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:
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- AMERINS HAVE NO IA HOW FEW GAY PEOPLE THERE ARE
- AMERINS GREATLY OVERTIMATE PERCENT GAY, LBIAN U.S.
- U.S. ADULTS ESTIMATE THAT 25% OF AMERINS ARE GAY OR LBIAN
- HOW MANY AMERIN MEN ARE GAY?
- TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
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. * estimated gay population *
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.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
* estimated gay population *
" Th, Gallup's methodology is not the only way to timate the percentage of the populatn that is gay or lbian. 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. Among polil partisans, Democrats and pennts timate that about a quarter of Amerins are gay or lbian, while the average approximatn among Republins is a b lower (18.
It is, therefore, possible that Amerins' perceptns of the gay populatn may be fluenced by the greater reprentatn they see among young people. The variants are more clive of all dividuals who are non-heterosexual and non-cisgenr stead of exclively applyg to people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. 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.
Other stat wh LGBTQ+ protectns, such as Massachetts and Colorado, also have higher timated populatns of gay, lbian, bisexual, and otherwise non-heterosexual dividuals. 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. Conversely, gay men prise substantially more than half of gay and bisexual men seven of the ne surveys.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
The Amerin public timat that 23% of Amerins are gay or lbian, ltle changed om the 25% timate 2011. The perceptns are many tim higher than the actual percentage of the public who intify as gay or lbian. * estimated gay population *
Unrstandg the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn is a cril first step to rmg a host of public policy and rearch topics.
AMERINS HAVE NO IA HOW FEW GAY PEOPLE THERE ARE
Amerins, on average, timate that 25% of Amerins are gay or lbian, up om an timate of 21% to 22% 2002. Lower-e Amerins, the least ted, women, and young people give the hight timat. * estimated gay population *
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.
AMERINS GREATLY OVERTIMATE PERCENT GAY, LBIAN U.S.
Data analysis suggts that roughly 5 percent of Amerin men are gay, lns of whom are not out of the closet. * estimated gay population *
Fdgs shown Figure 1 nsir timat of the percentage of adults who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual across ne surveys nducted wh the past seven years.
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 Fay Growth found rults that were sentially the oppose of the UK survey wh only 38% intifyg as lbian or gay pared to 62% intifyg as bisexual.
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. Wh the surveys, a larger actn of adults report same-sex attractns and behavrs than self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (see Figure 4).
U.S. ADULTS ESTIMATE THAT 25% OF AMERINS ARE GAY OR LBIAN
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * estimated gay population *
Back 1948 sex rearcher Aled Ksey famoly suggted that 10 percent of the mal he'd studied were, quote, "more or ls exclively homosexual, " unquote. Also, the Ksey Instute has - which is the legacy of Ksey - has stated very clearly that their view is that this was a kd of a polil cisn of gay activists the '70s. They need at that time to nvce people that the gay people actually existed and fact that they were kd of everywhere.
And they took that rather obscure passage om a Ksey book, which was never tend to be an timate of the number of gay people the Uned Stat and kd of adopted for polil purpos.
HOW MANY AMERIN MEN ARE GAY?
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, […] * estimated gay population *
So qutns like, do you nsir yourself to be - and then, you know, you n choose gay, lbian, bisexual, heterosexual. And, fact, we will lk to a piece that you wrote for The Washgton Post tled "Gay People Count, So Why Not Count Them Correctly? Surveys show a shockgly high actn thk a quarter of the untry is gay or lbian, when the realy is that 's probably ls than 2 ten.
And 's among the most mon figur poted to popular culture as an timate of how many people are gay or what percentage of the populatn is actually gay or lbian? Wh the bate over same-sex marriage aga an emergg flt le Amerin polil life, the answer as a surprise: A lower number than you might thk -- and a much, much, much lower one than most Amerins surveys nducted 2002 and 2011, pollsters at Gallup found that members of the Amerin public massively overtimated how many people are gay or lbian.
TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
In 2002, a quarter of those surveyed gused upwards of a quarter of Amerins were gay or lbian (or "homosexual, " the third optn given). By 2011, that misperceptn had only grown, wh more than a third of those surveyed now gusg that more than 25 percent of Amerins are gay or lbian. Women and young adults were most likely to provi high timat, approximatg that 30 percent of the populatn is gay.