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The pink pound: "Via Tim comes this report, claiming that gay men earn almost £10,000 a year - 38% - more than straight ones.I find this implausibly large. I suspect the gap is biased upwards because men who are confident enough to tell a market researcher that they are gay are disproportionately likely to be high earners; the causality between confidence and earnings probably runs both ways. There is more rigorous academic evidence on gays' pay here. The researchers have found that gays do indeed earn more than straights - just under 10% more. However, this is because gays are more likely to: work in London; have degrees; and work in large firms. On these counts, they should earn even more than they do - about 10% more, the research estimates.However, all this 'discrimination' is against gay men. Lesbians, they claim, have higher pay than straight women with similar characteristics.Maybe this suggests Tim's fundamental point is right. The 'discrimination' women face is a discrimination against those who have (or  are expected to have) children.  "