This statistic shows the results of a survey among gay men and lesbian women in the United States regarding the sexual orientation of their social contacts and closest friends. The survey was conducted in 2009. 49 percent of the lesbian respondents and 45.3 percent of the gay respondents reported to have an equal mix of LGBT and straight friends and social contacts.
Gay and lesbian Americans: What is the sexual orientation of your social contacts and closest friends?
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Community Marketing. (January 1, 2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: What is the sexual orientation of your social contacts and closest friends? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250595/sexual-orientation-of-social-contacts-and-closest-friends-of-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing. "Gay and lesbian Americans: What is the sexual orientation of your social contacts and closest friends?." Chart. January 1, 2010. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250595/sexual-orientation-of-social-contacts-and-closest-friends-of-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing. (2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: What is the sexual orientation of your social contacts and closest friends?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250595/sexual-orientation-of-social-contacts-and-closest-friends-of-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing. "Gay and Lesbian Americans: What Is The Sexual Orientation of Your Social Contacts and Closest Friends?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250595/sexual-orientation-of-social-contacts-and-closest-friends-of-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing, Gay and lesbian Americans: What is the sexual orientation of your social contacts and closest friends? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250595/sexual-orientation-of-social-contacts-and-closest-friends-of-gay-and-lesbian-americans/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Gay and lesbian Americans: What is the sexual orientation of your social contacts and closest friends? [Graph], Community Marketing, January 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250595/sexual-orientation-of-social-contacts-and-closest-friends-of-gay-and-lesbian-americans/