Board 8 > Anderson Cooper comes out as gay.

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SmartMuffin
07/02/12 8:33:00 PM
#51:


http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/americans-have-no-idea-how-few-gay-people-there-are/257753/

Here it is. But that's just from the hyper-conservative outlet The Atlantic...

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Mershaaay
07/02/12 8:37:00 PM
#52:


UltimaterializerX posted...
Can you imagine a straight pride parade?


I try to organize these yearly

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SmartMuffin
07/02/12 8:38:00 PM
#53:


From: Mershaaay | #052
UltimaterializerX posted...
Can you imagine a straight pride parade?


I try to organize these yearly


Are you also working on White History Month?

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Paratroopa1
07/02/12 8:41:00 PM
#54:


This article says it's only like 2%. I find that incredibly hard to believe. I will be fair though, I live in the Seattle area, which might be higher than the national average, or at least higher in self-reporting. But way more than 2% of all people are I know are gay, and that's an unbiased sample since I'm mostly closeted. It's more like 8-10%.

The more fascinating part of that article is how bad people are at percentages. I don't think people are overestimating the number of gays, they just don't know how much 25% is.
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Mershaaay
07/02/12 8:41:00 PM
#55:


SmartMuffin posted...
From: Mershaaay | #052
UltimaterializerX posted...
Can you imagine a straight pride parade?


I try to organize these yearly


Are you also working on White History Month?


No, because black people have actually earned that piece of history. Gays like to pretend like they are part of some struggle when they aren't. Unless you count people peacefully getting annoyed when they try to redefine what isn't theirs.

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Sfandi
07/02/12 8:51:00 PM
#56:


I'm more surprised he didn't come out already.

Everyone knew.
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Paratroopa1
07/02/12 8:52:00 PM
#57:


Mershaaay posted...
SmartMuffin posted...
From: Mershaaay | #052
UltimaterializerX posted...
Can you imagine a straight pride parade?


I try to organize these yearly


Are you also working on White History Month?


No, because black people have actually earned that piece of history. Gays like to pretend like they are part of some struggle when they aren't. Unless you count people peacefully getting annoyed when they try to redefine what isn't theirs.


oh holy christ

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CycloRaptor
07/02/12 8:55:00 PM
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yeah most of the studies i have seen estimate between 5-10%

nowhere near 25% of whatever, but not quite as low as 3%.

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Paratroopa1
07/02/12 8:56:00 PM
#60:


UltimaterializerX posted...
From: My Immortal | #046
Every day is straight pride day.



Bad logic.

And Muffin, 10% of every single species in recorded history is gay.


okay wait

I'm pretty sure a lot less than 10% of like, say, ants are gay
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ImTheMacheteGuy
07/02/12 9:14:00 PM
#62:


Paratroopa1 posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
From: My Immortal | #046
Every day is straight pride day.



Bad logic.

And Muffin, 10% of every single species in recorded history is gay.


okay wait

I'm pretty sure a lot less than 10% of like, say, ants are gay


well considering what a crazy high percentage of ants are female I think, if a lot of them aren't gay, they asexual or whatever. I think that makes I dunno I'm too f***ed up right now but I think ants work that way and/or bees. Soemthing like that. You know, the workers are female and only a few males are there and they're drones or whatever and they just dick around and f*** the queen when she's in the mood but they get killed afterward so they're just pieces of meat and I dunno where I got this all from but it was definitely a source of information. Nevermind I'm going to bed

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BlAcK TuRtLe
07/02/12 9:20:00 PM
#63:


Wait, didn't he come out a long time ago? This seems like old news to me.

And Para, your sample is very biased, based on your age, gender and orientation, closeted or not. Just saying.

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Paratroopa1
07/02/12 9:27:00 PM
#64:


BlAcK TuRtLe posted...
Wait, didn't he come out a long time ago? This seems like old news to me.

And Para, your sample is very biased, based on your age, gender and orientation, closeted or not. Just saying.


I misworded what I meant. Yes, the sample of people I know is certainly biased, there's thousands of reasons for that beyond that. However the sample of people I know should be fairly neutral in terms of how many gay people I know, aside from age which is a genuine factor. I meant that to separate it from someone who's like, openly gay and going to gay bars and associating with specifically gay sections of the population, which I'm not doing. THAT would be biased.
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foolmor0n
07/02/12 9:31:00 PM
#65:


Thanks guys, now I'm gonna spend all night looking up lesbian ant porn

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Emporer_Kazbar
07/02/12 10:55:00 PM
#66:


From: My Immortal | #047
I mean, its the one weekend of the year that I can hold hands with my husband without getting stares, degrading comments, or death threats, and yes, that has happened to us. So, sorry if I like feeling safe and secure.


You're telling me nobody gives stares, degrading comments or death threats when an entire parade of the thing they abhor comes through town? Seems like that would attract MORE negativity, TBQH.

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My Immortal
07/03/12 6:13:00 AM
#67:


Emporer_Kazbar posted...

You're telling me nobody gives stares, degrading comments or death threats when an entire parade of the thing they abhor comes through town? Seems like that would attract MORE negativity, TBQH.


I see where you're coming from, but it's not like that. People travel for hours to get to pride celebrations. Sure, there's always a couple people with megaphones and signs, but when 99% of the people downtown are LGBT or allies, they can't single out specific people. We just hang out on the opposite side of the festivities from where those losers are.

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wg64Z
07/03/12 6:32:00 AM
#68:


No, because black people have actually earned that piece of history. Gays like to pretend like they are part of some struggle when they aren't. Unless you count people peacefully getting annoyed when they try to redefine what isn't theirs.

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My Immortal
07/03/12 6:46:00 AM
#69:


Also, gay people aren't part of a struggle, huh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Anti-Homosexuality_Bill

Uganda might pass a bill that says homosexuality is a crime and the punishment is death. They call this bill the "Kill the gays" bill.

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Mershaaay
07/03/12 6:54:00 AM
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My Immortal posted...
Also, gay people aren't part of a struggle, huh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Anti-Homosexuality_Bill

Uganda might pass a bill that says homosexuality is a crime and the punishment is death. They call this bill the "Kill the gays" bill.


I was referring to the US, obviously. But it's nice to know you literally had to cite an African dictatorship to find a place where gays are "part of the struggle."

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My Immortal
07/03/12 6:55:00 AM
#71:


Oh, I didn't realize it was only the US that mattered.

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CycloRaptor
07/03/12 6:55:00 AM
#72:


plz don't argue with sephg as if he is an actual human being

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My Immortal
07/03/12 6:57:00 AM
#73:


I actually was going to look for links to US related gay hate-crimes, but decided it wasn't worth it.

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Mershaaay
07/03/12 6:58:00 AM
#74:


My Immortal posted...
Oh, I didn't realize it was only the US that mattered.


I didn't realize that the NY Pride Parade, etc was actually meant for achieving equality in Uganda

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Mershaaay
07/03/12 6:58:00 AM
#75:


My Immortal posted...
I actually was going to look for links to US related gay hate-crimes, but decided it wasn't worth it.


FACT: Most hate crimes in the US are committed against straight white men

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My Immortal
07/03/12 7:00:00 AM
#76:


FACT: I don't believe that's a fact.

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KingButz
07/03/12 7:04:00 AM
#77:


Maybe my life is biased or whatever (I don't see how, though), but 1-3% seems about right for the amount of gay people in society. I think when you live in an urban center the number might go up quite significantly, but still... 10% means that 1 in 10 people are gay? No way.

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My Immortal
07/03/12 7:34:00 AM
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From what I understand, the 10% include bi people.

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Mershaaay
07/03/12 7:37:00 AM
#79:


My Immortal posted...
From what I understand, the 10% include bi people.


literally half the women I know are some degree of bi

I bet that skews the numbers

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WaIker
07/03/12 7:39:00 AM
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this topic is a thing

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KingButz
07/03/12 7:48:00 AM
#81:


Isn't every woman bi? That's not really fair if you count them.

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My Immortal
07/03/12 8:00:00 AM
#82:


From a bit of completely scientific research (meaning, google), it looks like 4% of the population is lesbian/gay, 5% is bi, and >1% transgender, making up for roughly 10% LGBT.

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Mershaaay
07/03/12 8:03:00 AM
#83:


My Immortal posted...
From a bit of completely scientific research (meaning, google), it looks like 4% of the population is lesbian/gay, 5% is bi, and >1% transgender, making up for roughly 10% LGBT.


bi is wayyyy too subjective of a definition


for example, my girlfriend has had sex with a girl, but is not "bi" because 1). she would only go down on a girl to enhance sex with a guy and 2). she would never consider dating a girl

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My Immortal
07/03/12 8:04:00 AM
#84:


The 5% is people who identify as bi when asked, it sounds like your girlfriend would not identify as bi.

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Mershaaay
07/03/12 8:07:00 AM
#85:


if I had to guess, I'd say ~3% of all people are gay, <1% are trans, ~1% are truly bi, and ~50% (of women) are situationally bi

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masterplum
07/03/12 8:43:00 AM
#86:


*looks at topic*

Man that's a lot of posts in that topic. I don't see what's so big of a deal about

*clicks on topic*

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Oh. The Republican cusaders strike

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yoshifan823
07/03/12 8:53:00 AM
#87:


masterplum posted...
*looks at topic*

Man that's a lot of posts in that topic. I don't see what's so big of a deal about

*clicks on topic*

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Oh. The Republican cusaders strike


Run away, run far, far away. Someone literally used the "Well why isn't there a straight pride parade" argument.
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