# Are there any (many) out gay little people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-many-out-gay-little-people/482587 "2009-01-23T04:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-many-out-gay-little-people/482587/21 "2009-01-25T02:49:50Z")
Baker writes: \> Why do you think there is a stigma attached to being a little person? You’re asking what rational explanation there is for prejudice against short people? Since when does rationality have anything to do with anything? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-many-out-gay-little-people/482587/22 "2009-01-25T03:00:37Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > No, but I just didn’t get it because you just said “mom and dad.” I didn’t realize that the kid was along, too. I said that because the ex and always left the kiddies in the trunk (of the car) while we dined out. But then the server wouldn’t have said “and 1/2”. Okay, I give up. Shudda said “with our kiddies”. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-many-out-gay-little-people/482587/23 "2009-01-25T21:33:07Z")
There certainly are more clear ways to ask but I always interpreted the “Two and a half?” questions as asking if a high chair was needed. If you say yes they bring the special chair, if you respond with “No, three” they assume the child prefers a normal chair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-many-out-gay-little-people/482587.md?page=1)