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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 07:58 PM Original message |
What sources do you use for the percentage of the population that's glbt? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I like to use the number 100%, just to see the reaction. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Seems like that in my life...but then, I'm the bi fag hag pastor of a progressive church... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. No one really knows, |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not so high in rural Idaho |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. The problem comes when you define your terms |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. But primarily or exclusively homosexual doesn't include bi or trans |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. "Primarily" implies "not only," so it would include bi tending towards gay |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Trans about 1 in 500 |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Thanks for the info! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. It also depends on how narrow a definition of GLBT you have. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've always heard 10-12%. But recently, the bigots have created the 2% figure. n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. I use 10% and I don't cite any sources. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. As an anthropologist I would say the 10% number is quite low... |
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The Brethren (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. I believe the 10% estimate |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. without being an expert -- i know i don't believe the 2% numbers -- |
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