1. Number Of The US Gay Population

3. Bisexuals make up 1.8% of the population.

4. 1.7% are gay or lesbian.

5. Transgender adults make up 0.3% of the population.

7. The most widely accepted statistic is that 1 in ever 10 individuals is LGBT; however some research estimates 1 in 20.

8. This all depends on one's definition of gay (which may vary by study) and the participants willingness to identify as gay, bi, lesbian or transgender.

10. Gary J. Gates, a Senior Research Fellow at The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, says:

11. The answer is not simple.

12. What do you mean when you use the word 'gay'?

13. If you mean people who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual in a survey, then the answer is that it's likely not one in ten, but closer to one in twenty.

15. Similar proportion of voters identify as GLB.

16. Defining gay as having same-sex attractions or behaviors, you do get higher proportions that are a bit closer to the one in ten figure.

18. Similar proportion of voters identify as GLB.

19. Defining gay spanking as having same-sex attractions or behaviors, you do get higher proportions that are a bit closer to the one in ten figure.

21. Same-sex couples are most likely to be raising children in Mississippi (more than 40 percent of same-sex couples are raising children there).

22. Home to one of the “gayest” neighborhoods in the country is Montrose, Houston.

23. African-American same-sex couples are most often in in Sumter, SC.

24. Latino/a couples are most common in McAllen, TX