Tuesday, September 18, 2018

More Yale freshmen identify as LGBTQ than conservative, survey finds - The College Fix

More Yale freshmen identify as LGBTQ than conservative, survey finds - The College Fix
"Queer freshmen greatly outnumber conservatives at the university, according to a survey
A Yale Daily News survey of freshmen students at that university found that more students of the class of 2022 identify on the LGBTQ spectrum than as conservative, and that queer freshmen even outnumber other sizable demographics in the class, such as Protestants and Catholics.
The paper’s survey, the results of which are composed of 864 respondents, or just over one-half of the freshman class, found that only nine percent of respondents identified as “somewhat conservative,” with one percent identifying as “very conservative.” 
LGBTQ respondents, on the other hand, greatly outnumberd conservatives in total: According to the survey, “nearly 5 percent [of respondents] identify as gay and just over 9 percent as bisexual or transsexual. 
...A 2018 Gallup poll estimated that 4.5 percent of all Americans identified as LGBTQ..."
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