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 threadReina 
@LadyDragonfly @LoganFive My pet theory is that that given a population that is completely accepting of all sexualities and genders, we'd see a huge amount of bisexuals. I believe that comphet is artificially lowering the amount. That said, I do still think the majority lean het even if they're technically bisexual.
Aug 4, 2023 at 7:01pmWeb
Show threadToni Aug 31, 2023

@reina @LadyDragonfly @LoganFive Most human traits with two extreme versions are part of a bimodal distribution. Straight would be one crest, gay/lesbian would be the other. If you google bimodal distribution and look at the graph it's pretty clear the majority of the population fall somewhere in between.

tdlr: totally agree but said in a very nerdy way