SEXUALITYOh Stonewall you bunch of deluded idiots or Everyone is LGBT now!

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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

About 5% were Gay or Lesbian. 10% claimed they were Bi.

The fact that the percentage of Gay and Lesbian barely changes across generations is pretty interesting.

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Interesting. So that means 14% are just attention-seeking. Though I would argue that a third of women who claim to be bisexual are straight, and just say they're bi just because they think it makes them seem more interesting.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It’s difficult to say anything definite without more info, but I suspect that if they released a breakdown by sex there would be some interesting differences between men and women. I also suspect that that if they surveyed men with “have you ever slept with a dude?”, and women with “have you ever slept with a woman?” the results would drastically alter the findings of the polling, and might align with your suspicions.

Oh and fucking define “Queer”…because that shit is ridiculous.

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"Queer" means weird or perculiar. Until a few decades ago, most people thought gay people were weird, and a lot of people still do nowadays. To be fair, a lot of gay and bisexual people are weirdos - wearing a dress when you're a man, having sex with multiple people in one night, or wanting to tell children about anal sex is weird as fuck.

I guess that a lot of people who call themselves "queer" really are queer after all.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My problem with… no, one of my problems with the term “queer” as used today is that it is so ill-defined that women, and it is usually women, can call themselves “queer” and take a spot on a float at Pride yet be married to a man with kids and do absolutely nothing, beyond maybe having dangerhair and a pierced nose.

I fully recognise that as a straight man I have fuck all say in any of this, but as someone who used to work with stats for a living it annoys me to have people touting statistics with an undefined term and then touting them as important and meaningful.

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As a member of society, you get a lot of say in this, because this shit is seeking to affect everything in society, from language to personal freedoms.

A lot of straight women become "queer" so they can tell gay men what to do without repercussions.