Thursday, May 12, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO: 1.7 Percent of the 18-and-over U.S. Population Identify as Gay

SAN FRANCISCO: 1.7 Percent of the 18-and-over U.S. Population Identify as Gay

By David Pruden
http://narth.com/2011/04/1-7-percent-of-the-18-and-over-population-identify-as-gay/
April 2011

Gary Gates, a demographer-in-residence at the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, a think tank based at the University of California, Los Angeles has a new estimate of the percentage of adults who identify as being gay or lesbian.

Gates' best estimate, derived from five studies that have asked subjects about their sexual orientation, is that the nation has about 4 million adults who identify as being gay or lesbian, representing 1.7 percent of the 18-and-over population.

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