Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
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- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
* percentage of people who are gay *
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. LGBT stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr.
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AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
Host Michel Mart and Judy Bradford of the Center for Populatn Rearch LGBT Health discs the Instute Of Medice's report fdgs, as well as the LGBT muny's most prevalent health issu. Demographer Gary Gat also jos the nversatn. He is bunkg famo sex rearcher Aled Ksey's claim that 10% of mal the U.S. are gay. He talks about this percentage, the real number of Ameri's LGBT people, and challeng to gatherg accurate data. * percentage of people who are gay *
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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. * percentage of people who are gay *
How many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Amerins are there?
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And so the key on here are HIV and STDs, of urse most proment among gay men and transgenr people.