The ‘Global Closet’ is Huge—Vast Majory of World’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Populatn Hi Orientatn, YSPH Study Fds < Yale School of Medice

Contents:

• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
• THE ‘GLOBAL CLOSET’ IS HUGE—VAST MAJORY OF WORLD’S LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL POPULATN HI ORIENTATN, YSPH STUDY FDS
• AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN

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.

THE ‘GLOBAL CLOSET’ IS HUGE—VAST MAJORY OF WORLD’S LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL POPULATN HI ORIENTATN, YSPH STUDY FDS

Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Baby Boomers are the least likely to report or intify as openly gay. 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.

By 2020, a separate study found that 7.1 percent of the populatn intified as gay, and the remar intified as heterosexual. Of those that do intify as LGBTQ, over 50 percent of them are bisexual and 24 percent are gay, while 11 percent are lbian. Canada’s Gay Populatn.

AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN

In Canada, 1988, only one percent of the populatn would adm that they were gay.