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To: Elroy who wrote (238188)	6/20/2005 4:45:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579140

However, in modern times, the percentage gay has consistently ranged between 10% and 20% in whatever country has studied the issue. If it were that high, I don't think it would have the discrimination against it which it experiences in most of the world. You got any support for those stats? I was going by the numbers provided in the Kinsey study. As it turns out, those numbers are disputed but then no one can be sure what is the accurate count since not every one is readily willing to admit if they are gay or not [see Mayor West of Spokane]. In addition, 25% of Kinsey's population base included prison inmates........one only has to watch HBO's Oz to know what that is all about. Here are some possible but not necessarily accurate numbers: This site gives a summary of various demographic studies to 1999. Smith (1991) classified 5-6% of adults as homosexual or bisexual since age 18. Taylor (1993) found more than 4% of men aged 16-50 and more than 3% of women in the same age group reporting a same-sex sexual partner in the previous five years. Laumann et al (1994) found that 9% of men and 4% of women reported having engaged in at least one same-gender sexual activity since puberty. Given the identity category choices of heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or something else, 2.8% of men and 1.4% of women surveyed reported "some level of homosexual identity." Binson et al (1995) showed 5.3% of men reporting sexual activity with a same-gender partner since age 18. and 6.5% of men reporting sex with men during the previous five years. The highest prevalence was found the 12 largest cities (14.4% since age 18) and among "highly educated" White males (10.8%). Sells et al (1995) reported 6.2% of males and 3.6% of females with "sexual contact with someone of the same sex only or with both sexes in the previous five years," and 20.8% of U.S. males and 17.8% of U.S. females with some homosexual behavior or some homosexual attraction since age 15. Gonsierek et al (1995) reviewed the literature and critiqued surveys of homosexual activity from Kinsey in 1948 to the 1994 study by Laumann, et al. Because of the possible risks involved in self-disclosure, it is posited that the recurrent 2-5% for same-gender sexual behavior in the studies reviewed represents a minimum figure. They suggest that the current prevalence of predominant same-sex orientation is 4-17%. geocities.com