&gt; Someone&#x27;s sexual orientation has no weight on the values system that he&#x2F;she would subscribe (...)<p>They _may_ have no weight, indeed, as your anecdote illustrates.<p>People tend to empathize more with people they have something in common with (some research suggests [0][1]), so I think many of us would certainly have a mindset affected by our minority-held sexual orientation, in matters where our sexual orientation actually plays a role (security being one of the more obvious cases).<p>[0]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;psp.sagepub.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;36&#x2F;3&#x2F;398" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;psp.sagepub.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;36&#x2F;3&#x2F;398</a>
[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journals.cambridge.org&#x2F;action&#x2F;displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=9937726&amp;fileId=S1838095615000062" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journals.cambridge.org&#x2F;action&#x2F;displayAbstract?fromPag...</a>