How gay is the population?

Statistics for UK 2018

About 2.5% of men are some form of lgb

About 2.4% of women are some form of lgb

About 6.5% of men have a same sex attraction

About 11.5% of women have a same sex attraction

About 5.5% of men had sex with a man in the past 7 years

About 6.1% of womem had sex with a woman in the past 7 years

Statistics United States 2014

About 4.2% of men identified as gay

About 0.9% of women identified as lesbian

About 2.6% of men identified as bi

About 3.6% of women identified as bi

About 1% of men identified as something else

About 2.3% of women identified as something else

(Did a quick google search thingy, and if you ask me personally, I was surprised that these numbers are so high. I thought they'd be less because it just feels much less than those numbers. I guess it could also vary from study to study what "lgbtq+" is and stuff.)

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