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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big topic of conversation in 4th grade here

The answers are yes, no or I’m not sure yet.

Why is this hard?[/quote]

The perception of the number of gay people in the US has recently risen from 10% to 15%.  The actual number is 1-2%.  Our perception is totally off - and our children's perception is even more off.[/quote]

Your facts are way off, the number of people that identify as lgbt is over 7% and that doesn’t include the generation being discussed here.  Gen Z has a 20% lgbt identification rate.[/quote]

As I said, perception is way off.  It's hard to know, since there are different ways to measure and different ways to survey .  An estimate is 3.8% (my earlier number was a little off) - much lower than Kinsey's famous 10%.

https://www.npr.org/2011/06/08/137057974/-institute-of-medicine-finds-lgbt-health-research-gaps-in-us

More recently, the perception is at 25% but the most recent number is 7% with 4.2% identifying as bisexual.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/259571/americans-greatly-overestimate-gay-population.aspx

https://news.gallup.com/poll/470708/lgbt-identification-steady.aspx[/quote]

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