Amerins Still Greatly Overtimate U.S. Gay Populatn

Contents:

• AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
• ‘IT IS NOT A CLOSET. IT IS A CAGE.’ GAY CATHOLIC PRITS SPEAK OUT
• LGBTQ PRI MONTH: OY VEY, WHY ARE SO MANY JEWS GAY?

AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN

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. The rults were nearly intil, wh an average timate that 21% of men and 22% of women were gay.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS 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. 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.

WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?

Overtimatns of the natn's gay populatn may part be due to the group's outsized visibily. 7%) are gay or lbian -- the hight of any key subgroup, and much higher than men's perceptns (17. Among polil partisans, Democrats and pennts timate that about a quarter of Amerins are gay or lbian, while the average approximatn among Republins is a b lower (18.

It is, therefore, possible that Amerins' perceptns of the gay populatn may be fluenced by the greater reprentatn they see among young people.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

Every year, Gallup releas a survey of how many Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. Everyone will be eher gay or trans or nonnformg or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different optns there are.

” The edian Bill Maher said on his show that by 2054, if we follow what he se as the current trajectory, “we will all be gay, ” addg that the rise the number of younger people intifyg as transgenr seemed spic.

Bee of the fluence of Schorr put siarly Natnal Review: “To suggt that social suggtibily uld be playg a role the skyrocketg numbers of young girls’ exprsg their sire to bee mal, for example, is not of urse to say that gay and transgenr people would not exist whout the topics’ beg discsed the public square. ”This fear is based on an unrstandg of genr and sexualy as alarmgly agile, easily undone by a gay teacher or a trans TikTok fluencer.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

And so are homosexualy, bisexualy and beg ’s been an objective crease the number of visible L. This is the first time Amerin history that gay and trans people have been able to live as themselv any real way, wh jobs and marriag and dogs and ts and visibily.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti. No NFL ach had ever publicly e out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual that ma him angry — at himself.

Former San Francis 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers beme the NFL’s first ach to e out as gay 2017.

Acrdg to the article, Maxen ma his cisn to do so last year and reached out for advice om Carl Nassib, who 2021 beme the NFL’s first out gay active player as a member of the Las Vegas was Nassib who put Maxen ntact wh Outsports.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

The “dramatic spike” has seen at least five murrs of LGBTQ people recent weeks, GLAAD wrote a statement about the killg of gay dancer O’Shae Sibley over the weekend a spected hate crime. 24-year-old Akira Ross, who was shot and killed at a Cedar Park, Texas, gas statn by a man who reportedly yelled a homophobic slur at her. Col Smh, a straight, cisgenr man, who was killed fendg an LGBTQ iend beg harassed by a man g homophobic slurs acrdg to The Oregonian.

The teenage spect and several others had emerged om the nvenience store and engaged Sibley g profani and homophobic ephets. It also requir stat and the feral ernment to rpect gay marriag the stat where is the seven years sce the Obergefell cisn, same-sex marriag have bee more mon, but the chang have differed by has the number of same-sex marriag changed over time?

In the years after Massachetts beme the first state to legally regnize same-sex marriage 2004, gay marriage legalizatn efforts picked up other 2011, there were around 168, 000 married same-sex upl the US. Acrdg to Michael Stto of HoopsHype, the Lakers are among several teams who uld potentially have tert Rudy Gay. Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

Perhaps this is a role and avenue that Gay n also provi value like he did for a young Jazz team. While his on-urt productn certaly isn't where ed to be at this stage of his reer, Gay still do posss the reque size and strength to pete.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Standg at 6’8” and sportg a 7’3” wgspan, Gay has the exact type of proportns the Lakers lacked their seri agast the Denver Nuggets particular. The se agast Gay is simple — he would not shore up the Lakers’ glarg need at center. Dpe the limatns and drop-offs that e wh age, there is potentially a role for Gay somewhere the league as he has proved to still be a steady ntributor when given the chance.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

9 pots better than their opponents wh Gay on the floor (1689 posssns) this season acrdg to Cleang the Glass. While remas to be see if that role is found Los Angel for Gay, probably behoov the Lakers to look elsewhere to fill what is an obv need or at least swg for upsi wh a younger player.

‘IT IS NOT A CLOSET. IT IS A CAGE.’ GAY CATHOLIC PRITS SPEAK OUT

Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others. Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.

New HIV fectns cled among gay and bisexual men the last , but HIV ntu to disproportnately affect gay and bisexual men relative to other muni the U.

Progrs rcg new HIV fectns among gay and bisexual men has also not been equal, wh differenc by race, ethnicy, and age. Factors that fluence health out—cludg HIV-related stigma, homophobia, racism, discrimatn, poverty, limed accs to high-qualy health re, and other longstandg barriers—have ntributed to the unequal reach of HIV preventn and treatment; higher levels of HIV some muni; and ntued equi. Addnally, 2020, 49% fewer HIV tts were admistered among gay and bisexual men non-healthre settgs than 2019.

LGBTQ PRI MONTH: OY VEY, WHY ARE SO MANY JEWS GAY?

Wh effective preventn and treatment tools at our disposal, the natn has a s--the-makg opportuny to end the domtic HIV epimic and elimate dispari HIV preventn and re among gay and bisexual men and other populatns disproportnately affected by HIV.

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.