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PAGE 10 ▼ Q-Notes T December 12, 1998 New study debunks myth of gay/lesbian wealth •/ Cnrit mieH frni by Tracey Conaty Special to Q-Notes WASHINGTON, DC—A new study re leased December 3 resoundingly debunks widely held beliefs about the economic status of gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) people. Con trary to what has become the conventional wis dom on the subject, GLB people do not earn more than heterosexual people. In fact, they may even earn less. “Income Inflation: The Myth of Affluence Among Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Americans” was released by the Policy Institute of the National Gay and lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies (IGLSS). The report was authored by M.V. Lee Badgett, PhD and professor of economics at the University of Mas sachusetts at Amherst and executive director of IGLSS. “Income Inflation” is a startling study of the economic status of a frequently stereotyped population of Americans. Badgett explores the pervasive and inaccurate notion that GLB people form an economic elite, insulated from discrimination by their wealth and discon nected from society at large by special, privi leged status. After examining data from seven "... gay, lesbian and bisexual people do not earn more than heterosexual people. different surveys, she finds that none support this stereotype. “The evidence from many different scien tifically sound"data sources points to the same clear conclusion: gay, lesbian and bisexual people do not earn more than heterosexual people, either as individuals or as couples,” re ported Badgett. “Some GLB people are poor, some are rich, and most are in the middle, just as heterosexual people are. Now that we have credible data, we can stop relying on flawed studies that were designed to find high income gay people.” Right-wing organizations and individuals perpetuate and regularly exploit the myth of gay wealth to bolster their attacks against the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender commu nity. The myth is so pervasive and accepted that even Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in jected it into the dissenting opinion in the Colorado Amendment Two case. “We have long known that the myth of gay wealth is just that — a myth,” said Urvashi Vaid, director of NGLTF’s Policy Institute. “Income Inflation” shines the light of truth on yet an other of the Rights distortion of the facts,” added Vaid. T Continued from page 6 cine to provoke cell-mediated immunity and strain-specific monoclonal antibodies (HIV immune globulin) to kill free virus. (Vaccine- based-only treatment for HIV was proposed by the late Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vac cine, and attempted by Daniel Zagury of France and by Robert Redfield at Johns Hopkins.) As of today, there has still been no clinical trial of a vaccine/HIVIG treatment targeted against specific strains of HIV. Recent observation of HIV rebound after initial viral suppression by combination pro tease-inhibitor therapy now forces consider ation of other options. Time is fleeting. The hour has come for large-scale clinical trials of strain-specific, immune-based therapy against HIV.T — Gary James Minter Research Triangle Park, NC [ The views expressed in this letter are those of the writer and do not reflect the views!opinions of his employer nor any other entity r:ne mxsQueRADe Competition Promotes Creativity "Corpe Noctum" SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRiDAY . SATURDAY DEC. 1998 Open every evening from 8:00pm to 2:45am. 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