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Contents:
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?
- WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
- ARE MORY MEN MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY? WHY?
- HOW TO GET A MAN (FOR GAY MEN)
- IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FALLY UNLOCKED PUZZLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE GAY
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. * more of a man 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.
Cens Bure found that homosexual upl nstute ls than 1% of Amerin hoeholds. The Fay Rearch Report says "around 2-3% of men, and 2% of women, are homosexual or bisexual.
" The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force timat three to eight percent of both sex. So who's right -- what percentage of the populatn is homosexual? To some people, homosexualy is a matter of perceptn and fn.
WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
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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 above look nservative. In Augt 2002*, Gallup asked Amerins, an open-end format, to timate the percentage of Amerin men and the percentage of Amerin women who are homosexual.
ARE MORY MEN MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY? WHY?
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The average timat were that 21% of men are gay and 22% of women are lbians. In fact, roughly a quarter of the public thks more than 25% of men and 25% of women are homosexual.
HOW TO GET A MAN (FOR GAY MEN)
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Male rponnts tend to give lower timat of both the male and female homosexual populatn than female rponnts do.
The average timat among male rponnts are that 16% of men and 21% of women are homosexual. Among female rponnts, the average timat are that 26% of men and 23% of women are homosexual.
IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
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Somewhat tertgly, both sex believe there are more homosexuals the oppose sex than their own sex. Before the 1980s, the few reprentatns of homosexualy popular culture tend to nsist of potentially dangero social viants (thk Norman Bat Psycho). Sce then, however, the portrayal of gay characters pop culture have bee far more numero and mostly posive.
In the last 10 years, the number of Amerins sayg they feel homosexualy should be nsired an acceptable alternative liftyle has gone om 38% (June 1992) to 51% (May 2002).
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * more of a man gay *
"Seeg ourselv reflected posively enurag gay people to e out, " said Cathy Renna, news media director for the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD). "And when people know real gay men and lbians creas their level of unrstandg and acceptance. " If you doubt that Ellen, Rosie and others have had an effect on Amerins' acceptance of homosexualy, nsir this -- MTV and Showtime are about to lnch a ble channel directed at the homosexual market.
They timate that gays and lbians make up 6. Whether creased acceptance of homosexualy has led to an upsurge the number of posive media portrayals of gay characters or vice versa, one rult seems to be that Amerins now tend to overtimate the gay populatn Ameri.
While most expert timat place Ameri's homosexual populatn at 10% or ls, Amerins tend to gus that the number is higher, around 20%.
SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FALLY UNLOCKED PUZZLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE GAY
*Rults based on telephone terviews wh 489 (for those timatg percentag of lbian women) and 518 (for those timatg percentag of gay men) nducted May 6-9, 2002. Estimat as to the number of gay people the populatn range om 1--20 to 1--10, so why are some people gay?
Are they gay by choice or is beg gay geic? The simplt answer is to look at the fn of the word "gay.