Sentence examples for straight citizens from inspiring English sources

Beyond Princeton, most straight citizens merely shrugged as gay families celebrated in Iowa and Vermont.

In 2007 the Supreme Court ordered the government to end discrimination against same-sex relationships and to put in place measures to guarantee gay people had the same rights as straight citizens.

The two cases present variations on the same fundamental question: Is there any circumstance in which the state can deny gay people benefits that are granted to straight citizens?

While the LGBT community is benefiting from increasing financial prosperity and legal recognition, many economic challenges hit us harder than they do for straight citizens.

Some 17% of Scotland's non-straight citizens lived in these neighbourhoods, as opposed to 13% of heterosexuals.

"There are an unlimited number of visas available for fiances and married spouses of straight us citizens, but for a gay us citizen there are zero visas available for gay spouses".

Then there's the typical Saturday night combination of gay men and straight senior citizens on Main Avenue belting out lyrics like "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" in front of a busy ice cream parlor -- a cross between an impromptu singalong and an outdoor cabaret.

On the other side of the aisle, Senator Chuck Grassley's Twitter account is famous for going straight to citizens with the latest events of his life, from passing legislation to hitting a deer on the highway.

He doesn't think people like me need marriage rights for our families or the ability to shop, sleep, eat and be cared for everywhere that our straight fellow citizens can.

Under the influence of Murakami, I arrived in Tokyo expecting Barcelona or Paris or Berlin — a cosmopolitan world capital whose straight-talking citizens were fluent not only in English but also in all the nooks and crannies of Western culture: jazz, theater, literature, sitcoms, film noir, opera, rock 'n' roll.

Whether gay or straight, senior citizen proms have proven to be a positive trend that's here to stay.