Linked to this time, significant minorities regarding the bisexual participants stated they never ever (4.6% of bisexual females, 8.1% of bisexual guys) or hardly ever (34.9% and 20.7%, correspondingly) used Bisexual as a self descriptor. By comparison, males whom suggested they certainly were homosexual overwhelmingly reported utilising the term Gay to explain by themselves at the very least a number of the time. Likewise, about three fourths of homosexual women used Lesbian as being a self label, and approximately the proportion that is same Gay as a self descriptor. The finding that is latter significantly surprising because Gay has frequently been thought become mainly a male oriented identification label ( ag e.g., Kulick 2000).
Other habits of self labeling also warrant comment. The word Queer ended up being employed by just a minority that is small of, because had been the outcome for Dyke among feminine respondents.
Somewhat more participants (one or more 3rd of homosexual guys and lesbians) used Homosexual as a self descriptor at the least a few of the time. Particularly, gay male and lesbian participants had been more likely to state they never utilized Queer as being a self descriptor (58.9% of homosexual males, 65% of lesbians) rather than say they never used Homosexual (32% and 34.1%, correspondingly). Continuar leyendo «Associated with this point, the data expose notable variations in disclosure and outness between homosexual guys»