Another study sifts the data on how many homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people there are in the USA. Bisexuals appear to outnumber homosexual males and homosexual females, according to the article, but then that's bisexuals of both sexes, right? Ari Bloomekatz reports in the Los Angeles Times.
Some other things to note right away:
Things like the plea for marriage neutering depend on identity politics that portray homosexual people as distinct categories of people, like sex and race (although I think race differences are mostly irrelevant), and that engaging in sex-like behavior and romantic bonding with people of the same sex being an inherent expression of that distinct identity. In that sense, I fail to see why bisexuals and “transgender” are lumped in together with homosexual people. By definition, bisexuals are able to enjoy conjugal relationships with people of the opposite sex, and someone can want to crossdress or go for the full surgical/hormonal "reassignment" process and not be considered homosexual nor bisexual, correct? I suspect it is a numbers thing – that including the "BT" keeps the numbers higher.
Also, I have had homosexual people insist to me that there is no such thing as a bisexual person. Go figure and so much for tolerance.
I want to know that the male vs. female breakdown was those last two figures. That a couple of drunk teens girls swap spit to get more attention from the drunk teen males at the party would not logically indicate that they are homosexual.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if there are thirty million homosexual people in the country or just one homosexual person. Everyone should have the same rights and be treated the same way under the law based on what they do. Beating up a homosexual person should bring down the law on someone just the same as beating up a heterosexual. A relevant example would be that the bride+groom requirement in marriage licensing treats individuals the same regardless of their claimed sexual orientation. Although, the limit on one legal spouse at a time might be seen as depriving of rights to non-monogamous bisexuals.
About 9 million people in the United States identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a UCLA study released Thursday.
The estimate, which translates to about 3.5% of adults as LGBT and 0.3% of adults as transgender, was created by the Williams Institute at UCLA's School of Law and argues that any estimate of the population is difficult because there are insufficient and inconsistent national surveys.Yeah, I remember when it was being reported as 10% or more.
Some other things to note right away:
Things like the plea for marriage neutering depend on identity politics that portray homosexual people as distinct categories of people, like sex and race (although I think race differences are mostly irrelevant), and that engaging in sex-like behavior and romantic bonding with people of the same sex being an inherent expression of that distinct identity. In that sense, I fail to see why bisexuals and “transgender” are lumped in together with homosexual people. By definition, bisexuals are able to enjoy conjugal relationships with people of the opposite sex, and someone can want to crossdress or go for the full surgical/hormonal "reassignment" process and not be considered homosexual nor bisexual, correct? I suspect it is a numbers thing – that including the "BT" keeps the numbers higher.
Also, I have had homosexual people insist to me that there is no such thing as a bisexual person. Go figure and so much for tolerance.
Among other findings: Of the lesbian, gay and bisexual population, bisexuals were a slightly larger group, representing 1.8% of the adult population compared to 1.7% who were lesbian or gay.So we can see why the people who make a living doing identity politics activism want the "B" included. So should bisexuals be counted as one group, and thus larger than the other two groups? Or should the bisexuals be broken down by that dreaded "gender binary" into male bisexuals and female bisexuals, playing into the hands of the dreaded heteronormative oppressors? Ah, decisions...
It also found an estimated 8.2% of Americans reported participating in same-sex sexual activity; and an estimated 11% held some same-sex sexual attraction, but neither group necessarily identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.For the sake of their agenda, activists have counted as "LGBT" anyone who has looked at so much as one person of the same sex and has been able to see that the person could possibly be considered attractive on one of their good days.
I want to know that the male vs. female breakdown was those last two figures. That a couple of drunk teens girls swap spit to get more attention from the drunk teen males at the party would not logically indicate that they are homosexual.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if there are thirty million homosexual people in the country or just one homosexual person. Everyone should have the same rights and be treated the same way under the law based on what they do. Beating up a homosexual person should bring down the law on someone just the same as beating up a heterosexual. A relevant example would be that the bride+groom requirement in marriage licensing treats individuals the same regardless of their claimed sexual orientation. Although, the limit on one legal spouse at a time might be seen as depriving of rights to non-monogamous bisexuals.
A major problem with so-called gay marriage would be the proof of gayness required to enter into such a union. Hence, in order to gain any political ground, gays must insist on neutering marriage, making gender irrelevant to the whole institution of marriage.
ReplyDeleteOf course, gays can always extend the acronym lgbtqia to maybe pull in that extra 1% of the population.
The whole campaign to neuter marriage is, ultimately, not about the rights of homosexual persons so much as it is about making sex (the sex you are, that is, not the sex you do) irrelevant in life, and forcing this notion down the throats of the whole culture. This is why bisexuals are included in the "GLBT".
ReplyDeleteBut on the other hand, the immediate success of the neutered marriage movement is seen as being much more likely if the public campaign focuses on homosexuals as people who can't be attracted to the opposite sex. Hence the simultaneous and contradictory denial that bisexuality really exists (and thus the claim that bisexuals are really all homosexuals who keep trying heterosexuality only to please society).