in areas where many of the women use the contraceptive pill and the soy absorbs the extra hormones... I have no idea how true this is, or what percentage of tofu / areas of the world are affected! Soy is a phytoestrogen, and some reports suggest it can mimick the birth control pill. I'm struggling to find any unbiased information! This is attributed to rising infertility levels in men. It used to be thought that some men may be gay because of a hormone imbalance - at one point gay men were actually given testosterone injections! This appears to have been disproved, but, if vegan men tend to eat more soy, may explain why people believe there is a link between being vegan and being gay? More info here :downtown: As an aside, it is now thought that a foetus may become homosexual depending on the hormones it is exposed to in the womb. So maybe having a vegan mother could make you gay? :dontknow: Or maybe gay men are just more open to being vegan, instead of eating lots of butch, manly steak to impress their mates? Or maybe vegan men are more open to being gay? The only other vegan girls I know (outside this forum) are lesbians - all the straight ones seem to live off low-fat ham :roll: [goes to have a lie down in a dark room] :confused5: |
| AndyBa |
| I don't think there is a relation. I don't personally know any vegan man that is gay. And I know some lesbians that aren't at all vegetarian. If there is anything common, its vegans and gays are used to going against the majority. |
| BigBecka |
Should have added: Being gay does not seem to be commonplace in vegan / soy-eating parts of the world. :wink:
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