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4 unusual facts about heterosexuality


Heterosexuality

The term "heterosexual" was first published in 1892 in C.G. Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis".

I Love You Baby

When he awakens the next day, he is no longer in love with Daniel and has even seemingly become straight.

Nathan Christoffersen

In published obituaries, Christoffersen's family made no mention of his sexual orientation and requested that donations in his honor be made to New Creation Ministry, a church solely devoted to the ex-gay movement — a movement which promotes attempts to change the sexual orientation of gay people to straight, in a Christian context.

The Ignorant Fairies

Although she's initially devastated by the news and hostile toward Michele, she soon develops a friendship with him and his and Massimo's circle of gay, transgender, and straight friends, among whom are a Turkish immigrant, a playwright and a boutique owner.


Jane's World

Based on cartoonist Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine, this character appears only occasionally as a breast-obsessed, straight male.

Jody Trautwein

Trautwein was featured in the 2009 film Brüno, where he attempted to convert Sacha Baron Cohen's flamboyantly gay character to heterosexuality through conversion therapy.

Lizzy the Lezzy

Lizzy also has friends called Kate the Straight, Nic the Bi-Chick Danny the Tranny and Stan the Macho Man, and these characters all appear in a book written and produced by Selwyn entitled "Lizzy the Lezzy Gets Laid".

Mary Cheney

In 2004, public attention focused again on Cheney's sexuality when the Bush administration supported the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would limit marriage to heterosexual couples and also ban civil unions and domestic partnership benefits.

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon

The documentary also features his transitioning to roles such as straight porn star, his romantic relationship with and later marriage to singer Margaret Whiting, his activism in supporting and promoting AIDS charities and his later career as a theatrical producer and director.


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