𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢  Aug 4, 2023

- 7.2% of American adults are LGBTQ. That's 18.9 million adults, or larger than the entire veteran population.
- 11 million Americans are bisexual. That's more people than the entire state of Georgia.
- 3.6 million Americans are gay. That's more than the entire state of Utah.
- 2.6 million Americans are lesbian. That's more people than every single farmer in the country.
- and 1.6 million of us are transgender. That's TWICE as many as there are cops in the entire United States.

When people say "we shouldn't change our entire society just to pander to such a small percentage of it", that's obviously a really dumb argument from just an ethical stance. But it's also a really dishonest one. Because they would never say the same thing about veterans, farmers, cops, or the populations of entire States.

Show threadLogan Five ThousandAug 4, 2023
@LadyDragonfly And I imagine that these numbers are just those who felt comfortable enough with who they are and comfortable enough to list themselves accurately on a questionnaire. The numbers could be higher.
Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢  Aug 4, 2023
@LoganFive i have this little pet theory that, all other factors being eliminated, the percentages of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people should probably be roughly equal to one another.
Show threadPete Alex HarrisπŸ¦‘πŸ•ΈοΈπŸŒ²/∞πŸͺβˆ«Aug 4, 2023
@LadyDragonfly @LoganFive I'd expect there to be more bisexuals (as in, *some* attraction to attributes common to more than one sex/gender) than fully straight or fully gay. Maybe 60% of a population comfortable with honest self-reflection and not in moral panic about it.
Including a lot of asexuals and demisexuals with only or mostly non-horny attraction.
Show threadFabien Nicolet ✊ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ΄

@petealexharris @LadyDragonfly @LoganFive I am flabbergasted* that there is so much of us, and so much more than gays and lesbians combined, tbh

(*love this word, probably not using it right, sorry, not a native english speaker)

Aug 4, 2023 at 5:47pmWeb