Happy pride month! 🌈

Sources: Gallup surveys of 2012, 2016 and 2021 and the PRRI survey from 2023

    • Kaity@leminal.spaceEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Being trans doesn’t necessarily mean you are homosexual. It is kinda gay to be trans though.

      • polysexualstick@lemmy.world
        10·
        5 months ago

        No but if you like girls and then realise you are also a girl you can go from “I’m a straight guy” to “I’m a gay woman”

        • Kaity@leminal.spaceEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Yeah, in my case though my sexuality flipped, didn’t change too much because I’m pan but preferences went 65/35 to 35/65. I also know someone who was gay before, and after, transitioning. And I know many who haven’t changed what gender they are attracted to.

          Was mainly trying to point out they aren’t connected for any cis people who wander.

          • Breve@pawb.social
            3·
            5 months ago

            Sorry, I guess the confusion is partially between you and the person you were replying to. The chart says LGBT, but “gay” is often used synonymously with LGBT when referring to the community (i.e. gay pride month instead of LGBTQIA+ pride month).

            • Kaity@leminal.spaceEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              hmm, I suppose, but I do not like that. More often than not people are inclusive in hate but exclusive in praise. I understand ya, but I did specifically say homosexual to disambiguate. It’s a fairly common misconception that trans people are just gay people who want to deceive straight people. Being trans, however, is not connected to sexuality, it’s identity. I would have identified as a mostly straight d00d before transitioning, with a bit of pan-curiosity, now I’m solidly pan, somewhat more attracted to men.

              TLDR: trans is not gay, but it’s kinda gay, and I’m double gay.

              • Breve@pawb.social
                1·
                5 months ago

                I appreciate that you used the word homosexual, but the person you replied to didn’t so I was confused as to why you thought that’s what they meant. 🤷

                • Kaity@leminal.spaceEnglish
                  2·
                  5 months ago

                  I was mainly trying to be funny but I did take the comment to mean she likes women, so now she knows she’s gay because she knows she’s a woman.

                  I’m gonna be real with you though, I’ve been having terrible migraines today, that combined with my ADHD and who knows why I say what I do.

  • AIhasUse@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 months ago

    Does ‘Title’ on the left have some meaning I don’t know about, or was it just never changed from the chart template? Are these numbers supposed to be percentages?

  • then_three_more@lemmy.world
    13·
    5 months ago

    The silent generation is interesting. Presumably the percentage is going up because the overall number of people remaining is significantly going down. Therefore we can conclude that being LGBTQ increases life expectancy.

    • Krazore@lemmy.world
      11·
      5 months ago

      I would argue a very different take on that data. We know stress reduces longevity due to weakened immune systems, higher blood pressure, and various other factors that go along with high levels of stress. I would say that it’s more of the silent generation feeling comfortable with finally coming out as who they are rather than being LGBTQ+ increasing lifespan. In fact I’d say it probably reduced a lot of their lifespans due to constant stress of “being found out” along with the physical attacks that were far more common in their time.

      While that’s a terrible thing, I think we’re going to see what the true percentage of people that identify as LGBTQ in the coming years. A good comparison is left handed people. Before it was taboo and looked down upon. After it become normalized the percentage of left handed people quickly jumped to 10% and has remained there more or less.

      • DocSportello@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 months ago

        I think if you are talking about a few percentage points then that is well in the margin of error (especially as these are different studies if I understand that correctly)