Do gay people REALLY have 20,000 sexual partners? A former UKIP puty lear thks so - Mirror Onle

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• DO GAY PEOPLE REALLY HAVE 20,000 SEXUAL PARTNERS? A FORMER UKIP PUTY LEAR THKS SO
• ARE YOU STRAIGHT, GAY, OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN?

DO GAY PEOPLE REALLY HAVE 20,000 SEXUAL PARTNERS? A FORMER UKIP PUTY LEAR THKS SO

We checked the facts after the former science advisor to Margaret Thatcher gave out this startlg stat about LGBTQ peopleLord Christopher Monckton, the former puty lear of UKIP, has claimed that gay men have up to 20, 000 sexual partners their sexually active lifetime. He wonred how gay men "have time for anythg else".

Yeah, curse those lazy gays not dog anythg except havg lots of sex.

No, obvly gay people don't have 20, 000 sexual partners Firstly, that's ridiculo. ) to see how much sex and how many sexual partners gay men have. OK Cupid found that: 45% of gay people have had 5 or fewer sexual partners, pared to 44% for straights 98% of gay people have had 20 or fewer sexual partners, pared to 99% for straights% who reported havg fewer than 20 sexual partners.

ARE YOU STRAIGHT, GAY, OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN?

So, whereas 1% of of straight people have more than 20 sexual partners, 2% of gay people do. But 's the bt we have, as there's such a lack of reputable rearch to gay men and the number of sexual partners they have.

From this, 's highly unlikely, as Monckton claimed, that most gay people have between 500-1, 000 sexual partners their lifetime, let alone that some of them h 200, 000. Do most gay people have 20, 000 sexual partners?