Six Percent of British population is gay!

who knew?

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Moving to London.
What is the percentage in theater?
90?

Polls are always flawed and underreport these sorts of things. All that poll shows is that 6% of the British population is out enough and comfortable enough with their sexuality to tell a poll taker that they are gay. That's all. Even in an anonymous poll, studies have shown that a large percentage of people lie regarding revealing personal information that they are embarassed about. If someone is very closeted (and have never said "I am gay" out loud to themselves, let alone anyone else), do you really think they'll be honest with a poll taker?

So 6% of Britain is openly, unashamedly gay. Great. Add another 10% to account for those who are closeted and lied or are sexually active with the same sex but don't consider themselves "gay" and you'll be closer to the ballpark figure of the actual number of people who are gay in the country.

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Based on my experience, I would have said much higher.

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