A new poll shows that a majority of Americans believe at least one in four people are gay or lesbian.
self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to an earlier Gallup study. But in this most recent poll, conducted in May, just 9 percent of respondents estimated under 5 percent. "Exactly who makes up the LGBT community and how this group should be measured is a subject of some debate," Gallup pointed out in 2012."There are a number of ways to measure lesbian, gay, and bisexual orientation, and transgender status.
Women estimated that about three in 10 Americans are gay or lesbian, the highest of any demographic, and much higher than men thought . Gallup also noted that Democrats and independents estimated about a quarter of Americans are gay, while Republicans guessed a bit lower .In the 1940s, thehelped inflate the size of the gay population in people's minds: Alfred Kinsey maintained sexuality was fluid, claiming that 13 percent of men were"predominately homosexual" for at least three years between ages 16 and 55.
In the 1970s, the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce crunched Kinsey's data and touted the statistic that 10 percent of the population was homosexual.Many of Kinsey's findings have been questioned, though, as was his methodology. Many people are still closeted to some degree, but Gallup reports"no measurement procedure has produced any figures suggesting that more than one out of five Americans are gay or lesbian.
Efforts to provide LGBT representation in the media have also skewed people's perceptions. This month, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, companies all over the country are promoting initiatives to celebrate Pride.
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