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.
Contents:
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- MAJORY WORLDWI NOW SAY THEIR AREA IS GOOD FOR GAY PEOPLE
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
* what percent of the world is gay *
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. Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Baby Boomers are the least likely to report or intify as openly gay.
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. 1 percent of the populatn intified as gay, and the remar intified as heterosexual.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
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. * what percent of the world is gay *
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.
In Canada, 1988, only one percent of the populatn would adm that they were gay.
By 2012, five percent of the populatn were intifyg as gay, lbian, transgenr, or bisexual. The age group most likely to say they were gay or bisexual was the age group of 18-34. In 2016, a study or poll on women alone dited that eight percent were gay.
AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
In a global survey nducted 2023, three percent of rponnts clared to be homosexual, gay, or lbian. * what percent of the world is gay *
Israel’s Higher Gay Populatn.
MAJORY WORLDWI NOW SAY THEIR AREA IS GOOD FOR GAY PEOPLE
Compared to many untri, cludg Canada, Israel has a higher than average gay populatn when parg LGBTQ populatn by untry.