Posted on 05/27/2011 12:37:02 PM PDT by markomalley
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. adults, on average, estimate that 25% of Americans are gay or lesbian. More specifically, over half of Americans (52%) estimate that at least one in five Americans are gay or lesbian, including 35% who estimate that more than one in four are. Thirty percent put the figure at less than 15%.
Just your best guess, what percent of Americans today would you say are gay or lesbian? 2002 and 2011 Trend
The findings, from a Gallup poll conducted May 5-8, 2011, mark the second time Gallup has asked Americans to estimate the gay population. In 2002, Gallup used two separate questions to ask Americans to estimate the percentage of gay men and lesbians. At that time, Americans estimated that 21% of men were gay and that 22% of women were lesbian. Twice as many did not offer an opinion as do now.
There is little reliable evidence about what percentage of the U.S. population is in reality gay or lesbian, due to few representative surveys asking about sexual orientation, complexities surrounding the groups and definitions involved, and the probability that some gay and lesbian individuals may not choose to identify themselves as such. Demographer Gary Gates last month released a review of population-based surveys on the topic, estimating that 3.5% of adults in the United States identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, with bisexuals making up a slight majority of that figure. Gates also disputes the well-circulated statistic that "10% of the males are more or less exclusively homosexual."
Americans' current collective estimate -- which is substantially higher than Gates suggests -- is likely driven more by perceptions and exposure than by scientific measurement or reality.
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...
100 men were poled...
I suspect the data remains much the same even with the heavy advocacy activity.
Does that estimate include male lesbians?
stop projecting onto your brother...
come out already.
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Social engineering at it’s finest./sarc
Yep! I had an argument online with someone (no picture) who stated that whites were already a minority in the U.S.! Granted, with our government it won’t be long...
Yes, the propaganda tends to exaggerate the proportion of gays — and the public has really been bamboozled by this.
The proportion is more like 2% at best.
Another thing is that the propaganda likes to lump everything together. My personal belief is that there are different kinds of homosexuality, reflecting the different etiologies. Also, Lesbians and male homosexuals can be quite different from each other. They are not just mirror images. For example, Lesbian couples stay together much longer, and make much better parents. Male homosexual pairings only rarely of long duration.
So, when people discuss whether homosexuals should be able to adopt, it is better to let Lesbians adopt than to have a child with no care — but letting male homosexuals adopt is asking for trouble.
Oh, did I just discriminate by “gender”? I guess that I did, because the sexes (so-called “genders”) really are different. An ideologue with a system will never pay attention to plain facts like this.
we have let them breed and now the numbers are... uh...er... never mind.
i estimate that .5% of the population chooses to be gay or lesbian out of convenience... meaning... they do not want to take the time to find a suitable mate... and find it easier to get their bell rung by others who want an easy “fix”
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in other words... if gay men found butch women, then why wouldn’t they hook up... all the right gender benders on that.
OK, so 25.1% think that same-sex marriage should be valid while 24.1% think it should not be valid.
BUT 23.8% think that gay/lesbian relations should be legal while 26.2% think they should not be legal.
This does not make sense to me. *scratches head*
You do make a good point, I have noticed that somehow lesbian relationships seem, on average, to fare better than male homosexuals, odd, but observable. I suspect that this may be an illustration of inherent gender differences, though.
If gay men are only attracted to men and transgender people are just adopting their inner sexual identity, why do homosexuals pair up with post-op transexuals?
If they want a mate with boobs and a vagina, why don’t they just go for the real thing?
Again, I think it depends on where you live -- urban, suburban or rural. When I lived in West LA, I'd have sworn the numbers exceeded the 25% number, even back in the 1980's. In Sacramento, I'd guess about a tenth of that. In San Francisco... well it's San Francisco. If you are in a rural location, I don't imagine you are going to be seeing many out of the closet gays, anywhere -- too many easy places to bury a body ;)
Perhaps the poll was conducted in SF, would explain much...........
In SF I think the gays just assume everyone is a homosexual.
cause as usual, 2% makes enough noise till it sounds like 25%
Doesn't mean they won't stop trying
So true. Wait about 40 years
They should have asked...what do you call an Alaskan lesbian?
A klondyke..hehehe
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Horrible. The propaganda has been very successful. The Guttmacher institute - connected with Planned Parenthood IIRC and not conservative - did a couple of surveys a few years ago and about 1.5 to 2% consider themselves homosexuals. I'll post a few links in a minute.
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