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From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley)
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Subject: Statistics on San Francisco homosexuals
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Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:04:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 29 03:04:52 1984
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Reply-To: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley)
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In an Associated Press story in the Nov 23rd New York Times, the results of
a survey of San Francisco homosexuals is presented, along with some debate
about the survey.  Some excerpts:

  Forty percent of the single men in San Francisco are homosexual, and most of
them are well-educated and earning more than $20,000 a year, according to a
professional survey.
  The survey by the Research and Decisions Corporation, commissioned by the
city-financed SF AIDS Foundation, was designed to produce the first reliable
statistics on the city's homosexuals.

[This section heavily condensed]
Of 706,900 SF'ers, 69,960 are homosexual (based on 500 half-hour interviews).
32% of homosexual men in SF earn more than $30K, with 31% earning $20-$30K.
57% graduated from college, incl. 21% who continued in post-grad education.
42% of homosexual men in SF report they are in monogamous relationships and
13% have one primary relationship that includes outside sexual activity.
78% have all-male sexual partners, 14% are bisexual with mostly male partners
and 7% are bisexual with mostly female partners.
More than half of the homosexual men are in professional-managerial positions
or operate their own businesses.  Another 27% work in sales and clerical jobs.
About half of those surveyed said they were completely out of the closet,
with 34% "mostly out of the closet" and 3% keeping their homosexuality secret.

A representative of the Lesbian-Gay Labor Alliance questioned the reliability
of the survey, saying homosexuals "have a lot of economic avenues closed off
to them because they're gay."  However, he also noted that many affluent
homosexuals were moving into San Francisco.
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Just thought people might be interested in this.  -- p.rowley, U. Toronto