11 facts about LGBT life in America

  1. According to the American Psychological Association, homosexuality is not a mental disorder. Most of the problems LGBT members have with coming out are due to a feeling of alienation in an unwelcoming environment.
  2. 1 million gays and lesbians are military veterans.
  3. Currently, 1 million American children are being raised by same-sex couples.
  4. Same-sex couples live in all states and 99.3% of counties within the U.S.
  5. 61% of Americans believe that transgender individuals should be legally protected from discrimination.
  6. According to a national poll, 80% of Catholics do not think it is their place to judge an same-sex couples’ love or commitment to one another.
  7. More than half of all Fortune 500 companies offer health benefits for their employees’ same-sex partners.
  8. Up to 1% of the U.S. population has been confirmed as transsexual.
  9. The LGBT population is not only concentrated in big coastal cities. Some of nation’s largest percentage of same-sex couples by county live in Colorado, Missouri, and New Mexico.
  10. Nationally, 10% of men and 10% of women 18-44 consider themselves to be something other than heterosexual.
  11. There are currently over 700 LGBT clubs and groups on college campuses nationwide.

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