What Percentage of the Populatn Is Gay?

Contents:

• NEW ZEALAND ADULTS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN
• SHARE OF POPULATN WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL NEW ZEALAND 2018/19 BY AGE
• GAY MEN’S LIV
• TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
• GAY NEW ZEALAND
• WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?

NEW ZEALAND ADULTS WHO INTIFY AS GAY OR LBIAN

012345New Zealand adults who intify as gay or lbianBy genr and age group, year end June 2022, % of adults wh groupProvir: Mistry of Health15-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475+Age groupMenWomen.

This statistic picts the rults of a survey about the share of the populatn who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual New Zealand 2018/2019, by age group. 2012-2022, by generatnMoral stance towards gay or lbian relatns the Uned Stat 2022Moral views on gay or lbian relatns the Uned Stat 2001-2022U. Society was not always so open – until recently many aspects of gay life New Zealand were hidn, and the early 21st century some gay men still ncealed their sexualy.

Still, most gay men nducted their sexual relatnships out of reach of the law, unls they approached an unwillg partner who subsequently laid a plat.

SHARE OF POPULATN WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL NEW ZEALAND 2018/19 BY AGE

It was possible to assemble a social work of sympathetic folk – for stance, the homosexual wrer Jam Courage went mpg wh iends Peel Fort, Canterbury.

The news media beme terted the new homosexual ‘sects’ and ‘circl’, reflectg the works’ creasg size and the growg visibily of bars equented by gay men: the Waemata Auckland, the Royal Oak Wellgton and the Brish Hotel Lyttelton. This was primarily a social group, but 1963 the society’s new legal submtee – the Wolfenn Associatn – argued that male homosexualy should be crimalised. 2 In the 1960s, also, the police creased their efforts to pursue homosexual offenc – cludg by entrapment of men havg sex public toilets.

Male same-sex activy was still illegal durg the 1970s, and a young Graham Unrhill – later a gay activist – watched a gay rights prott march Auckland wh some trepidatn: ‘A small, brave group of people dared to march down Queen Street loudly mandg “gay rights”.

GAY MEN’S LIV

Meanwhile, the Uned Stat, the gay liberatn movement emerged after the Stonewall rts of gay and transgenred people New York Cy 1969.

The lerature of the movement – which brought together gay male and lbian activism – was sexually explic and openly advoted a gay life; different thors promoted gay marriage, mun and non-monogamy. Venu where men uld have gay sex emerged durg the 1970s, succsors to the hotels and public baths appropriated for homoerotic earlier s. Author Peter Wells remembered how the arrival of HIV/AIDS created a public backlash towards the gay muny: ‘Every time you picked up the paper there was a new b of news about how you uld tch .

Although this applied to all forms of provotn, impacted on gay victims sce some killers had claimed their male victim proposned them sexually and ed them to lose ntrol, allowg them to be nvicted on the lser charge of manslghter. The annual Big Gay Out Auckland’s Coyle Park, wh performers, dancg, food stalls, and ocsnal handbag-throwg ntt, is one of the most high-profile gay social events. In the 21st century the larger ci had many anised leisure optns for their gay and lbian cizens, cludg film ftivals, sports teams, garng and trampg groups.

TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS

The social workg se Bro Onle was set up 2008 to provi a fom for takatāpui tāne (gay and bisexual Māori men) to teract wh others around the untry.

The ter also transformed the ways gay men explored their inti, accsed rmatn, met one another and kept touch, New Zealand and overseas. In the 2010s there was no reliable timate of New Zealand’s gay, lbian and bisexual populatn – official statistics on sexual orientatn were not llected for privacy reasons. Gay and lbian rearchers have lobbied for the cln of a sexual orientatn qutn the five-yearly cens, to ga more specific rmatn about gay New Zealanrs.

The most tailed survey of New Zealand’s gay, lbian and bisexual populatn was the 2004 Lavenr Islands project unrtaken by Massey Universy rearchers. While the self-selectg nature of the survey ma unreprentative – most rponnts were highly ted, earned high and were polilly active – provid some sights to the gay muny and a base for further rearch. A 2009 survey of Otago sendary school stunts revealed gay people or issu were rarely discsed class, although librari and guidance uncillors sometim provid relevant books and pamphlets.

GAY NEW ZEALAND

Gay Tourism New Zealand works very closely wh New Zealand's gay and lbian tourism dtry on gay and lbian tourism related issu and supports and endors the dtry's 'Gay/Lbian Friendly' and 'Rabow Tourism Tourism Accredatn' (formally ''Approved Gay/Lbian Friendly' creria) for ma stream tourism operators who have exprsed a mercial and marketg tert beg volved our gay and lbian tourism dtry. Over the last 10 years, New Zealand's gay and lbian tourism dtry has grown om a work of gay and lbian owned homtay's sttered throughout the untry, to a hive work of acmodatn rangg home and farmstay's to luxury lodg supplemented wh a work of boutique hotels to rental r and ach servic. Wh a potential worth of NZ$120-150 ln per annum om ternatnal bound and domtic gay and lbian travel, gay and lbian tourism benefs New Zealand's gay and lbian muny, through vtment, bs opportuni and employment at regnal and natnal level.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?

New Zealand has currently 14 gay and lbian tourism regns throughout the untry, of which there are 8 gay and lbian tourism regns that have good to excellent growth potential over the next 5-10 years, if there is a ncerted effort by both gay and lbian owned and ma stream tourism operators, workg together to build a strong gay and lbian tourism a-stcture wh their regn/s. Gay and Lbian tourism is not about travel and acmodatn to other ternatnal gay and lbian statn/s, vers lol gay and lbian owned domtic travel, acmodatn, tour operators, events, bars/venu/snas, tourism related shops, tourism related products and servic, tourism related media and Inter servic, transport operators, marketg, and attractns. Auckland has the largt gay and lbian populatn New Zealand (41, 255), followed by Wellgton (13, 583), Christchurch (7748), Haton (7144), Duned (1310) and rt of New Zealand (29, 582).

New Zealand's gay and lbian tourism dtry has approximately 80 gay and lbian owned tourism related bs rangg om acmodatn, transport, bars/venu, events, rtrants and shops throughout the untry. New Zealand has a diverse range of activi available om events like Hero Ftival Auckland, The Great Party Weekend Wellgton, to gay and lbian adventure, e tours, skig, to name some of the many opportuni available to the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr visor wishg to see New Zealand's unique bety.

New Zealand is the first ternatnal gay and lbian statn to adopt the 'Approved Gay/Lbian Friendly' - troduced 1998 and tighten the term - beg 'Gay/Lbian Friendly' for straight tourism operators wishg to bee volved New Zealand's gay/lbian tourism dtry.