A brief history of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr social movements

Contents:

• GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

GAY LONDON, LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND EVENTS

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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For lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people, realizg their sexual orientatn or genr inty and sharg that rmatn wh fay and iends is often a gradual procs that n unfold over a seri of years. A majory of employed LGBT adults say their workplac are acceptg of people who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. And some 54% say all or most of the important people their life know that they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

Lbians and gay men are more likely than bisexuals to have told at least one close iend about their sexual orientatn (96% of gay men and 94% of lbians, pared wh 79% of bisexuals). And they are much more likely to say that most of the people who are important to them know about this aspect of their life: 77% of gay men and 71% of lbians say all or most people know, pared wh 28% of bisexuals.

Among all LGBT adults, those wh a llege gree are more likely than those who have not graduated om llege to say all or most of the important people their life know they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (64% vs.

Lbian, gay and bisexual survey rponnts were asked how old they were when they first felt they might be somethg other than straight or heterosexual.

Among gay men, about four--ten (38%) say they were younger than 10 when they first felt they were not heterosexual.

The vast majory of lbians, gay men and bisexuals say they were their teens or younger when they first started to feel they might not be straight. Gay men are the least likely to report first havg the feelgs their twenti or beyond: 3% say they were 20 or olr, pared wh 14% of lbians and 15% of bisexuals.

15 Among LGBT adults who say they know for sure that they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (92%), 17 is the median age at which they say they knew. One--five say they knew for sure they were lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr when they were their twenti, and 8% say wasn’t until they were 30 or olr. The next step the procs for many people is tellg a close iend or fay member that you are or might be lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

Some 4% of gay men and 5% of lbians say the fact that their sexual orientatn has not e up wh close iends or fay members. 16 The median age at which gay men and lbians younger than 30 say they first told a close iend or fay member is 17.

Among gay men and lbians unr age 30, 24% say they first told a iend or fay member that they were gay or lbian before the age of 15. Fully two-thirds of gay men and lbians unr age 30 say they shared their sexual orientatn wh a iend or fay member before they were 20 years old.