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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:00 PM Feb 2013

Gallup: D.C. Residents Most Likely To Identify As LGBT

Source: TPM

DAVID TAINTOR 4:44 PM EST, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Residents of Washington, D.C. are the most likely to identify as LGBT, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. Ten percent of D.C. residents said they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. North Dakota had the lowest percentage, with 1.7 percent of residents identifying as LGBT, according to the poll. The nationwide average is 3.5 percent.

See the full results here:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/160517/lgbt-percentage-highest-lowest-north-dakota.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gallup-dc-residents-most-likely-to-identify-as

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Gallup: D.C. Residents Most Likely To Identify As LGBT (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2013 OP

Weird. truthisfreedom Feb 2013 #1

I would have guessed San Francisco goclark Feb 2013 #3

Not "crooked." Igel Feb 2013 #8

"Bent" is, however offensive in British English muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #10

SF is a city, not a state - it's ranking states (and the District of Columbia) Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #4

Thanks for catching that one goclark Feb 2013 #11

SF and ATL should be 1 & 2 xilify Feb 2013 #2

The list kinda becomes meaningless after D.C. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #5

It makes perfect sense to me, I lived there for over seven years nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #6

Thank you. littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 #7

Hi, neighbor!!! elleng Feb 2013 #17

My Dad was so upset that his granddaughter was hanging around with men wearing wedding rings Demeter Feb 2013 #9

Isn't Gallup known to lean more toward Republicans ? goclark Feb 2013 #12

I've stopping trusting Gallup since the election. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #13

When they were that far off for Rmoney , I knew the FIX was in. goclark Feb 2013 #14

Gotta wonder how hard they tried. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #15

Right ~ How I would have loved to be a Fly On The Wall goclark Feb 2013 #16

Their registered voter poll was accurate, the problems were with their likely voter screen SpartanDem Feb 2013 #18

truthisfreedom

(23,148 posts)

1. Weird.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:03 PM

Feb 2013

I woulda thunk SF would be a good bet.

goclark

(30,404 posts)

3. I would have guessed San Francisco

Reply to truthisfreedom (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:19 PM

Feb 2013

as well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castro,_San_Francisco

Either way, it doesn't matter what your choice is -- I have friends black/white/Chinese/ etc. and "straight "..... which is a term I don't like because that implies ( in my view) that the opposite is " Crooked."

Don't like " Gay" because that implies that the opposite is " Unhappy."

What is the appropriate term to use in 2013?

Thanks a lot!

Igel

(35,320 posts)

8. Not "crooked."

Reply to goclark (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 08:00 PM

Feb 2013

"Bent" is the appropriate antonym. Works best in British English.

"Straight" vs. "gay" is more or less "conventional" versus "unconventional", often in the sense "libertine " or "promiscuous." So all sorts of places reference a "gay house" as a perfectly straight whorehouse. A bachelor could be perfectly gay and straight without being bi.

I personally think that this use of "straight" started off as "strait," as in "strait and narrow" (usually today misparsed as "straight and narrow, thus missing out on the the nice folksy device of repetition, like "broad and wide&quot .

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)

10. "Bent" is, however offensive in British English

Reply to Igel (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:02 PM

Feb 2013

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/bent_3

If you find anyone LGBT using it, it's one of those "reclaim the insults" attempts.

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

4. SF is a city, not a state - it's ranking states (and the District of Columbia)

Reply to truthisfreedom (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:39 PM

Feb 2013

goclark

(30,404 posts)

11. Thanks for catching that one

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 11:41 PM

Feb 2013

xilify

(17 posts)

2. SF and ATL should be 1 & 2

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:09 PM

Feb 2013

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

5. The list kinda becomes meaningless after D.C.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:42 PM

Feb 2013

We're talking a percentage point or two difference on most these margins and that isn't significant enough to make heads or tails either way.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

6. It makes perfect sense to me, I lived there for over seven years nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 07:10 PM

Feb 2013

littlemissmartypants

(22,692 posts)

7. Thank you.

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 07:14 PM

Feb 2013

Lived in Georgetown and worked in D.C. Concur.

lmsp

elleng

(130,972 posts)

17. Hi, neighbor!!!

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 01:26 AM

Feb 2013

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

9. My Dad was so upset that his granddaughter was hanging around with men wearing wedding rings

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:31 PM

Feb 2013

from her DC art school.

He would have been apoplectic, had he known they were married and gay...

The times, they are a changing....

goclark

(30,404 posts)

12. Isn't Gallup known to lean more toward Republicans ?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 11:46 PM

Feb 2013

What do other polls say?

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

13. I've stopping trusting Gallup since the election.

Reply to goclark (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 11:52 PM

Feb 2013

Remember, their polls had Romney winning.

goclark

(30,404 posts)

14. When they were that far off for Rmoney , I knew the FIX was in.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 11:53 PM

Feb 2013

It turned out with all the polling and beating the drums for Rmoney --- they were wrong!

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

15. Gotta wonder how hard they tried.

Reply to goclark (Reply #14)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 12:11 AM

Feb 2013

goclark

(30,404 posts)

16. Right ~ How I would have loved to be a Fly On The Wall

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #15)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 01:21 AM

Feb 2013

when they were in their Important Planning Meetings.

The campaign certainly proved " Money Can't Always By You A Winner----

SpartanDem

(4,533 posts)

18. Their registered voter poll was accurate, the problems were with their likely voter screen

Reply to goclark (Reply #12)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 11:12 PM

Feb 2013

those LV models were over esitmating the percentage of white voters by six points and it underestimated the of 18-29 turnout In contrast the RV poll which was pretty much just a straight up poll was pretty much spot on

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