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POLL: Americans Think This Country Is Lousy With Gays<\/b><\/p>\n

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Americans think more than one in five people are gay<\/a>, and while that’s a great thought, it’s far from the truth, according to a new Gallup poll.<\/p>\n

The poll<\/a> reveals that Americans “greatly overestimate” the number of gays<\/a> in the U.S. Though latest estimates put the LGBT population at about 3.8%, Americans on average put that number at 23%.<\/p>\n

According to Gallup Daily tracking — an ongoing study since 2012 — 3.8% of 50,000 adults interviewed during the first four months of 2015 identified as lesbian<\/a>, gay<\/a>, bisexual<\/a> or transgender. Since 2002, however, Americans have believed that at least 21% of the population is LGBT.<\/p>\n

While their opinions on the number of gays<\/a> have more or less stayed the same, Americans’ acceptance has increased dramatically:<\/p>\n

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Whereas 38% of Americans said gay<\/a> and lesbian<\/a> relations were morally acceptable<\/a> in 2002, that number has risen to 63% today. And while 35% of Americans favored legalized same-sex marriage<\/a> in 1999, 60% favor it today.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s cute and all, but it kind of begs the question, if Americans think there are so many gays<\/a> hanging around, why would they be satisfied with denying such a large percentage of the population equal rights? I mean, call<\/a> me crazy, but 23% — while a speculative number — is a really large chunk, especially when you consider that 13.8%<\/a> of Americans are black and 17.7%<\/a> are Hispanic or Latino.<\/p>\n

Of course, numbers shouldn’t matter when it comes to fair protection under the law, so maybe America just has really shitty gaydar and we’ll just leave it at that.<\/p>\n

Take a look at some of the numbers from Gallup’s poll below:<\/p>\n

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