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

Contents:

• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
• AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
• TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

The worldwi LGBTQ populatn by untry reports timate that approximately eight percent of the world intifi as homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual. It is timated that the younger generatns are more likely to be open about their sexualy, wh Generatn Z beg the most likely to be openly gay, bisexual, or asexual or pansexual.

In 2011, one report dited that approximately 96.5 percent of the populatn was heterosexual, while the remar of the populatn reported, intified as homosexual or asexual. More women than men reported as homosexual, while 19 percent of women reported as said they had at least one same-sex attractn their life.

Back 1948 sex rearcher Aled Ksey famoly suggted that 10 percent of the mal he'd studied were, quote, "more or ls exclively homosexual, " unquote. Also, the Ksey Instute has - which is the legacy of Ksey - has stated very clearly that their view is that this was a kd of a polil cisn of gay activists the '70s.

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

And they took that rather obscure passage om a Ksey book, which was never tend to be an timate of the number of gay people the Uned Stat and kd of adopted for polil purpos.

Increasg numbers of populatn-based surveys the Uned Stat and across the world clu qutns that allow for an timate of the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn. Unrstandg the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn is a cril first step to rmg a host of public policy and rearch topics. In measurg sexual orientatn, lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals may be intified strictly based on their self-inty or may be possible to nsir same-sex sexual behavr or sexual attractn.

AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN

Fdgs shown Figure 1 nsir timat of the percentage of adults who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual across ne surveys nducted wh the past seven years.

While the surveys show a fairly wi variatn the overall percentage of adults who intify as LGB, the proportn who intify as lbian/gay vers bisexual is somewhat more nsistent (see Figure 2).

The Natnal Survey of Fay Growth found rults that were sentially the oppose of the UK survey wh only 38% intifyg as lbian or gay pared to 62% intifyg as bisexual. The Natnal Survey of Sexual Health and Behavr and the Atralian Longudal Study of Health and Relatnships both found a majory of rponnts (55% and 59%, rpectively) intifyg as surveys show even greater nsistency differenc between men and women associated wh lbian/gay vers bisexual inty.

TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS

Wh the surveys, a larger actn of adults report same-sex attractns and behavrs than self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (see Figure 4). Ipsos, a market-rearch pany, surveyed 22, 514 participants 30 untri the Ameris, Europe and Asia Febary and March, and found that 3% intified as lbian or gay, 4% as bisexual, 0. Survey rponnts Generatn Z (born after 1997) were two tim as likely as lennials (born 1981 to 1996) to intify as bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual or asexual, and four tim as likely as those Generatn X (1965 to 1980) or baby boomers (1948 to 1964) survey rults were broken down by geography, rponnts Spa were the most likely (6%) to intify as gay or lbian, while those Brazil and the Netherlands were the most likely to intify as bisexual (both 7%).

Nearly half (47%) of adults say they have a relative, iend or lleague who is lbian or gay, up om 42% 2021, and more than a quarter (26%) say they know someone who is bisexual, an crease of 2 percentage pots om 2021.

The hight visibily for gays, lbians and bisexuals was Brazil, Spa, Chile and New Zealand, while visibily was the lowt Japan, South Korea, Romania and Turkey.