GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey General Graphs

Sexual Preference

Notes:

This is the first time we asked users to tell us about their sexual preference. Of those users who responded, 92.61% stated that they are heterosexual. This corresponds roughly to the proportions reported in urban US surveys. Out of the other choices, 3.05% reported being bisexual, 4.33% gay males, 3.27% lesbian, and 0.33 transgender. (Note, the "gay male" and "lesbian" responses would each be selected by a single gender, whereas the other categories could be selected by both genders.) There were no major differences between European and US users. More females reported being bisexual than their male counterparts (4.29% female vs. 2.48% male).

Table of Data for All Categories

Sexual Preference	All	Male	Female	USA	Europe	19-25	26-50	50+
Bisexual	555.00 3.05%	310.00 2.48%	245.00 4.29%	442.00 3.01%	28.00 2.37%	152.00 4.28%	305.00 2.77%	48.00 2.11%
Gay male	542.00 2.98%	541.00 4.33%	1.00 0.02%	453.00 3.08%	24.00 2.03%	89.00 2.51%	383.00 3.48%	54.00 2.37%
Heterosexual	16869.00 92.61%	11617.00 92.91%	5252.00 91.95%	13594.00 92.54%	1117.00 94.58%	3272.00 92.17%	10147.00 92.26%	2144.00 94.24%
Lesbian	189.00 1.04%	2.00 0.02%	187.00 3.27%	166.00 1.13%	6.00 0.51%	24.00 0.68%	133.00 1.21%	25.00 1.10%
Transgender	61.00 0.33%	34.00 0.27%	27.00 0.47%	35.00 0.24%	6.00 0.51%	13.00 0.37%	30.00 0.27%	4.00 0.18%

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280