why are there so many gays in the USA?

Answer 1

Maybe we are just lucky!

Answer 2

Gays have always been around in population. Gays really came out in the 60's and 70's after Stonewall. Anita Bryant was a *****! Then AIDS in the 80's brought alot of people out of the closet. Conduct Unbecoming and Don't ask, Don't tell in the military stired up alot of controversy. I live in Montana and sometimes I am afriad to be 'out' in public. Alot of rednecks live here and the towns are small. My lover and I don't hold hands walking down the street for fear of having a beer bottle thrown at us. Some people evolve slower then others and still behave like Neanderthals forcing good people into the closet.

Answer 3

Statistically, there's probably the same as anywhere else. There's a BUNCH more OUT gay people here because the government decided that it's really not their business to police the bedroom, and we've come a long way since that (and before that, for that matter). Because of the hard work and suffering of the people before us, there's a generally better educated public in this country, creating a more bearable environment to be openly gay in.

Answer 4

I worked for a major airline for over 30 years and saw a great deal of the world...I wouldn't say that there are more gays in the USA than anywhere else in the world(percentage wise)...But is very much more easy to be a visible gay in some countries (thank God!)...we don't have to live our lives in a miserable state just to satisfy the moral majority....I'm GWM 57 Canadian..and out to everybody....I couldn't be who I am in a lot of countries.

Answer 5

Because there are more people in USA. Gay persons generally account for 10% of any population. Also, USA is the future, and gay is the future. Get used to it!

Answer 6

I think the correct question is, "why are there so many OPENLY gay people in the USA?", cos as it stands, you really have no idea which country has the most Gay people do you?
Or maybe "why are there Gay people?" would be an all-round better alternative...

Answer 7

There are no fewer and no more than anywhere else. There MAY be more OUT gays now than there were, but there aren't more than there were.

As the AMA says, it is 8-11 percent in every culture studied, historically and presently. The apparent differentiation occurs due to the use of force to surpress it. More people are willing to admit to being gay now than were -- it isn't that there are more, just that you can see more.

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Answer 8

I am not gay nor am I from USA, but I think that there's an increasing number of gay popultaion in the US bcoz it's society is characterized by liberality, freedom and individualism. These factors help a lot in encouraging people to express themselves in the truest manner they please without fear of being prejudiced against or alienated. I have some gay friends and I somehow pity them bcoz Asian society is operates with a relatively constricted mind that that of the West.

Answer 9

All countries have lots of LGBT ppl. Some are more accepting of different ways of being than here so it's not a big issue. Others are intolerant, so LGTB aren't open about themselves.

It's not immoral, unnatural, or any of that hateful biblical stuff others like to post here. It's just the way some ppl all over the world are.

Answer 10

There r "so many" gayz everywhere... thiz juzt happenz 2 b an era where being yourself iz becumin more fashionable... Maybe with time the percentage of out gayz will go from 1 in 10 to 3 in 10...

when that happenz... make sure u holla atcha boi!!!

Answer 11

No real answer, but a lot more gays in the world than some people will admit to