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Contents:

• 10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD
• OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED
• MAJOR NEW ANALYSIS HAS REVEALED HOW MANY GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE THERE ARE
• ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
• MORE BRONS THAN EVER BEFORE INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL

10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD

2%) intified wh an LGB+ orientatn (“Gay or Lbian”, “Bisexual” or “Other sexual orientatn”).

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OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED

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MAJOR NEW ANALYSIS HAS REVEALED HOW MANY GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE THERE ARE

3 ln people England and Wal intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, cens data has revealed for the first people aged 16 and over, more than 1.

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ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS

Smaller surveys have dited that ls than 2% of the populatn of England and Wal currently intify as lbian or gay.

0%) chose not to disclose their genr who did answer were able to select om optns cludg heterosexual, gay, lbian and bisexual.

However, prev surveys found 16-24-year-olds are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, and recent years there has been a small gradual cle the number of people intifyg as exclively straight.

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

Statistician’s ment“People their late teens and early twenti are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than olr age groups. 2 ln people) intified themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2018; this is prised of 1.

Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018. Download this chart Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018. This reprents a ntuatn of a trend that has been observed back to 2014, where a higher proportn of men than women intify as gay or lbian and a higher proportn of women than men intify as bisexual.

Figure 2: Men were more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women were more likely to intify as bisexual.

MORE BRONS THAN EVER BEFORE INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL

Download this chart Figure 2: Men were more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women were more likely to intify as bisexual. In 2018, people aged 16 to 24 years were more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than other age groups. A possible reason for this pattern is that younger people uld be more likely to explore their sexualy bed wh more social acceptabily of different sexual inti and the abily to exprs the 3: Younger people are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual than olr age groupsLbian, gay or bisexual populatn by age and sex, UK, 2018 and UK populatn by age and sex, 2018.

In 2018, the percentage of people who intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) was siar for England (2. Figure 4: In 2018, a smaller proportn of people Northern Ireland intified themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual than other UK untri. Download this image Figure 4: In 2018, a smaller proportn of people Northern Ireland intified themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual than other UK untri.

Figure 5: A larger proportn of people London intify as lbian, gay or bisexual than other English regns. Download this chart Figure 5: A larger proportn of people London intify as lbian, gay or bisexual than other English regns. Among those intifyg as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2018, more than two-thirds (68.