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Offline bijou

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One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian
« on: September 24, 2010, 07:00:11 AM »
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More than 480,000 people or one per cent of the UK?s adult population regard themselves as gay or lesbian while a further 245,000 or 0.5 percent say they are bisexual, according a study published by the Office for National Statistics.

The data has been collected by the new Integrated Household Survey (IHS), which is the largest social report ever produced for the ONS.  ...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c572e61309456e2eca23d244a40b2c43.2a1&show_article=1
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Re: One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2010, 07:58:01 AM »
Though from BBC America you would get the impression that there must be 24% still in the closet.

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Re: One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2010, 08:02:46 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on September 24, 2010, 07:58:01 AM
Though from BBC America you would get the impression that there must be 24% still in the closet.

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Media outlet wrong by a factor of 25 shocker!  :-)
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Re: One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2010, 04:15:24 PM »
Who really cares about them really
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Re: One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2010, 04:31:47 PM »
Wasn't there a story in the past few days that 1 out of 5 homosexuals have HIV?
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Re: One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2010, 04:39:53 PM »
Quote from: cavegal on September 24, 2010, 04:31:47 PM
Wasn't there a story in the past few days that 1 out of 5 homosexuals have HIV?

There was also an update to the story, that about half of those infected don't know it.  To me, that points to an ever increasing percentage will get infected.
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