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Contents:

• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• I’M A STRAIGHT WOMAN WHO MARRIED A GAY MAN
• GAY MEN HAVG SEX WH WOMEN?
• STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

Do the sex difference also hold for gay men vers lbians and bisexual men vers bisexual women? Gay men were siar to straight men (89 percent), which was nearly intil to the reports of lbian women (86 percent).

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Whereas bisexual men (88 percent) were siar to straight and gay men, bisexual women (66 percent) were siar to straight women but not lbian women. Gay men and lbian women were que aware of whether their partner asmed. Differenc asm equency among gay, lbian, bisexual, and heterosexual men and women a U.

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.

I’M A STRAIGHT WOMAN WHO MARRIED A GAY MAN

5% of adults the Uned Stat intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual and an timated 0.

GAY MEN HAVG SEX WH WOMEN?

7% who intify as lbian or gay). Conversely, gay men prise substantially more than half of gay and bisexual men seven of the ne surveys. 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.

STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

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. How many adults are lbian, gay, or bisexual? 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).