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Originally posted by The Countess
There are more gay people than 3%. The number keeps growing as more people feel less like they need to stay in the closet.
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Originally posted by Jezang Looz
Idk where the number came from, was just interested in the comment as a whole
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There are a lot of different estimates regarding the number of gay people in America, ranging from 2% to 10%. The latter number came from Alfred Kinsey, and is generally thought to be too high. 3-4% is probably the most commonly cited statistic....
But consider:
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1. NHIS reported in July 2014 that 1.6 percent of Americans identify as gay or lesbian, and 0.7 percent identify as bisexual
2. June–September 2012 Gallup poll, approximately 3.4 percent of American adults identify themselves as being LGBT
3. April 2011 study by the Williams Institute estimated that 3.8 percent of Americans identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual, or transgender: 1.7 percent as lesbian or gay, 1.8 percent as bisexual, and 0.3 percent as transgender...... 8.2 percent of Americans reported that they had engaged in same-sex sexual behavior, and 11 percent reported some same-sex attraction
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So these particular studies suggest that the 3% figure is probably accurate, while it's also interesting to note that 11% reporting some same-sex attraction is spot on with Kinsey's 10% estimate from back in the day.
There are sorts of reasons why these numbers may not be accurate: people not wanting to reveal their sexuality even in an anonymous survey; studies can only be conducted on adults, meaning that youth (who are apparently more likely to be queer than not) are excluded; LGBT+ identities are not universal concepts—countless ethnicities (including Native Americans) have their own conceptions of gender and sexuality that don't align with traditional LGBT+ labels...
Another interesting thing I've seen is that
one study found that people think that 1 in 4 Americans are gay. If that was true, 25% of the American population would be gay! This probably reflects the increased visibility of LGBT+ people in the media as well as the prominence of LGBT+ issues in politics, which brings us back to the original question of the thread. People "see gays everywhere" because of our increased visibility and increased rights. Lol.
Gay people are a part of the world and therefore are going to be shown in media, because they're normal people like anybody else
