Gay stats

Christian Concern  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Nov 2014
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New figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that only 1.6% of adults in the UK identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.

The figures, which were collected by the ONS for its Sexual Identity Project, show that 1.2% of people identify as gay or lesbian whilst 0.5% identify as bisexual.

Men are twice as likely as women to consider themselves gay, with 1.6% of adult males identifying themselves as homosexual, compared to 0.8% of adult females. The statistics also reveal that those who were aged 16-24 were five times more likely to self-identify as homosexual or bisexual than those aged 65 or above.

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