PRIDE BY THE NUMBERS
41% OF TRANS PEOPLE ATTEMPT
2 STATES
—CALIFORNIA AND NEW JERSEY— HAVE BANNED CONVERSION THERAPY FOR MINORS.
48%
8 OF THE16 LARGEST ORGANIZED
756,000 ESTIMATED LGBT PEOPLE LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE OVERALL LARGEST POPULATION OF LGBT PEOPLE IN ANY ONE METROPOLITAN CITY IN THE U.S.
28%
ONLY OF BISEXUALS SAY ALL OR MOST OF THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIFE KNOW THEY ARE BISEXUAL—VERSUS 77% OF GAY MEN AND 71% OF LESBIANS WHO ARE OUT TO THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES.
OF LGBT VIOLENCE SURVIVORS NATIONWIDE WHO INTERACTED WITH POLICE REPORTED THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED POLICE MISCONDUCT, INCLUDING UNJUSTIFIED ARREST, USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND ENTRAPMENT.
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS IN THE U.S. NOW SANCTION SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNIONS.
12 MONTHS, UNDER A PROPOSED
$842,387 IS THE AMOUNT 83% OF GAY/BI MEN ADMIT
RULE CHANGE FROM THE FDA, IS HOW LONG MEN WHO HAVE HAD SEX WITH MEN WOULD HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM SEX WITH MEN BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD. THE CURRENT RULE IS A LIFETIME BAN ON MEN WHO HAVE HAD SAME-SEX SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS SINCE 1977.
12
ONLY
SUICIDE IN THE UNITED STATES EACH YEAR COMPARED TO 4.6% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.
56% OF UNMARRIED LGBT
PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT TO GET MARRIED SOMEDAY (VERSUS ONLY 46% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION).
OF MONEY DONATED TO MEMORIES PIZZA OWNERS AFTER THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD NOT SERVE GAY WEDDINGS FOLLOWING INDIANA'S PASSAGE OF THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT. IT IS THE SECONDHIGHEST FUNDED CAMPAIGN IN GOFUNDME.COM’S HISTORY.
TO SENDING PICTURES OF THEIR GENITALS ON DATING APPS. 71% OF GAY/BI MEN USING HOOKUP APPS END UP IN SOME FORM OF SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MEN THEY’VE MET THROUGH AN APP.
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