In his 1948 book, Sexual Behavr the Human Male, Aled Ksey shocked the world by announcg that 10% of the male populatn is gay. A 1993 Jan Report timated that ne percent of men and five percent of women had more than "ocsnal" homosexual relatnships. To some people, homosexualy is a matter of perceptn and fn. Furthermore, many people have trouble admtg their homosexualy to themselv, much ls to a rearcher. But when Gallup asked Amerins for their bt timate of the Amerin gay and lbian populatn, the rults ma all the figur mentned look nservative.
Contents:
- WHAT PERCENT OF THE POPULATN IS GAY? MORE THAN YOU THK
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
- IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
WHAT PERCENT OF THE POPULATN IS GAY? MORE THAN YOU THK
Disver all facts and statistics on Homosexualy (gays and lbians) the U.S. on ! * what ratio of people are gay *
Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
* what ratio of people are gay *
Explore Gallup qutns and trends about gay and lbian rights on Gallup's Topics A-Z page. Adults timate that 23.6% of Amerins are gay or lbian. Women, young adults have the hight timatns of gay populatn.
Adults timate that nearly one four Amerins (23.6%) are gay or lbian. Gay populatn, rerdg siar average timat of 24.6% 2011 and 23.2% 2015.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
Amerins' Estimatns of the Percentage of Gay People the U.S. Jt your bt gus, what percent of Amerins today would you say are gay or lbian?
Amerins' timate of the proportn of gay people the U.S. Is more than five tim Gallup's more enpassg 2017 timate that 4.5% of Amerins are LGBT, based on rponnts' self-intifitn as beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
In 2002, Gallup asked Amerins to timate the proportn of men and women who are gay or lbian, rpectively. The rults were nearly intil, wh an average timate that 21% of men and 22% of women were gay. As Gallup poted out s ial timate of the entire LGBT populatn 2012, "Exactly who mak up the LGBT muny and how this group should be measured is a subject of some bate," and "there are a number of ways to measure lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatn, and transgenr stat.
Sexual orientatn n be asssed by measurg inty as well as sexual behavrs and attractns." Th, Gallup's methodology is not the only way to timate the percentage of the populatn that is gay or lbian. Still, all available timat of the actual gay and lbian populatn the U.S. Are far lower than what the public timat, and no measurement procre has produced any figur suggtg that more than one out of five Amerins are gay or lbian.