Any idea where you stand in regard to demographics? I mean with your same-sex relationship? In other words do you know the percentage of the US population that identifies itself as Gay or Lesbian? Here is a multiple choice answer. We will examine the correct answer a bit downward in the article - 5.2%? 1.7%? 31.1%? 15%?
No matter which answer you chose, you will agree that the majority of the population in the US is hetero-sexual. Even though there is angst over "marriage penalty" and divorce rate is 45% of all marriages, it is a common fact that far more people in the US do not practice homosexuality than those who do.
This brings to mind a few challenges for gays and lesbians. The key ones, such as equality of rights, recognition of marriage etc. are important. But what about your rights to peacefully avow a gay or lesbian lifestyle in every day life? Whether you call your partner wife or husband, you have a right to live normally, at least according to your personal code of conduct, don't you?
Yet you are surrounded by hetero-sexuals. At work, at play, in clubs etc. How do you cope?
Well, let us first dispense with the quiz. The correct answer to the question, what percentage of US population is openly gay or lesbian?
1.7% in 2012 or about 4 million
This according to Gary Gates, of the Williams Institute in San Francisco, a creditable institution for gay and lesbian causes.
Here are a few tips on how to cope: