LGBT
Related: About this forumHALF of young people don’t identify as ‘100% straight’
YouGov asked 1632 people to plot themselves on a Kinsey scale of sexuality, from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual).
Among the population as a whole, 72% of adults chose 0 (exclusively heterosexual) with just 23% differing.
4% ranked themselves as exclusively homosexual, with 19% identifying as somewhere on the spectrum in between the two.
However, among 18-24 year olds who are likely to have grown up in a more accepting environment the figures are shockingly different...
More at link: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/08/16/half-of-all-young-people-arent-100-straight/?utm_source=PNFB&utm_medium=socialFB&utm_campaign=PNFacebook
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)uriel1972
(4,261 posts)Will no doubt shape some of the answers. Hell I didn't know reassignment was an option until I was in my late twenties, if I had known in my childhood my whole life would have been so different.
I like how honest and brave these kids have been, if it had been me I probably would have put down 100% hetero out of fear of being caught out.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)I think it is great that they can explore their sexuality with much less fear and intimidation than in decades past.
judithostewart
(2 posts)This just goes to show- more support, more people are willing to be open.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]I guess we and unusual people are the oddballs that make up the rest of the 5% in the poll [/font]