Thanks for the info.
The key word that I read is ‘self-identification’. You got a whole series of new civil rights victim protection laws around the country that are based on protection of those defined by self identification of those words gay, etc.
I with the Paul's (ATTENTION Paul plug here LOL) are not too thrilled about some provisions of the 1964 civil rights act, but at least we know when someone is not white and qualifies, beyond just their word.
From the Kinsey institute:
In a national survey, 90% of men aged 18-44 considered themselves to be heterosexual, 2.3% as homosexual, 1.8% as bisexual, and 3.9% as ‘something else’ (Mosher, Chandra, & Jones, 2005).
Among women aged 18-44 in the same survey, 90% said they were heterosexual, 1.3% homosexual, 2.8% bisexual, and 3.8% as ‘something else’ (Mosher, Chandra, & Jones, 2005).
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/resources/FAQ.html#homosexuality
We had people in Florida some years back saying they were black or Hispanic - trying to get some of the ‘perks’... you’re right sickoflibs - they were easy to ‘catch’. Gays, not so much...
Several years ago, in college, I made the observation that many people at my school that identified as gay also identified as a victim of some form of childhood abuse or neglect. I say “identified as” because I did not believe all of them to be gay or abuse victims, but that was their story, who was I to say? I worked my way through college in the administration building, so I met and socialized with many such people it was a good job I wanted to keep. My husband (not at the time but now going on 15 years) was the only one I shared my theory with, as it wasn’t very “PC”. He thought it was a bit of a stretch but has come around after all the anecdotal evidence we’ve seen. 15 years after college and an increase in broken homes, lack of values education, etc. It seems more do identify as gay. Maybe its a way to fit in if you feel you are an outcast.I don’t know, but I still don’t think it’s over 3-4% that say they are gay.
Also, I’ve noticed a lot of people that don’t have girlfriend after girlfriend or boyfriend after boyfriend are thought of as being gay by those, shall we
say, of looser morals. I went a year without a boyfriend and was asked if I was a lesbian. I was working on a degree and with a job had no time to waste on the wrong guy. I said no, you don’t see me with a girl, either, so how does no boyfriend in itself make me a lesbian? After that year I met
my husband and the rest is history!