Percentage of homosexuals in the world

[refujiunderground]

if you ask me, the whole 10% thing is about how many openly gay people there are in society not how many gay people are out there in the world because that would be hard to measure. i believe that almost everybody on planet earth is bisexual to a certain degree. it's extremely RARE to find someone that is 100% straight or gay as in they've been that way all their life. it's that in the world we live in, it's taught that it's not okay to be gay so it's all taboo when it's natural as can be. i don't think that most people are 100 percent sure about their sexual orientation either. there are people that may be confident but the reality is that if a person says that they're 100% straight or 100% gay is lying their ass off. most people's insecurities pretty much make this impossible.

with that said, i think that bisexuality is the orientation of most people on planet earth but some people prefer the opposite sex more while others prefer the same sex more. that's what i think. straight and gay are not exact terms even though there are more people that may be straighter or gayer than others. it depends on the person.

 

[mano]

It depends on how horny they are and how much money they are offered.

 

[pat grimshaw]

…
Gay/bi, identify as gay/bi, out: 2%
Gay/bi, identify as such, not out: 8%
Had same-sex sexual contact at some point in their lives: 20%
Had same-sex thoughts or fantasies at some point in their lives: 65%
…

these percentages resonate with me.
I'd also include
Celibate men and women: 2%
Men and women who were celibate until age 22: 10%
Men and women who have sex less than five times throughout their life: 7%

 

[jasoncrew03]

According to the studies mentioned in several of my Psych textbooks, it's 1%-2%.

 

[bulge]

Now read something really stupid:

http://www.equip.org/articles/what-percentage-of-people-are-homosexuals-

Still more stupid is the following extract:

"Why were his findings flawed? For several reasons, first and foremost being that approximately 25 percent of the 5,300 individuals Kinsey studied were prison inmates, "who by the nature of their confinement, couldn't have heterosexual intercourse." In addition, 44 percent of these inmates had had homosexual experiences while in prison.8 This was hardly a representative sample of the American population."

This criticism is totally unfounded. Situations in which men are actually isolated (prisons, army, boarding schools....), are precisely the very only reliable situations where you can measure actual male to male sexual desire. All other situations, especially men's situation in society, is the worst and most self-delusory place to measure the frequence of male to male sexual desire. In a societal context it is impossible to obtain right figures. In everyday society the pressure on men is so heavy, reliable figures are totally impossible and self-delusory. Moreover that pressure unfortunately greatly formats men's actual behaviour.

The only way to measure actual male to male sexual desire is where men are isolated. Men don't have sex there because of lack of women or situational homosexuality. Lack of women and situational homosexuality are delusions made up as excuse only for self-confirmation of the str8 theory. Only situational heterosexuality exists as numerous men with man to man sexual desires are married with women

In my boarding school far more than 50 % of the guys had sex with each other, not because of lack of women. One of them became my brother in law. He had lots of sex with boys in school while he had sex with my sister on weekends. So, lack of women, my foot. Only str8 self-confirmatory excuses to confirm str8 theory. Only reasonong in circles

So, 44% of men being endowed with male to male desire looks like a strong underevaluation.

Moreover if I had to serve lifelong in a women's prison, I would never have sex with any woman there. I have no desire for women whatsoever. You need at least to have desire for men to have sex with them. If you don't have any sexual desire for men, you will NEVER NEVER... have any desire to have sex with them whatsoever and will never actually have sex with one.

Moreover according to some 80% of men have sex with men in prison. There is no sex without actual sexual desire.

That fallacious christian article wants to tell engineers the right pressure in a gas bottle must be measured when the bottle is empty.

Finally the animal kingdom shows a quite different image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

In nature heterosexuality is only an utilitarion means to procreate.

 

[hylas]

ive read 10% in more than one instance.
seems a little high to me if were talking about self-identified gay people.
seems awfully low if were talking about people with same-sex desires.
just my feeling.

 

[Saybrooke]

I feel like its gotta be more than ten percent! Fifteen to twenty is my guess.

 

[bulge]

The problem with the 10% figure is gay men randomly know there are more, even much more.

 

[chrisw87]

A new study would be great. I would estimate;

*10% as gay or lesbian (possibility of +5% in denial)
*anywhere from 5-15% as socially identified bisexual (not bisexual in our accepted fluid terms, ie 95% straight but has a hidden desire to occasionally look at dicks).
*~5% other.

 

[Rand]

This is tricky

But I think it is 17% of the total world population,

and

about 73% of the civilized world.

You may quote me.

Rand

 

[SonOfSlobone]

Kinsey's methodology was highly flawed, as he didn't choose his subjects randomly. He would often seek out people with interesting sexual histories and interview them in depth, which tended to skew his results.

Wikipedia says that 3.5% of people in the US self-identify as gay or lesbian. That sounds about right to me. If you want to include people who are in denial, naturally the number would be higher.

But it all really comes down to what your definition of "gay" is, and there can never be just one right answer to that. What percentage of your sexual acts (or even thoughts) have to involve the same sex before you're considered gay? How recent does your last homosexual act have to be? And I don't see any reason to believe that the percentage is the same in every country.

 

[Taz]

Lets assume that only 1% of the entire planets population is gay.

That is still 70 million people. SEVENTY MILLION. and 1% is an extremely conservative estimate.

were it 5% then there would be a gay person in the world for every single person in the united states.

I'm willing to bet the actual number is a LOT higher in reality.

 

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@ SonofSoblone

That criticism on Kinsey cann't be accepted. When you measure randomly, you will end up measuring in society at large. Any measuring of homosexuality in society at large is deemed to be false as society does not have the same attitude vis-à-vis homosexuality and heterosexuality. So, all results in society at large are false by definition.

The only reliable results about male to male sexual desire is where men are free from societal pressure. So, prisons, boarding schools,.... are an excellent context. All other contexts are totally irrelevant and error inducing. Moreover society helps men in prisons, boarding schools,... by creating excuses like lack of women, situational homosexuality and youth homosexuality (as if sexuality would ever change in adulthood), all three confirming the str8 myth. Where there is no actual desire, there will never be anything happening.

Results will only be flawed when you measure in the wrong context and society at large is the wrong context par excellence.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

kinsey is of da same world wot alls kinsey

so kind a dumb dat in da crappa befor begin

but folk of no own mind happy ta keep lick da ways of all wot piss in da pot cultures churn ou same drip

thankyou

it first world porblem so carry on

 

[SonOfSlobone]

@ SonofSoblone

That criticism on Kinsey cann't be accepted. When you measure randomly, you will end up measuring in society at large. Any measuring of homosexuality in society at large is deemed to be false as society does not have the same attitude vis-à-vis homosexuality and heterosexuality. So, all results in society at large are false by definition.

The only reliable results about male to male sexual desire is where men are free from societal pressure. So, prisons, boarding schools,.... are an excellent context. All other contexts are totally irrelevant and error inducing. Moreover society helps men in prisons, boarding schools,... by creating excuses like lack of women, situational homosexuality and youth homosexuality (as if sexuality would ever change in adulthood), all three confirming the str8 myth. Where there is no actual desire, there will never be anything happening.

Results will only be flawed when you measure in the wrong context and society at large is the wrong context par excellence.

But the question wasn't, What would be the percentage of homosexuals in a perfect world where social attitudes were neutral. It was, What is the percentage of homosexuals in the world we actually live in. And to judge that, you have to use a sample that's representative of American society. You can't just go around talking to people you think have had a lot of fascinating sexual experiences.

Of course, people don't always tell the truth about their sex lives. Still, that's no excuse not to use statistically sound methodology.

All hail Kinsey, he was a great pioneer in many ways. But his findings have to be taken with a gigantic grain of salt.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Has anyone read/saw a study that gives an approximate percentage of gay men in a population or in humans in general?

I have this number in my head: 10%. I may have heard it somewhere but I hope to have a more concrete study if it is available.

why bi folk got worry it ?

anyway let take a word

Homo ans sexual stick um tageda with stuff

homosexual

now got 100% human race is HS
ans all da babas wanna tits feed um
Coor magic

anyway

no subbin fa bit got cream make wot not whipped ta death

thankyou

 

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@ SonofSlobone

The only thing I am saying is you should not measure the number of pinguins in Congo. You must measure male to male desire where it is relevant. Society of which homophobia is an essential trait, is the most irrelevant place ever. Prison and boarding schools are only the beginning of a relevant place, ONLY the beginning. Don't forget: situational homosexuality, lack of women, youth homosexuality,... are only self-confirming delusions made up by society.

 

[freshjock90]

25% When talking with people I always play the game "Last People on Earth". If everyone in the world besides me and a guy (add name ) were left as the only two people on earth, do you think he would eventually start a relationship with me after a few years? For me I can find a yes in about a 25% of the guys I know at school.

 

[bulge]

25% When talking with people I always play the game "Last People on Earth". If everyone in the world besides me and a guy (add name ) were left as the only two people on earth, do you think he would eventually start a relationship with me after a few years? For me I can find a yes in about a 25% of the guys I know at school.

Would never start a relationship with a woman. Good friends, OK. Best friends, OK, but NO relationship whatsoever.

 

[oakpope]

It's complete nonsense to give a number,
but 5% seems correct for me.

For bisexual, I believe it must be higher but no clue by how much, it's way more difficult to know.