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.
Contents:
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
Disver all facts and statistics on Homosexualy (gays and lbians) the U.S. on ! * gay numbers *
Adults intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, acrdg to a HRC analysis of ernment data.
S., reprentg 4 percent of the LGBTQ+ populatn, while gay and lbian adults reprent 3 percent of the populatn.
Intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, acrdg to a new analysis of ernment data, reprentg nearly 8 percent of the natn’s total adult populatn. Gay and lbian adults acunted for 3 percent. Moral stance towards gay or lbian relatns the Uned Stat 2022.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
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 numbers *
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.
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?
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * gay numbers *
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.
The rults were nearly intil, wh an average timate that 21% of men and 22% of women were gay.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
The percentage of Amerin adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr creased to 4.5% 2017 om 4.1% 2016 and 3.5% 2012. * gay numbers *
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. 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. Gay Populatn. 7%) are gay or lbian -- the hight of any key subgroup, and much higher than men's perceptns (17.