Are Autistic People More Likely To Be Gay

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• ARE AUTISTIC PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

ARE AUTISTIC PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

5 tim more likely to intify as bisexual than non-tistic mal, whereas tistic femal are three tim more likely to intify as homosexual than non-tistic femal.

Elizabeth Weir, a PhD ndidate at the Autism Rearch Centre Cambridge, and the lead rearcher of the study, said: “Unrstandg the tersectnal inti of tistic dividuals who are asexual, bisexual, homosexual, or ‘other’ sexualy is key. A higher percentage of tistic people intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) than the general populatn, acrdg to rearch studi.