0 and 1 gay
an unequal distribution of partners: gays versus straights
Sexuality and inequality research
by Paula England and Eliza Brown | July 1, 2016
Do some gay men have lots of partners while others have very few? Is the inequality in partnerships among gay men greater than how unequally women partners are distributed among heterosexual men? What about straight women versus lesbians?
In our last post, focused on heterosexuals, we showed that women partners are more unequally distributed among men than male partners are among women, and that partners are more unequally distributed among singles than those who are in a marital or cohabiting union. Here, using methods similar to those in our previous post, we use Gini indices to compare lgbtq+ men, straight men, lesbians, and linear women in how unequally their sexual partnerships are distributed. The technical details of what we did are explained at the termination of this post.
How inequality differs by gender and sexual orientation
As the graph below shows, lesbians have the most unequal distribution of partnerships, followed by gay men, then straight men, with straight women having the most equal distribution.
To know why t
The last time I saw Pete—founder, heart and mind of Hong Kong’s first and only gay football team—we were in a dark bar in Soho lamenting what felt appreciate the final days of the team. Pete had started One Nil almost 15 years before, and the adventures we had shared together, from the last-minute goal with a broken arm, or the time we lost our keeper to the Tokyo nightlife a few hours before a tournament, were the stuff of legend. Once a vibrant and close-knit family, it seemed to me that One Nil had started to disintegrate due to the natural forces of period, that our days seemed numbered.
In Chinese gay internet lingo, the number one, a phallic representation, is the sign for “tops” and zero, the hole, is the sign for “bottoms” and 1-0 is a typical score in bed…if you know what I mean. The team has always been a mixed crowd: we’ve had tall guys, short guys, thin guys, muscular guys, bankers, students, writers, guys who were good at soccer, guys who wanted to be good at soccer.
Though our name came easily, the raison d’etre of One Nil is at times difficult to explain. After all, what does being gay own to do with playing football? A gay football team challenges stereotypes
Is 10% of the population really gay?
For a single statistic to be the primary propaganda weapon for a revolutionary political movement is unusual. Back in 1977, the US National Gay Task Force (NGTF) was invited into the White House to meet President Jimmy Carter’s representatives – a first for gay and female homosexual groups. The NGTF’s most prominent campaigning slogan was “we are everywhere”, backed up by the memorable statistical claim that one in 10 of the US population was gay – this figure was deeply and passionately contested.
So where did Bruce Voeller, a scientist who was a founder and first director of the NGTF, get this nice round 10% from? To detect out, we own to delve support into Alfred Kinsey’s surveys in 1940s America, which were groundbreaking at the time but are now seen as archaic in their methods: he sought out respondents in prisons and the gay underworld, made friends with them and, over a cigarette, noted down their behaviours using an obscure code. Kinsey did not believe that sexual identity was fixed and simply categorised, and perhaps his most lasting contribution was his scale, still used today, in which individuals are rated from exclusively heterosexual to exclusive
Rainbow Map
2025 rainbow map
These are the main findings for the 2025 edition of the rainbow map
The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from 0-100%.
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.
“Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”
- Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe
Malta has sat on top of the ranking for the last 10 years.
With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
Iceland now comes third place on the ranking with a score of 84.
The three Many of my LGBTQ counseling clients ask me why they are only attracted to gay men younger than themselves. If you are happy dating gay men in their twenties, then this question is not important. It’s like asking “Why do I favor blondes over brunettes?” My advice is to grant yourself enjoy dating whomever interests you (as extended as they are over the age of 18). Age gap relationships are more common than you may realize. In western countries: That same explore indicated that age gap partners are more satisfied and more committed to each other than partners of similar age–though there is some research that points to a correlation with higher rates of divorce. Research also shows that couples with an age gap of less than ten years are happier than those with an age gap greater than ten years. You can find more details on these stats on this episode of the podcast I Love You Too, by Psychotherapist, Virtual dating Coach, Couples Counselor Jessica Engle, Gay Relationship Advice: Age Gaps in Gay Relationships