[upchuck]

I don’t believe all gays admit to such in surveys and I believe the numbers have been growing.

Did you go look at the survey? It was large and pretty comprehensive. From same:

These results are based on responses to the question, "Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender?" included in 121,290 Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted between June 1 and Sept. 30, 2012. This is the largest single study of the distribution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population in the U.S. on record. By comparison, the General Social Survey, a project of NORC at the University of Chicago, asked a sexual orientation question in its 2008 and 2010 survey of about 2,000 adults in each year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Survey of Family Growth asked a sexual orientation question of about 12,000 young adults aged 18 to 44 in 2002 and of more than 20,000 adults in its 2006-2010 survey. The 3.4% figure is similar to a 3.8% estimate made by one of the authors of this study (Gates), averaging a group of smaller U.S. surveys conducted from 2004 to 2008.

This survey was about six times larger than other surveys.

I can understand why you feel the number is growing. Sometimes it seems that way to me also. But part of that is perception. The leftard press is running 90 miles an hour with this right now.

[nascarnation]

It’s all based on popular media.

If someone from Mars watched MSM television shows, he would likely infer that the US is 30% black and 30% gay.

[9YearLurker]

As I said, I believe the numbers are greater than those who self-identify in a telephone poll.

And the numbers in upper-middle-class strata in the Northeast, at least, among the youth, are definitely greater than that. I really think it matters by where in the country you live and somewhat by social group as well.