The clearest picture yet of the identity, political attitudes, and civic engagement of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals is emerging from the largest and most rigorous survey of that community ever conducted. The political scientists who conducted the study unveiled their findings at a forum in Washington, D.C. on April 30.
Kenneth Sherrill, a well-known researcher in the field and a professor at Hunter College in New York, said the 10 percent figure popularized by Alfred Kinsey referred to those who have ever engaged in sexual activity with a person of the same sex, rather than those who identify as LGB. The actual figure of those who identify as lesbian or gay, according to the survey, is much lower
Survey sheds light on LGBs
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