Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Contents:
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
* gay percentage of males *
Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual. Explore Gallup qutns and trends about gay and lbian rights on Gallup's Topics A-Z page.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
U.S. adults timate that nearly one four Amerins (23.6%) are gay or lbian. Gallup has prevly found that Amerins have greatly overtimated the U.S. gay populatn. * gay percentage of males *
Moral stance towards gay or lbian relatns the Uned Stat 2022.
Moral views on gay or lbian relatns the Uned Stat 2001-2022.
Victims of anti-homosexualy hate crim U. 6% of Amerins are gay or lbian.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
In his 1948 book, Sexual Behavr the Human Male, Aled Ksey shocked the world by announcg that 10% of the male populatn is gay. A 1993 Jan Report timated that ne percent of men and five percent of women had more than "ocsnal" homosexual relatnships. To some people, homosexualy is a matter of perceptn and fn. Furthermore, many people have trouble admtg their homosexualy to themselv, much ls to a rearcher. But when Gallup asked Amerins for their bt timate of the Amerin gay and lbian populatn, the rults ma all the figur mentned look nservative. * gay percentage of males *
Women, young adults have the hight timatns of gay populatn.
6%) are gay or lbian.
Gay populatn, rerdg siar average timat of 24. Amerins' Estimatns of the Percentage of Gay People the U. Jt your bt gus, what percent of Amerins today would you say are gay or lbian?
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Host Michel Mart and Judy Bradford of the Center for Populatn Rearch LGBT Health discs the Instute Of Medice's report fdgs, as well as the LGBT muny's most prevalent health issu. Demographer Gary Gat also jos the nversatn. He is bunkg famo sex rearcher Aled Ksey's claim that 10% of mal the U.S. are gay. He talks about this percentage, the real number of Ameri's LGBT people, and challeng to gatherg accurate data. * gay percentage of males *
Amerins' timate of the proportn of gay people the U. 5% of Amerins are LGBT, based on rponnts' self-intifitn as beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
In 2002, Gallup asked Amerins to timate the proportn of men and women who are gay or lbian, rpectively.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gay percentage of males *
The rults were nearly intil, wh an average timate that 21% of men and 22% of women were gay. As Gallup poted out s ial timate of the entire LGBT populatn 2012, "Exactly who mak up the LGBT muny and how this group should be measured is a subject of some bate, " and "there are a number of ways to measure lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatn, and transgenr stat. " Th, Gallup's methodology is not the only way to timate the percentage of the populatn that is gay or lbian.
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay percentage of males *
Still, all available timat of the actual gay and lbian populatn the U.
Are far lower than what the public timat, and no measurement procre has produced any figur suggtg that more than one out of five Amerins are gay or lbian.
Overtimatns of the natn's gay populatn may part be due to the group's outsized visibily.