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Old 24-09-2010, 10:17 AM #1
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Default UK gay population is 1.5%
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11398629

sounds about right
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How big is the paedophile population?
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Pfft, ya right.
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off?
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Gay population 1%

Bi population 0.5%
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So almost 1/6 = 1.5%?
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That doesn't account for the people that are gay that haven't come out yet, not forgetting the 3% that "didn't know," not that I'm saying those are gay/bisexual, but they're not straight. And what about the people that didn't complete this? I'm over 16 and I have never answered any questions on my sexuality in one of these "Statistic" polls.

You will never get a definite percentage on the amount of gay/bisexual people there, as with heterosexuality.
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That doesn't account for the people that are gay that haven't come out yet, not forgetting the 3% that "didn't know," not that I'm saying those are gay/bisexual, but they're not straight. And what about the people that didn't complete this? I'm over 16 and I have never answered any questions on my sexuality in one of these "Statistic" polls.

You will never get a definite percentage on the amount of gay/bisexual people there, as with heterosexuality.
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So almost 1/6 = 1.5%?
wot?
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So one out of six is the equivalent to 1.5%?

Can't explain it any better.



I'm sorry but out of the whole 6 million people in Britain, I refuse to believe only 1.5% are not straight. I'd say at the minimum, only 15% are not straight.
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So one out of six is the equivalent to 1.5%?

Can't explain it any better.



I'm sorry but out of the whole 6 million people in Britain, I refuse to believe only 1.5% are not straight. I'd say at the minimum, only 15% are not straight.

no your arithmetic is way wrong on both counts
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So much for the one-in-ten myth then.

Phlip, dunno why you seem to think that 1 in 6 people must be gay/bi?
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So much for the one-in-ten myth then.

Phlip, dunno why you seem to think that 1 in 6 people must be gay/bi?
He must mean on tibb and DS
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He must mean on tibb and DS
Oh right, not exactly representative of the population though. I'd have thought Big Brother would have a disproportionate number of gay fans.
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I've always thought it was around 8%, but I've never known for sure
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Dunno why I thought 1/6. Thought it said...
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What survey is this? I never answered it...
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Most people are either lying that they are gay or in the closet
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A lot of it is to do with demographics. Most people who admit they're gay are below about 25-30 and the vast majority of the population are well over that age

It might seem alien to us, but go and ask a 60 year old who will probably say that sounds about right

This forum is no indication either, BB is a show watched mainly by gays and girls
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I've always thought it was around 8%, but I've never known for sure
Yeah I've always thought this too, but for me its just a gut feeling lmao.
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Well clearly this survey was conducted in some of the straightest places they could find like a builders yard or something. Bet no one in a gay bar was asked!

Theres loads of gays in this country, i know about 10 in one small town alone!
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I.5% admitted they were gay,the vast majority likely still do not admit or even state their preference.
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The ONS received 450,000 responses in its new Integrated Household Survey.

The survey provides the biggest pool of social data in the UK after the Census, ONS says.

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That survey is flawed. Disregard!
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lol if they counted the people on tibb and DS it would be the other way around if everyone came out.
TBH there are so many closet cases on here.
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