Comprehensive Study on Sexual Behavior: 8% of Men are Gay and 7% of Women are Lesbian

The Christofascists like Albert Mohler will not be happy with the findings of a new comprehensive survey on sexual behavior conducted by the University of Indiana. The survey confirms that LGBT citizens are far more numerous that our enemies like to pretend. Equally staggering to the gay-haters is that 15% of all middle aged men say they have received oral sex from another man. Unfortunately, the survey doesn't state how many of the men in this latter group are Southern Baptists, Mormons and/or Catholic. My sense has always been that gays make up considerably more of the population than the 1-3% that the far right likes to claim. The full survey results can be found here. ABCNews has details. Here are some highlights:
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The largest, most comprehensive study on sexual behaviors in the United States was published Friday in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. The study includes everything from condom usage by age and race to a description of the 40 most popular sexual acts Americans perform.
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Academics from the University of Indiana gathered their data by surveying 5,865 people between the ages of 14 and 94. The researchers claim to be the first group to include both adolescence and adults in a major study on sexual behaviors.
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Eight percent of men and 7 percent of women identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual, but a much higher percentage report engaging in sexual activity with someone of the same sex at least once. The study found that 15 percent of men aged 50-59 have received oral sex from another man at some point.
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The researchers wrote nine articles using their data. All of the articles, as well as commentaries offering perspectives on the study, can be found in the the Oct. 1 edition of the Journal of Sexual Medicine [subscription only].
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