The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
Contents:
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
- HOW MANY AMERIN MEN ARE GAY?
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
- PENIS SIZE AND PREFERRED SEXUAL ROL AMONG GAY MEN
- MEDIAN HOEHOLD E OF GAY UPL U.S. 2015-2021
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
Disver all facts and statistics on Homosexualy (gays and lbians) the U.S. on ! * average gay guys *
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. 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. 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 STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
An overwhelmg share of Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults (92%) say society has bee more acceptg of them the past * average gay guys *
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.
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
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. * average gay guys *
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. Homosexuals nform to the pattern: Gay men typilly have more partners than lbians, and one study San Francis found that nearly 50% of gay men had more than 500 partners.
An overwhelmg share of Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults (92%) say society has bee more acceptg of them the past and an equal number expect to grow even more acceptg the ahead.
The survey fds that 12 is the median age at which lbian, gay and bisexual adults first felt they might be somethg other than heterosexual or straight.
GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
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This report is based primarily on a Pew Rearch Center survey of the LGBT populatn nducted April 11-29, 2013, among a natnally reprentative sample of 1, 197 self-intified lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults 18 years of age or olr.
HOW MANY AMERIN MEN ARE GAY?
Data analysis suggts that roughly 5 percent of Amerin men are gay, lns of whom are not out of the closet. * average gay guys *
Even though a rerd 51% of the public now favors allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, up om 32% 2003, that share is still far below the 93% of LGBT adults who favor same-sex marriage. The table above provis a look at key mographic characteristics of the full Pew Rearch LGBT survey sample and s three largt sub-groups—bisexuals, gay men and lbians. For example, while 77% of gay men and 71% of lbians say most or all of the important people their liv know of their sexual orientatn, jt 28% of bisexuals say the same.
Likewise, about half of gay men and lbians say their sexual orientatn is extremely or very important to their overall inty, pared wh jt two--ten bisexual men and women. Gays and lbians are also more likely than bisexuals to say their sexual orientatn is a posive factor their liv, though across all three subgroups, many say is neher posive nor negative. Bisexuals are far more likely than eher gay men or lbians to be married, part bee a large majory of those mted relatnships have partners of the oppose sex and th are able to marry legally.
Across the LGBT populatn, more say bisexual women and lbians are accepted by society than say this about gay men, bisexual men or transgenr people. The changg attus may be due part to the fact that a growg share of all adults say they personally know someone who is gay or lbian—87% today, up om 61% 1993.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
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. * average gay guys *
A new Pew Rearch Center analysis shows that among the general public, knowg someone who is gay or lbian is lked wh greater acceptance of homosexualy and support for same-sex marriage. For example, younger gay men and lbians are more likely to have disclosed their sexual orientatn somewhat earlier life than have their olr unterparts. Some of this difference may be attributable to changg social norms, but some is attributable to the fact that the experienc of young adults who have not yet intified as beg gay or lbian but will do so later life nnot be ptured this survey.
As for genr patterns, the survey fds that lbians are more likely than gay men to be a mted relatnship (66% vers 40%); likewise, bisexual women are much more likely than bisexual men to be one of the relatnships (68% vers 40%). When asked an open-end qutn to name the natnal public figur most rponsible for advancg LGBT rights, Print Barack Obama, who announced last year that he had changed his md and supports gay marriage, tops the list along wh edian and talk show host Ellen DeGener, who me out as a lbian 1997 and has been a leadg advote for the LGBT populatn ever sce then. Pew Rearch surveys of the general public show that while societal views about homosexualy have shifted dramatilly over the past , highly relig Amerins rema more likely than others to believe that homosexualy should be disuraged rather than accepted by society.
And among those who attend relig servic weekly or more equently, fully two-thirds say that homosexualy nflicts wh their relig beliefs (wh 50% sayg there is a great al of nflict). When to muny engagement, gay men and lbians are more volved than bisexuals a variety of LGBT-specific activi, such as attendg a gay pri event or beg a member of an LGBT anizatn.
PENIS SIZE AND PREFERRED SEXUAL ROL AMONG GAY MEN
For lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people, realizg their sexual orientatn or genr inty and sharg that rmatn wh fay * average gay guys *
In the Pew Rearch Center survey, rponnts were asked whether they nsired themselv to be transgenr a separate seri of qutns om the qutn about whether they nsired themselv to be lbian, gay, bisexual, or heterosexual (see Appendix 1 for more tails).
MEDIAN HOEHOLD E OF GAY UPL U.S. 2015-2021
And jt as gay men, lbians, and bisexuals perceive ls monaly wh transgenr people than wh each other, transgenr adults may appear not to perceive a great al of monaly wh lbians, gay men, and bisexuals. In the survey stment, when LGBT adults were asked about their inty, gays, lbians and bisexuals were asked about their sexual orientatn while transgenr rponnts were asked about their genr inty. Chapter 1, Demographic Portra and Rearch Challeng, exam the mographic profile of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults surveyed by the Pew Rearch Center and other proment rearch anizatns.