Some of the most hard-hitting findings deal with education, earnings and wealth. That education, however, doesn't translate into dollar signs for gay men. Data indicate they earn substantially less, something the researchers attribute to two factors. First, there are anti-gay sentiments in a workplace dominated by men in power positions. Second, gay men appear to be less focused on gaining marketable skills than straight males, possibly because they acknowledge they won't have to support a household.
Lesbians fare much better.
The data show that lesbians earn substantially more than married women, single women, and heterosexually partnered women. These women have the freedom to pursue their careers without the constraints of traditional marriages. When researchers looked at geography, they determined the concentration of homosexuals was highest in Ft. Lauderdale, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. San Francisco has a much higher concentration of gays than any other U.S. city.