What percentage of the population in the United States do you think are gay? Disney executive Karey Burke, in a late March news release, indicated Disney hopes to feature “many, many characters who are LGBTQIA, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex, and asexual (or allies).
In a Disney website they promised at least 50 percent of its regular characters by the end of the year will include underrepresented groups, such as racial minorities and the LGBTQ community.
Parents, one of the exciting promises Disney made is that in its upcoming “Toy Story” spinoff there will be a gay kiss. Can’t wait for my grandchildren to be exposed to that.
Disney may do as they will in this country of freedoms, but I have the freedom to not give them another dime of my money.
So, back to my question, “What percentage of the population in the United States do you think are gay? If you said 23.6% you would have guessed the exact average Americans estimate are gay.
You would be wrong. A recent Gallup Poll indicates that only about 4.5% of Americans self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Using that factual data would indicate Disney can relax, they are not in any danger of underrepresentation of sexual minorities.
It is interesting that women (29.7%) thought there were more gays or lesbians than men (17.4%), and Democrats (26.3%) estimated there were more gays than Republicans (18.3%).
The Williams Institute, in a 2016 study, said that approximately 0.6 percent of adults in the United States identified as transgender. That translates to just over 1.3 million adults at the time of the study.
Statistics by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) reported in 2017 that an estimated three percent of the U.S. population identified as transgender across various age groups.
Cosmopolitan magazine published an article with a new list of sexualities. If you want to get your mind twisted take some time to absorb some of these. There were 25 listed in the article.
Initially, I had decided to share some of the terms to illustrate the insanity of it all. But as I read them over I decided that, if you are interested, I’m sure you can find them just as I did.
I have mentioned before that one of the phrases my government teacher in high school used has stuck with me for a lot of years. When we talked about the function of the government, he always used the phrase, “Majority rule, minority rights.”
It made sense. The Constitution talks about ‘inalienable rights’. Those are personal rights, like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, held by an individual which are not bestowed by law, custom, or belief. The U.S. Constitution recognized that certain universal rights cannot be taken away by legislation, as they are beyond the control of a government, being naturally given to every individual at birth, and that these rights are retained throughout life.
But, the other side of the coin is that we are ruled by the majority. What gives less than 5% of Americans the right to destroy the rights of 95%? Should the full force of the law come down on people who kill, or assault or harm some one because of their sexual beliefs? Absolutely, and in the majority of cases that’s what happens.
But should less than 5% of the country get to introduce things that repulse 95% of us. For instance, are we trouncing on someone’s ‘rights’ by opposition to classes on gender and sexuality being taught to Kindergarten and Elementary children? Quite frankly, it is my responsibility as a parent and grandparent to take care of that part of their education.
Eighty-three percent of Americans self-identify as Christians. Yet, nativity scenes, the word Christmas, Bible reading in schools, etc. have all been banned or looked down on.
Yet, less than five percent of the United States population feel they have a right to make me believe what they do. Minority rights, but majority rule. Don’t you think?