Is 10% of the populatn really gay? | Sexualy | The Guardian

Contents:

• NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020
• NEARLY HALF OF GAY, BI MEN UK SEXUALLY ASSLTED, SURVEY FDS
• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020

Only half of lbian, gay and bi people (46 per cent) and trans people (47 per cent) feel able to be open about their sexual orientatn or genr inty to everyone their fay. Three ten bi men (30 per cent) and almost one ten bi women (8 per cent), say they nnot be open about their sexual orientatn wh any of their iends, pared to two per cent of gay men and one per cent of lbians. A third of lbian, gay and bi people of fah (32 per cent), and one four trans people of fah (25 per cent), aren’t open wh anyone their fah muny about their inty.

Almost two five bi people (38%) aren’t out to anyone at work about their sexual orientatn, pared to seven per cent of gay men and four per cent of lbians. More than a third of trans stunts (36%) and seven per cent of lbian, gay and bi stunts who aren’t trans faced negative ments or nduct om universy staff bee they’re LGBT.

Half of LGBT pupils hear homophobic slurs 'equently' or 'often' at school. Seven ten LGBT pupils report that their school says that homophobic and biphobic bullyg is wrong, up om half 2012 and a quarter 2007. Almost ne ten sendary school teachers (86%) and almost half of primary school teachers (45%) say that pupils their schools have experienced homophobic bullyg.

NEARLY HALF OF GAY, BI MEN UK SEXUALLY ASSLTED, SURVEY FDS

Almost all teachers – 96% sendary schools and 91% primary schools – who have addrsed lbian, gay or bisexual issu or different fai received no plats om parents for dog so. Seven 10 football fans who've attend a match have heard or wnsed homophobia on the terrac. Three five fans believe anti-gay abe om fans dissuas gay profsnal players om g out.

Over half of football fans thk the Football Associatn, the Premier League and the Football League are not dog enough to tackle anti-gay abe. 17 per cent of lbian, gay, bi and trans people have experienced and 49 per cent have wnsed homophobia or transphobia sport. 66 per cent of lbian, gay, bi and trans people felt that there were problems wh homophobia and transphobia sport and that this acted as a barrier to LGBT people takg part.

3 ln people England and Wal intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, cens data has revealed for the first people aged 16 and over, more than 1. 6 was circulated, the ernment said the rmatn would provi evince about equali to tackle discrimatn and improve cisns ma about health re, tn, employment, hog and social servic for lbian, gay and bisexual people. 7%) of people intifyg as "LGB+", - lbian, gay, bisexual or any non-heterosexual sexual of the other lol thori the top 10 were Wal, Cardiff was the lol thory wh the biggt LGB+ populatn (5.

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

Smaller surveys have dited that ls than 2% of the populatn of England and Wal currently intify as lbian or gay.

0%) chose not to disclose their genr who did answer were able to select om optns cludg heterosexual, gay, lbian and bisexual.

However, prev surveys found 16-24-year-olds are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, and recent years there has been a small gradual cle the number of people intifyg as exclively straight.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

Statistician’s ment“People their late teens and early twenti are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than olr age groups. 2 ln people) intified themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2018; this is prised of 1. Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018.