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Title: Joe Biden was right.
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 05, 2012, 12:34:38 AM

Will & Grace really did educate Americans. Or mis-educate them.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/americans-have-no-idea-how-few-gay-people-there-are/257753/

The Atlantic reports on Gallup polling that finds most Americans overestimate the homosexual population by a factor of about ten. While the true percentage is something like 2%, many Americans estimate 25%. I'm guessing they've seen too much Glee. (But haven't we all?)


Oh, and here's the Joe Biden bit, if anyone missed it. 
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/05/will-grace-applaud-joe-biden-122612.html

Title: Re: Joe Biden was right.
Post by: Northwoods on June 05, 2012, 12:56:32 AM

Quote from: fistful on June 05, 2012, 12:34:38 AM

Will & Grace really did educate Americans. Or mis-educate them.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/americans-have-no-idea-how-few-gay-people-there-are/257753/

The Atlantic reports on Gallup polling that finds most Americans overestimate the homosexual population by a factor of about ten. While the true percentage is something like 2%, many Americans estimate 25%. I'm guessing they've seen too much Glee. (But haven't we all?)


Oh, and here's the Joe Biden bit, if anyone missed it. 
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/05/will-grace-applaud-joe-biden-122612.html

I haven't seen any of that show.  And yes, that is still too much.

I worked with an uber-lib in Tucson that honestly though 1 person in 5 was homosexual.  Based on my personal knowlegde of "out" gays vs. obviously hetero people, I'd say 2-3% is believable.  Even 5% would be pushing it.  Most (more or less credible) estimates give the numbers as 3-5% of men, and 1-3% of women.