Comparing to this Gallup poll of adult Gen Zers (18-25 year olds):
High schoolers: 26% LGBTQ; 12% bisexual, 11% questioning/other, 3% gay/lesbian
Gen Z adults: 21% LGBTQ; 15% bisexual, 3% questioning/other, 4.5% gay/lesbian
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They also found that, among all high schoolers that have had a sexual experience, 1 in 5 have had a same-sex experience (20%; 14% with both genders, 6% only with the same gender). Assuming that number will probably go up for them as they have more experiences.
And I feel like that's pretty interesting to note, because there's an annoying stereotype going around that most bi people, especially bi women, will only fall into opposite-sex experiences because they're a 1 or 2 the Kinsey scale. Obviously those people are valid too, but I don't think they represent the majority of bi people, and there's often some invalidation coming when people say that. I saw this study posted on Reddit, and people were like "it's probably just 99% straight kids looking for attention and trying to feel unique." That just isn't true.
Some anecdotal talk: I go to a progressive-ish college, and from my uni experience so far, I'd say like 1/4 of the people I became friends with at random (mostly guys) have ending up telling me they're LGBT in some form or another. And yeah, most of those people are bi.
Most bi people I know don't seem to have a preference at all, actually, a good chunk of them (including me) seem to have a preference for the same gender. I think I know one bi guy that says he only likes very feminine guys and enbies, so he's only been with girls so far. But other than that, all the bi people I know have either been with both main genders or only the same-gender! I had a talk with my straight friends actually, a lot of them said they have maybe a 5% same-sex attraction, but wouldn't identify as anything but straight because they can't see themselves with the same gender. I mean they could if they wanted to, that's probably an even much larger chunk of the population, but I'm assuming most people like that will keep identifying as straight.
I wonder what percentage of it is high schoolers fucking around. I remember back in middle and high school my friends and I would fill out surveys saying we were white with Hispanic origins, gay, and our families made over $100k a year lol
Honestly I could see a few kids doing that but not enough to truly skew the results. And like parts of survey on race and family income are pretty consistent with official numbers
Well are you all white gays with hispanic origins now and your families currently make over 100k a year?
Life would be easier if we were
About 4%
I didn't read the full article but I think the lizardman example is a bit more extreme than this, although people still make gay jokes, answering you're queer in a survey isn't as funny as answering a conspiracy theory. I could guess maybe around 1-2% troll answers, tho I have no idea (either way, definintely far outweighed by the amount of people still in the closet).
I feel like the more absurd a certain answer is the more people are willing to lie, and being queer isn't an absurd response anymore when you'll probably have queer kids in every classroom. There were a lot of other questions in the poll I could see a lot more people giving troll answers on (illicit drug/opioid use, STI infection, "four or more lifetime sexual partners," etc.).
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