What percent of men are gay?
Since High School it’s been suggested that a good rule of thumb answer for American men is about 1 in 10 are gay. A friend at work today suggested that although we’ve been told that for a long time, he heard that it wasn’t actually true. This of course spurred me on to do some quick internet research on the topic.
But first, some wisdom from People like Us in Singapore:
http://www.plu.sg/main/facts_05.htm
What is the purpose of asking how many people in a population is gay? Certainly, it is a minority, however one defines it, but does it matter whether it is x% or y%? Is respect for a minority, their liberties and rights, to be calibrated based on numbers? Do people become less equal in law and in our conscience, the fewer they are?
The most vocal denials that I could find of the 10% estimate for gay males in the US were on Christian right wing sites like family research council et al (I won’t provide any links to their site folks, sorry). I consider sources like these obviously biased.
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