I’m not confusing gay vs. openly gay. I’m sure in the study that was presented, it asked if the person he/she was “gay” and that is the findings they are pertaining to as who checked the box marked gay. I’m stating that even in their personal private life that if they are checking that they are gay- regardless of announcing to the world- that in my opinion, I don’t believe it to be a ratio of 1 to 10. I know a lot of people, I work with the general public on a daily basis and I have done quite a bit of traveling over the world and I don’t think that 1 out of every 10 people is gay.
Second, where I live in the back-wood mountains of West Virginia USA I can almost guarantee you that the gay population is virtually nonexistent to minimal at the most. To be openly gay here can be rather dangerous, which is why my husband and I take extreme precautions with our daughter and when we are in public as a family. If someone didn’t know us they would not know that we were a family. Sadly, WV is still a very narrow minded, bigoted, racist and sexist, place. If you don’t believe me, come for a visit.
The validly of test results, such as these are always skewed according to the test subjects, location, outside variables and the conductors interpretation of the results and should only be taken with a grain of salt.
Again, as I stated before, it would be nice for the gay…all gays (openly gay or still in closet) population to be 1 to 10, but I don’t believe it to be true! Just my opinion.