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‘Am I gay?’-related Google searches soar 1,300 percent in 19 years: analysis
The Hill ^ | 5/23/23 | Lauren Sforza

Posted on 05/24/2023 2:51:22 PM PDT by Callahan

Google searches related to personal sexual orientation and gender identity have skyrocketed since 2004, according to new research. The Cultural Currents Institute released an analysis that explored Google searches from 2004 to this month that included searches for questions such as “am I gay”, “am I lesbian”, “am I trans” and “how to come out”, as well as searches for “nonbinary.” The new analysis found that searches for these phrases jumped by more than 1,300 percent during that period.

The analysis suggested that states that lean more conservative are the “most closeted,” with Utah leading the country in searches for “am I gay,” “am I lesbian” and “am I trans.” Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia and New Hampshire followed Utah in searches for “am I gay,” while Connecticut, Kentucky, Washington and Colorado followed it for searches for “am I lesbian.”

…States that followed Utah for searches in “am I trans” included Kentucky, Colorado, Michigan and Washington. Oklahoma led the nation with the query “how to come out,” and was followed by West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky. Vermont led the country in searching for the term “nonbinary.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Utah; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: gay; google
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1 posted on 05/24/2023 2:51:22 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: Callahan

Now Google “White Couple” or “White Inventors”


2 posted on 05/24/2023 2:52:39 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Callahan

“they’re born that way. they can’t help it” they said.


3 posted on 05/24/2023 2:56:03 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Callahan

Do you like Coldplay?


4 posted on 05/24/2023 2:56:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Callahan

I wonder if Google enables these searches by autocomplete of the letters typed. For instance, “Am I g” completes as “Am I gay” instead of a person’s intention of “Am I generation X” or something like that.


5 posted on 05/24/2023 2:57:23 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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I wonder what the search rate for “Am I stupid?” is.

Because if you have to search Goodgle to find out if you are a homosexual, you really are stupid.


6 posted on 05/24/2023 3:00:34 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: ConservativeInPA

Just tried it and you are 100% correct. It wasn’t until I typed the e that it suggested “gen Z” instead. That is insidious.


7 posted on 05/24/2023 3:03:15 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength. )
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To: dfwgator

I would’ve said Maroon 5, but OK.


8 posted on 05/24/2023 3:05:32 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Callahan

Being Gay is like the price of a private jet.

If you have to ask...


9 posted on 05/24/2023 3:05:51 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: monkeyshine

Them too.


10 posted on 05/24/2023 3:07:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Callahan

Well, if you are madly in love with any one of the shemale politicians from the Dung Beetle Party, I’d say, “Yes”, you are queer.


11 posted on 05/24/2023 3:10:10 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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To: Callahan

I don’t believe those statistics. It’s like asking, “Do I live in Tennessee?” I’d think you would already know that, one way or the other. You don’t need to ask anyone for verification.


12 posted on 05/24/2023 3:10:59 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Callahan

If you don’t know, you are.


13 posted on 05/24/2023 3:13:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2banana

This is Eric Schmidt’s doing. Around 2004/2005 Eric Schmidt realized, some of it due to feedback, that Google search results weren’t woke. It was putting brazen unvarnished truth out causing some people to get rattled. So he set up a team called responsible innovation or some such so Google search results would tell you what you ought to know on a topic instead of what you were looking for. That was the beginning of the corruption of Google search. Google search before 2005 was a joy to use.


14 posted on 05/24/2023 3:29:05 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: Callahan

Almost as bad as “am I a libtard?”


15 posted on 05/24/2023 3:35:01 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Callahan

Did you ever make a spinich dip in a loaf of sourdough bread?


16 posted on 05/24/2023 3:43:22 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Callahan

Who needs Google to tell them that they are gay?!


17 posted on 05/24/2023 4:14:12 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: dfwgator
Do you like Coldplay?

Or, does your Starbucks coffee order consist of four words or more?! Iced decaf oatmilk latte for instance....

18 posted on 05/24/2023 4:16:15 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: Callahan

Well . . . I feel like a lesbian trapped in a mans body because I like women.


19 posted on 05/24/2023 5:02:37 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was going to start procrastinating this year, I just haven't got around to it.)
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To: imabadboy99
“they’re born that way. they can’t help it” they said.

Indeed, but not lately.

In general nothing they say can be taken at face value. It's always part of some ploy. They are ployers.

20 posted on 05/24/2023 5:43:04 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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