I guessed 3% and .25% The poll said the actual %'s were 3% and 1% but the public stated 30% were gay or trans. I am sure there are a variety of figures out there about the actual %'s but the general public's perception of the number may reflect the disproportionate amount of attention these subgroups receive
Not surprising given the media attention around Thomas and others.
Lost generation.
While people tend tend to estimate then % at around 23% % gay the real numbers have generally always been considered to be around 1 to 2%. Kinsey put out numbers of 10% but they were pretty bogus and have led to a lot of that overestimation.
That is pretty close to what I have seen. But only about 1-1.5% consider themselves to be homosexual and the rest bisexual (but maybe a lot of that is just about experimentation). The number claiming to be transgender is significantly higher than I have seen anywhere. In any event, what people think are the %s is astoundingly wrong (probably because of the emphasis in our media)
The numbers by Kinsey were always fake and bogus. I would guess that these numbers are even moreso and likely because of the push etc to make it beneficial to claim to be
Numbers still a little high from what I have seen. About 1-1.5% truly gay and 1-1.5% bi (Total maybe up to 3.5%) with about 0.3% transgender
I’m purely hypothesizing but my assumption of 5% was based on a standard normal distribution. It was just a guess but it seemed like it might apply to the population as a whole.
Every number I have seen tends to indicate % gay(homosexual) to be 1-2% of the population. If you include bisexual the number gets a bit higher but by definition, bisexual is not gay.
It is well-known that people are incredibly ill-informed about a lot of things. This is just another example of it. The public similarly vastly overestimates the fraction of the population that is Black, unemployed, the fraction of babies born with birth defects, etc.
Maybe in the past but a whole lot less likely today. That is what gets it from around 1% to maybe 2% figure. Most of the surveys tend to be anonymous. The media would like you to believe it is a lot higher and currently there tends to be a lot of incentives to say that they are.
These polls have OC collated wildly depending on how you asks these questions for many years, especially recently. You can get over 10% of like “non cos or straight” type responses if you want to at this point.
I don't believe a person who is formerly physically a guy should compete in women's spsorts, regardless of the hormones. Disgraceful, though, I'm not sure. We've got to start somewhere in helping transgender people find their identity. Like it or not, this is a real thing. What about the reverse, transgender men (formerly women) competing in men's sports, is that okay?
Definitely a real thing. just not as prevalent as the media might suggest. No one should feel excluded from society due to race, gender, class, etc. That’s easy enough to see.