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Re:Americans Greatly Overestimate U.S. Gay Population by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:45PM (#20300456)
> the 4.5% number feels low to me (as in, impossibly so).

I think it's contextual to location. A lot of LGBT people move to cities for acceptance. If you live in a big city, you're more liking to know relatively more LGBT people than if you lived in a rural or suburban area.

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Re:Americans Greatly Overestimate U.S. Gay Population by drawnwren on Thursday June 27, 2019 @09:05PM (#20300592)
Age is also huge. It's easy to forget that half of the population is over 38.
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