Table 8.

Examples where the writer attributes high and low agency toward LGBTQ groups, according to the Connotation Frames lexicon for agency.

Agency	Text	SVO	Year
High	Within the close-knit world of professional childbearers, many of whom share their joys and disillusionments online and in support groups, gay couples have developed a reputation as especially grateful clients…	S: gay couples V: developed O: a reputation	2005
High	Tonight, the gay rights group Stonewall Democrats will endorse a candidate for A.G. It's a relatively big prize in the four-man Democratic primary, given that liberal city voters will have relatively serious sway…	S: the gay rights group V: endorse O: a candidate	2006
Low	Nigeria's gay men and lesbians regularly face harassment and arrest, gay activists here say. The criminal code bans acts “against the order of nature,” and imposes sentences of up to 14 years for those convicted…	S: gay men V: face O: harassment	2005
Low	Much of the debate among military and civilian officials is now focusing on some version of an approach called “don't ask, don't tell.” (…) But under the “don't tell” element, there would be restrictions on the extent to which homosexuals could acknowledge their homosexuality.	S: homosexuals V: acknowledge O: their homosexuality	1993

The relevant subject, verb, and object are shown in bold.