From Ian Dale\’s survey of sexuality in politics:
All this does seem to prove that political parties do attract more gay people, proportionately, than other areas of society. This is especially true among activists, I think. One or two people in previous threads have had a go at explaining this phenomenon, but I don\’ think any of them have done so very successfully.
Easy peasy.
Politics is showbusiness for ugly people. Showbusiness has a similarly high rate of gayers.
All that\’s left is to work out whether Iain actually tried on the stage or had enough self-knowledge to know that politics it was going to have to be.
🙂
I thought because you have to be a kiss-arse to climb the greasy-pole being gay gives you a natural advantage;)
I would have thought one of the reasons is the relative absence of kids, something which otherwise dissuades a lot of heteros from entering what must be one of the most family unfriendly of occupations. Travel, lack of privacy, 24/7 availability, publicity etc.
I know – gay people do have kids but I would think not in nearly the numbers of us breeders.
Close to the wind, Tim. I didn’t get away with it – maybe you will.