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:
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- WHAT PERCENT OF THE POPULATN IS GAY? MORE THAN YOU THK
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- MAJORY WORLDWI NOW SAY THEIR AREA IS GOOD FOR GAY PEOPLE
- HOMOSEXUALY AS POPULATN CONTROL? WHY GAYS & LBIANS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE BALANCE OF NATURE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
The top 13 untri wh the biggt gay populatns are surprisgly very rarely the list of untri where gay marriage is legal. Click to skip ahead and jump to the top 5 untri wh the biggt gay populatns. The gay populatns has e a long way om beg persecuted for simply existg across the world, […] * world gay population 2013 *
As the Uned Stat and other untri grapple wh the issue of same-sex marriage, a new Pew Rearch Center survey fds huge variance by regn on the broar qutn of whether homosexualy should be accepted or rejected by society. The survey of publics 39 untri fds broad acceptance of homosexualy North Ameri, the European Unn, and much of Lat Ameri, but equally wispread rejectn predomantly Mlim natns and Ai, as well as parts of Asia and Rsia. Attus about homosexualy have been fairly stable recent years, except South Korea, the Uned Stat and Canada, where the percentage sayg homosexualy should be accepted by society has grown by at least ten percentage pots sce 2007.
In Argenta, the first untry the regn to legalize gay marriage 2010, about three-quarters (74%) say homosexualy should be accepted, as do clear majori Chile (68%), Mexi (61%) and Brazil (60%); about half of Venezuelans (51%) also exprs acceptance. In the Asia/Pacific regn, where views of homosexualy are mostly negative, more than seven--ten Atralia (79%) and the Philipp (73%) say homosexualy should be accepted by society; 54% Japan agree. Even South Ai where, unlike many other Ain untri, homosexual acts are legal and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn is unnstutnal, 61% say homosexualy should not be accepted by society, while jt 32% say should be accepted.
WHAT PERCENT OF THE POPULATN IS GAY? MORE THAN YOU THK
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. * world gay population 2013 *
Overwhelmg majori the predomantly Mlim untri surveyed also say homosexualy should be rejected, cludg 97% Jordan, 95% Egypt, 94% Tunisia, 93% the Paltian terrori, 93% Indonia, 87% Pakistan, 86% Malaysia, 80% Lebanon and 78% Turkey. 2 There is far ls acceptance of homosexualy untri where relign is central to people’s liv – measured by whether they nsir relign to be very important, whether they believe is necsary to believe God orr to be moral, and whether they pray at least once a day.
In Israel, where views of homosexualy are mixed, secular Jews are more than twice as likely as those who scribe themselv as tradnal, relig or ultra-Orthodox to say homosexualy should be accepted (61% vs. In Japan, Venezuela and Greece, where about six--ten women say homosexualy should be accepted (61% Japan and 59% Venezuela and Greece), fewer than half of men share this view (47%, 44% and 47%, rpectively). In the EU, solid majori across age groups Bra, France, Germany, Spa, Italy and the Czech Republic exprs posive views of homosexualy, although Italians and Czechs ag 50 and olr are nsirably ls likely than younger people the untri to say homosexualy should be accepted.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
An overwhelmg share of Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults (92%) say society has bee more acceptg of them the past * world gay population 2013 *
In Greece, where acceptance of homosexualy is not as prevalent as most of the EU untri surveyed, majori of 18-29 year-olds (66%) and 30-49 year-olds (62%) say homosexualy should be accepted by society; far fewer Greeks ag 50 and olr (40%) share this view. S., Canada, Argenta, Bolivia and Chile are also ls likely than those the two younger age groups to say homosexualy should be accepted by society, although at least half of those 50 and olr all but Bolivia are acceptg, cludg 75% Canada. Mexins and Che ag 18-29 are more likely than those each of the other two age groups to offer posive views of homosexualy, but there is no signifint difference between the views of 30-49 year-olds and those 50 or olr.
And Rsia, El Salvador and Venezuela, those younger than 30 are more tolerant of homosexualy than are those ag 50 and olr, while the views of those ag 30-49 do not vary nsirably om those the youngt and olst groups.
Across the predomantly Mlim untri surveyed, as well as the six sub-Saharan untri, solid majori across age groups share the view that homosexualy should be rejected by society. In Lebanon, however, there is somewhat more acceptance among younger rponnts; 27% of Lebane younger than 30 say homosexualy should be accepted, pared wh 17% of 30-49 year-olds and 10% of those 50 or olr. 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.
TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
For the first time Gallup World Poll's trend datg back to 2006, a majory of people (52%) worldwi say their cy or area is a "good place" for gay or lbian people to live. * world gay population 2013 *
Increasg numbers of populatn-based surveys the Uned Stat and across the world clu qutns that allow for an timate of the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn. In measurg sexual orientatn, lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals may be intified strictly based on their self-inty or may be possible to nsir same-sex sexual behavr or sexual attractn. While the surveys show a fairly wi variatn the overall percentage of adults who intify as LGB, the proportn who intify as lbian/gay vers bisexual is somewhat more nsistent (see Figure 2).
The Natnal Survey of Sexual Health and Behavr and the Atralian Longudal Study of Health and Relatnships both found a majory of rponnts (55% and 59%, rpectively) intifyg as surveys show even greater nsistency differenc between men and women associated wh lbian/gay vers bisexual inty. The most important takeaway isn’t a fal tally of the gay people society, but, rather, an unrstandg of the ways which surveys and other existg attempts to measure such thgs might be slightly misleadg. “The rults show non-heterosexualy and anti-gay sentiment are substantially unrtimated existg surveys, and the privacy afford by current bt practic is not always sufficient to elimate bias, ” note the rearchers, who were jt lookg at the way surveys might unr-unt both homosexualy and attus toward homosexualy.
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. * world gay population 2013 *
For example, one set of qutns may seek self-reported data on same-sex sexual experienc, while another set may seek data surroundg personal intifitn as lbian, gay, or bisexual. Top 13 Countri wh Biggt Gay Populatns Fance Watchlists My Portfol Markets Optns: Hight Open Intert Optns: Hight Implied Volatily News Vios Yahoo Fance Pl Screeners Personal Fance High-yield savgs acunt rat Crypto Indtri Contact Us S&P Futur Dow Futur Nasdaq Futur Rsell 2000 Futur C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond Vix GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 Top 13 Countri wh Biggt Gay PopulatnsThe top 13 untri wh the biggt gay populatns are surprisgly very rarely the list of untri where gay marriage is legal.
MAJORY WORLDWI NOW SAY THEIR AREA IS GOOD FOR GAY PEOPLE
Click to skip ahead and jump to the top 5 untri wh the biggt gay gay populatns has e a long way om beg persecuted for simply existg across the world, to beg able to safely marry over 20 untri.
HOMOSEXUALY AS POPULATN CONTROL? WHY GAYS & LBIANS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE BALANCE OF NATURE.
However, there is still a very long way to go, pecially many untri where beg gay is equivalent to mtg a ser crime, even though the former hurts no one, except perhaps some people's the Uned Stat is known for claimg champns human rights, we all know that only champns the rights of whe mal.