What percentage of the US population is
LGBTQ? New data shows which states have
the most
USA Today,
by
Claire Thornton
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
12/30/2023 6:18:10 AM
New data estimates the greatest number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender U.S. adults live in the South, confirming findings from recent years.
Across the country, researchers estimate more than 5% of U.S. adults are LGBTQ+, (snip) Young people ages 18-24 are much more likely to identify as LGBTQ+, according to the report from the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles. (snip) This month's new data from the Williams Institute is the latest batch from the group to rank the states that have the greatest percentage of LGBTQ+ residents.
As in recent years, Washington, D.C., takes the top spot, with 14.3% of adults identifying with the acronym.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
NorthStar 12/30/2023 6:25:31 AM (No. 1626644)
"Estimate" means massively overstate
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
rytwng 12/30/2023 6:29:38 AM (No. 1626647)
LGBTQ spells PERVERT
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
valinva 12/30/2023 6:32:22 AM (No. 1626649)
Half of those who identify as LGBTQ+ are Bisexual. In other words, they just like sex and will do it with anyone. Since this kind of perverted sexual activity is pushed on young people as they grow up and are exposed to porn, music videos and Hollywood showing bisexuality and no one telling them it is wrong and sinful, they are open to it. Sick world we live in.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bpl40 12/30/2023 7:12:41 AM (No. 1626661)
The words 'new data' or 'researchers estimate' are all politically weighted code words. There are approximately 210 - 220 million sexually active age adults in the country. The percentage of HIV positive - estimated through decades old stable statistically proven procedures is 0.7% according to the CDC. That makes the number of HIV positive about 1.4 to 1.5 million. Half of which are homosexual and the other drug abusers of both sexes .Homosexual population tested in every major enclave from Provincetown to Key West to San Fransisco is 52% HIV positive. That gives you a total homosexual (or gay) numbers at 700k. Where is this 14 million coming from?? HIV progresses to full blown AIDS and death at a fairly predictable rate . 14 million should cause a flood of purple splotched cadavers that are nowhere to be seen. The number of AIDS deaths perfectly matches a stable homosexual population of 700,000. These people should be forced to explain that.
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Could be a bunch of kids claiming to be non-straight to tap into scholarship money and other benefits put out there for the perverts...
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How does 35% living in the south mean that the south has any more than average???
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jkb 12/30/2023 8:05:01 AM (No. 1626685)
If the statistics are to be believed, even in the most homosexual/bi states they are generally less than 10% of the population. We've turned our world upside-down to accommodate less than 10%?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
downnout 12/30/2023 8:22:37 AM (No. 1626694)
Most of us identify ourselves by our accomplishments in life … not our sexual orientation.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
walcb 12/30/2023 8:34:43 AM (No. 1626700)
Here are the top 10 states for the deviants. None of these states are southern states. This article is crap.
Washington, D.C. − 14.3%
Oregon − 7.8%
Delaware − 7.5%
Vermont − 7.4%
New Hampshire − 7.2%
Washington − 6.9%
Colorado − 6.8%
Maine − 6.8%
Nevada − 6.6%
Massachusetts − 6.5%
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/30/2023 8:57:27 AM (No. 1626711)
Were they born in the south or have they moved there to the gay-friendly communities like Asheville, Austin, Miami, New Orleans, Key West and other rainbow-colored Utopias? The poofter population used to be 3%, why the sudden increase if they are "born that way?"
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
msjena 12/30/2023 9:07:06 AM (No. 1626718)
Washington, DC among top 3. No surprise. Many federal workers are gay. Also Delaware, Biden's home state. Rounding out the top 3, Oregon.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 12/30/2023 9:15:11 AM (No. 1626728)
Homosexualism is determined by actions - - not by words.
So how does a pollster - - or the government - - determine whether or not someone is homosexual - - unless they trail them around and observe all their actions over an extended period of time. The only solution is to assign a government agent to follow each of us - - around the clock - - for at least six months. But then - - who is going to follow the government agents?
Gee - - this is getting really sticky - - ain't it?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Miceal 12/30/2023 9:34:49 AM (No. 1626742)
Really, who gives a S*&T?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
columba 12/30/2023 9:46:53 AM (No. 1626753)
God invented ........
One male and one female.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
chillijilli 12/30/2023 10:07:26 AM (No. 1626769)
They'll be driving that 5% number up in the near future simply by changing the LGBTQ+ definition to include: androsexuals, abrosexuals, sapiosexuals, asexuals, graysexuals, demisexuals and those who are primarily heterosexual but incidentally homosexual or those who are predominantly heterosexual but more than incidentally homosexual.
You think I'm kidding? These groups (and more) exist and feel they have been seriously under-represented in the LGBTQ+umbrella term. Maybe by including them and then dividing further according to skin color or gender we'll soon be pushing 50%?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/30/2023 10:16:50 AM (No. 1626779)
I don’t believe anything that’s written in USA Today.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Laotzu 12/30/2023 10:24:55 AM (No. 1626788)
Yes, the highest density of homosexuals in the US, by far, is in Washington D.C., the San Francisco of the East. That is who controls your government.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
chefrandy 12/30/2023 10:36:24 AM (No. 1626796)
How many were counted multiple times because they identify as a, b or c of the month, week or day? Today I'm L, last week I was G, next week I'll be +. Bunch of nonsense. About like the number of people (mostly young) that were vegan for a month until they figured out they really missed meat or got a job and could afford more than ramen noodles and rice.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 12/30/2023 10:40:52 AM (No. 1626801)
They should look at social influencers. Bet the largest group is LGBTQ+. Go out on any social media platform and it is only a matter of time before one encounters a member of the LGBTQ+ community peddling their agenda.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
mc squared 12/30/2023 10:46:51 AM (No. 1626805)
Based on Biden's cabinet, the Pentagon, and various 3-letter agencies, I'd agree that DC has the highest percentage of strange preferences. My favorite, until bad press forced his retirement for stealing luggage, is the one who dressed as a dog.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 12/30/2023 11:07:40 AM (No. 1626818)
The weak minded, seeking to be "trendy", 'cool' and 'shocking' are claiming this. I don't believe it.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
FLCracker 12/30/2023 11:09:28 AM (No. 1626819)
Another article about our girl, Ligbitquia (inspired by the FBI adding the feminine ending to the alphabet string).
Why do they not alphabetize this, LGBTQIA? Shouldn't it ABGILQT? (It can be a non-gender name, Abgilquit. Or is that a new medicine with a cute commercial?)
Add the "+" to it, and it means any sexual conception, other than Straight. Therefore, there should be two categories, S for Straight and NS for Non-Strraight. Now isn't that simpler (and shorter)?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Kate318 12/30/2023 12:34:06 PM (No. 1626867)
#17 gets to the heart of it. This is what controls our government and our culture. It also controls the Vatican.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Birddog 12/30/2023 2:01:20 PM (No. 1626914)
They claim the "South" has the highest percentages, by claiming DC and Delaware are "Southern States",
The 37% that are "Bi sexual" is primarily, nearly exclusively, female. Of that cohort about half are women that look like the marchers shown in the story picture, obesely overweight and fugly, who will rub up on ANYONE who will have them, out of sheer desperation for human contact. The other half are slimmer/prettier femme party gyrrrls who follow the "Influencer" leads from Kardashians, to Hilton, to Madonna, to nearly every pop princess that includes drinking and dancing with other gyrrls in their "act". As it is non-penetrative sex, essentially "petting", and not "messy/icky", with a much lower perceived risk of STDs/pregnancies or violence.(Though domestic violence rates are MUCH higher in the LBGQ community) Most go back to exclusively hetero relationships as they get older and leave the "Party" life.
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The percentage of US population that's LGBTQ?
It's .0000000000insignificant. That LGBTQ crowd makes a tiny yet loud and obnoxious minority.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 12/30/2023 4:27:19 PM (No. 1626979)
#16 is also my thought exactly. Nothing printed by USA today is trustworthy...nothing. Any weather story always mentions "climate change" even when it's some sort of ludicrous, far out correction. Every LGBT story is slanted to celebrate their lifestyle, every Trump story is critical and biased, the horrifying black crime figures are suppressed or ignored entirely and EVs, banning natural gas and fossil fuel of any kind are always supported. It's a leftist propaganda rag.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
mifla 12/31/2023 5:45:59 AM (No. 1627185)
Good luck with the counting.
On Monday, some identify as gay.
On Tuesday, the same people identify as Trans.
The rest of the week, they are "other".
It depends on how they "feel" when they get up in the morning.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
broken01 1/3/2024 8:11:12 AM (No. 1628824)
This screed is from the USA Not Today. The biggest leftist piece of dung rag printed in my beloved country. Anything they publish is suspect. Especially if it's about the Alphabet Mafia.
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