Gay or lesbian women
is the preferred term for women. Avoid identifying gay people as "homosexuals" an outdated term considered derogatory and offensive to many lesbian and gay.
The Family Research Report says "around % of men, and 2% of women, are homosexual or bisexual." The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force estimates.
How Many People are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender?
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Description:This is particularly true among individuals from non-Western cultures. For women in the age range 16 to 44, the proportion who report having had some same-sex experience has shown a dramatic rise over the past 20 years: An identity label sometimes adopted by male to female trans people to signify that they are women while still affirming their transgender history. This must mean that many same-sex contacts are by people who do not consider themselves gay or bisexual. Not all men who engage in same gender sexual behavior identify as gay, and as such this label should be used with caution. Somewhat interestingly, both sexes believe there are more homosexuals in the opposite sex than in their own sex. Johnson concluded that none of Kinsey's original estimates were significantly affected by the perceived bias, finding that
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