| reggin_bolas said: According Gallop. the American public estimates that over 20% of the US population is gay or lesbian. According to Gallop, it's estimated that only 3.8% actually identify as gay or lesbian. If we extrapolate to the world population, this figure is likely to remain as low or maybe even lower. So why on earth are we giving so much attention and why are we investing so many societal resources for such a small minority group? I mean, there are toilets now in Sweden that are specifically designed and built for transpeople, yet there aren't many people who are actually trans. And even Gallop agrees with my thesis: "The overestimation may also reflect prominent media portrayals of gay characters on television and in movies, even as far back as 2002, and perhaps the high visibility of activists who have pushed gay causes, particularly legalizing same-sex marriage." Is there an agenda to make gay and lesbian perceived as "cool" and normalized when it's statistically not? Is it ethical? http://www.gallup.com/poll/183383/americans-greatly-overestimate-percent-gay-lesbian.aspx |
You do realize that being gay or lesbian has absolutely nothing to do with being transgender right?
There are gay and lesbian transgender people of course, the only numbers I could find on it suggest that about 21% of them identify as gay. Incidentally that is the exact same number that identifies as heterosexual.
My point is that the numbers above actually only includes about a fith of transgender (the 21% that identify as homosexual) people and don't accord for the rest of them.
Hence, I'm not quite sure what the point of your post was with regards to this topic, other than to imply that we should deny people human rights and equality based on their minority status.
