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Report: Gay Americans Make Up Four Percent of Population | Political Brief
LOS ANGELES) — An estimated nine million Americans — or nearly four percent of the total population — say they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a new report released this week from the Williams Institute, a think tank devoted to LGBT research at UCLA.
Bisexuals make up slightly more than half that group — 1.8 percent of the total U.S. population — and they are substantially more likely to be women than men.
The report is the most up-to-date assessment of that population and produced a lower population percentage than the 10 percent number that advocacy groups have used in the past, which was based on Alfred Kinsey studies from 1948.
The new data comes on the heels of another recent report published by the Institute of Medicine for the National Institutes of Health emphasizing the need for more federally funded research on LGBT health problems.
“Sexual orientation is complex, but measurable,” said Gary J. Gates, chief researcher and a Williams Distinguished Scholar. “Hopefully, this will begin to prompt some dialogue on what it means when we say LGBT.”
Other key findings were that an estimated 19 million Americans, or 8.2 percent of the population, said they have engaged in same-sex behavior, and 25.6 million, or 11 percent, acknowledged some same-sex attraction.
Gay advocacy groups are hailing the report as a critical first step to inform public policy, research and federal funding. They say the information is crucial in identifying health and economic disparities, discrimination, domestic partnership benefits and the impact of same-sex marriage.
The report was based on a collection of previous surveys in the United States and around the world.
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4%
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So the number of 10% often quoted by homosexual groups is way off target. I think the 10% number was manufactured by Masters and Johnson for financial gain to ensure research funding grants. The 4% number is closer to the 3% number I am familiar with. This number has an important role in perceptions by the public. So, it is a very important piece of information. IMO the findings undermine previous beliefs presented by the 10% believer crowd. In fact the number includes bisexuals at 1.8% so the actual number of homosexuals is probably closer to 2 to 2.5 percent. A far cry from 10%. If Dan were trying to stir the pot he would have included divisive language and taken pot shots like you did in your post about Bush, Rove and Whitman.
You are the pot stir master. You stir then hide behind the pot and scream liar like a little nanny boy.
Nice try again.
Gay advocacy groups are hailing the report as a critical first step to inform public policy, research and federal funding. They say the information is crucial in identifying health and economic disparities, discrimination, domestic partnership benefits and the impact of same-sex marriage.
oh boy here we go, because someone is gay does not make them a minority, that is what these goof ball groups want to be thought of as…….
Richard I’m beginning to hate you! You’ve been one step ahead of me and are freakin me out with your stance on things. I admit, I pegged you wrong.
Could it be Dan is sitting back, waiting to see who is going to stir the pot?