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How Many American Men Are Gay?
The New York Times ^
| December 7, 2013
| Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Posted on 12/09/2013 12:28:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
WHAT percent of American men are gay? This question is notoriously difficult to answer. Historical estimates range from about 2 percent to 10 percent.
But somewhere in the exabytes of data that human beings create every day are answers to even the most challenging questions.
Using surveys, social networks, pornographic searches and dating sites, I recently studied evidence on the number of gay men. The data used in this analysis is available in highly aggregated form only and can be downloaded from publicly accessible sites. While none of these data sources are ideal, they combine to tell a consistent story.
At least 5 percent of American men, I estimate, are predominantly attracted to men, and millions of gay men still live, to some degree, in the closet. Gay men are half as likely as straight men to acknowledge their sexuality on social networks. More than one quarter of gay men hide their sexuality from anonymous surveys. The evidence also suggests that a large number of gay men are married to women....
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deviant; gay; gomorrah; happy; headcount; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; onemanonewoman; psychology; queers; sodomites
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Uh...does it have to be with our own species?
I hate pop quizzes.
To: Izzy Dunne
You were forced to go to a Village People concert, weren't you?I went to a concert once, not realizing what I was in for. It was some female black singer that the lesbos adore. I still don't recall how exactly I ended up there (I think someone I knew had and extra ticket and said, "hey, come on!"), but it was a memorable experience (I was one of about 10 guys in the whole audience).
Kind of like the time we saw "Personal Best" in the local artsy theater, again not realizing its appeal to a certain demographic - probably because we didn't know the plot up front.
You only do these kind of things once...
This all happened the same year, if I remember correctly (1982).
To: conservative98
Probably 2% or less are either bi-sexual or homosexual, that is my guestimation.
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posted on
12/09/2013 3:05:13 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: cuban leaf
Only on the University of Alabama beta.
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posted on
12/09/2013 3:13:22 PM PST
by
Scoutmaster
(I'd rather be at Philmont)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is common for thr avant guard of the counter culture to claim they are just to be “IN”.
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posted on
12/09/2013 3:30:20 PM PST
by
ully2
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Edward O. Laumanns book, The Social Organization of Sex: Sexual Practices in the United States, was published in 1994. It has since become the most accepted study on the incidence of homosexuality in the U.S. population. It included details of The National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS, conducted in 1992) which found that 2.8% of the male and 1.4% of the female population identified themselves as homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual.
To: Graybeard58
great tag line
but I really hate ovaltine
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posted on
12/09/2013 3:56:35 PM PST
by
jrg
To: 2ndDivisionVet
How Many American Men Are Gay? IMHO, even one is one too many.
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:00:33 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: ToastedHead
It is actually and literally true. Hospice work.
169
posted on
12/09/2013 4:15:48 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Disambiguator
Soooooo, how was the concert?
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:17:41 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: cripplecreek; 2ndDivisionVet; GeronL; GOPsterinMA; BCW; jrg; Lazamataz
Gay Test:
What is the Color of the Background is the video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmS3Qh_SFwU
If You Said Orange, Green or Purple I got news for you pal.
For the Record, No those Tattoos aren't real so don't freak out about that
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:21:38 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Oh, how sweet. He took his partner's name. Too bad it's such a comical mouthful when pronounced with a lisp.
To: null and void
Captive audience.
“You are so lucky to have such a wonderful spouse. Let me tell you about my ex husband...”
The ghosts of her patients probably hover over you and give you dirty looks on the way to the next destination.
To: KC_Lion
I don't know, but it looked fabulous!
To: null and void
Soooooo, how was the concert?It wasn't bad, but not really my speed. Lots of ugly womyns in the audience.
To: KC_Lion
They look to be mostly redhead and blonde.
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:26:20 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Pretty sure Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is.
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:27:42 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
To: cripplecreek; Billthedrill; 2ndDivisionVet; GeronL; GOPsterinMA; BCW; Lazamataz
They look to be mostly redhead and blonde.That is 60 Years of American Genetic Influence my FRiend :)
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:30:46 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: Bikkuri
Ping to Post 171 Bikkuri
:D
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:34:09 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: KC_Lion
Wait.. there was a background?
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posted on
12/09/2013 4:35:26 PM PST
by
Bikkuri
( those would have been affected.)
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