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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://qz.com/1014142/a-teen-health-survey-crucial-to-us-public-policy-is-finally-asking-kids-about-their-sexual-orientation/

The above link is an article regarding a survey that the CDC did in 2016, where they tried to determine the % of HS students who are gay or bisexual.  They first asked what they consider their orientation to be, then asked the gender of the person they were dating.  The survey determined that 8% of HS students are bisexual or gay.  For those of you with kids in HS, does this seem right to you?  I can believe this might be true just of males, but it seems now that very few HS females identify as straight.  I'm wondering if things have changed that much since 2016, or if the 8% is inaccurate. [/quote]

That is probably HIGH by global standards.

Perhaps you have reason to believe Americans come from a wholly different gene pool...Martians?[/quote]

DP.  It's not that Americans are from a different gene pool, it's that as a society Americans are more accepting of gay or bisexual people.  A survey asks people to admit being gay or bi.  If you live in a country where there is a significant probability that you'll be seriously harmed or killed, you're not going to say your gay or bi.  LGBT people in America still face physical harm, but not to the same degree as in other parts of the world.  I'm originally from a country that the prime minister openly advocated killing gay men.  In my entire time growing up, I knew one openly gay person and he was physically beaten up on a regular basis.  I'm sure there were many more gay people than just him, but they chose not to be open about it because of the potential consequences to their physical safety.  I lost track of this person when I stopped visiting the country, so I don't know if he was eventually killed or if the beatings continued. [/quote]

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