What percentage of the crew were gay?

[Cicero]

A number of studies and surveys suggest that roughly 1.5-2% of Americans are homosexual or bisexual (2.4-3% or males, 1.4-1.8% females). Numbers vary widely for other countries, from very low (Canada, 0.7%) to fairly high (Germany, 6%). I'm not familiar with the methodologies of the foreign studies.


United States National Health and Socieal Life Survey (NHSLS):

Males (18+): 2.8%
Females (18+): 1.4%
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The 2000 US Census:

Total population: 1.51%
Males (18+): 2.8%
Females (18+): 1.4%

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1993 Planned Parenthood Report:

Males (18+): 2.4%
Males (Homosexual only, 18+): 1.1%

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If 1.5-2% of the Voyager crew were homosexual (not a certainty; the condition might not exist in the 2370s), between 2 and 3 crew members would be homosexual or bisexual.

 

[joyofvgr]

A number of studies and surveys suggest that roughly 1.5-2% of Americans are homosexual or bisexual (2.4-3% or males, 1.4-1.8% females).

Well, if those statistics are correct and can be applied to Voyager that would mean that 2 - 3 women were gay and 4 - 5 men were gay.

So if we believe J/7 was a possibility that would account for the women. Now which men....hmmmm

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[Cicero]

A number of studies and surveys suggest that roughly 1.5-2% of Americans are homosexual or bisexual (2.4-3% or males, 1.4-1.8% females).

Well, if those statistics are correct and can be applied to Voyager that would mean that 2 - 3 women were gay and 4 - 5 men were gay.

I think you've miscalculated. If those estimates were correct, Voyager would have a crew of 308-310 (166-167 males, 142-143 females).

Of a 152 member (statistically representative) crew, we can expect 2-3 homosexual or bisexual crew members of either sex (probably either 1 male and 1 female or 2 males and 1 female), 0-1 of whom are/is purely homosexual (i.e. not bisexual).

 

[RoJoHen]

I know it was mostly a human ship, but I'm sure there were aliens running around who may not have traditional human sexual orientations.

That said, based on my experience in life, out of 152 people...I'd say at least 10 were gay.

 

[joyofvgr]

A number of studies and surveys suggest that roughly 1.5-2% of Americans are homosexual or bisexual (2.4-3% or males, 1.4-1.8% females).

Well, if those statistics are correct and can be applied to Voyager that would mean that 2 - 3 women were gay and 4 - 5 men were gay.

I think you've miscalculated. If those estimates were correct, Voyager would have a crew of 308-310 (166-167 males, 142-143 females).

Of a 152 member (statistically representative) crew, we can expect 2-3 homosexual or bisexual crew members of either sex (probably either 1 male and 1 female or 2 males and 1 female), 0-1 of whom are/is purely homosexual (i.e. not bisexual).

No. I misinterpreted the data you provided. I thought that out of 150 people, 1.4 -1.8% would be gay females and 2.4 - 3% would be gay males. Sorry. But I don't know that I was that far off anyway, just based on my experiece as RoJoHen said. I think a lot more people are gay then we realize.

 

[Cicero]

I'd be more inclined to trust broad-based research than anecdotal reports. The persons we associate with (for whatever reasons) can easily bias our individual samples, as can a tendency to notice events more than non-events.

I've known only four homosexuals persons and one bisexual person of several thousand friends and fair acquaintances I've had over the years - a sample more biased in favor of a small population than either of yours is in favor of a large one.

The estimates above are (with slight variation) endorsed by a large number of studies and a wide variety of interested parties (from activist pro-acceptance groups to right wing absurdists). They're as close as we're likely to come to certain, short of running FMRIs on a large part of the population.

 

[crohnie]

Are people familiar with the Kinsey Scale?
It suggests that the majority of the population are at least some degree bisexual. Its a sliding scale. So one could be anywhere from exclusively hetro, homo, bi and anywhere inbetween.

I like to think that in the 24th century people have stopped worrying about their orientation and just peruse who they love, making everyone effectively bisexual.

 

[Cicero]

^ Recent research has discredited the Kinsey scale. It's applicable only to a small portion of males who self-report bisexuality (roughly 1.3% of all males). Nearly all males are either entirely heterosexual - i.e. FMRIs and metabolic sensors detect no arousal response to males whatsoever - or entirely homosexual - i.e. FMRIs and metabolic sensors detect no arousal response to females whatsoever.

Most females are entirely heterosexual (or are thought to be; the response situation is somewhat different, complicated in a number of ways), a minutely small percentage of females are entirely homosexual, and the remainder have been classified as neither homosexual nor heterosexual. The latter population self-describe as more attracted to individual persons than to a particular sex; they neatly divide into basically homosexual (with some, very rare, male interest) and basically heterosexual (with some, very rare, female interest).

 

[RoJoHen]

I think a more important question is...

What percentage of the crew of the Mirror Universe Voyager are gay? Because everybody seems to be a lesbian in the MU.

 

[Akiraprise]

There were no gay crew on Voyager. Nor on any other Trek series. We've never been shown any gay characters in canon Trek on tv. Aside from that one kiss between Dax and the other chick on DS9. But that's DS9, it's kind of set in it's own separate universe anyway.

 

[crohnie]

^ Recent research has discredited the Kinsey scale. It's applicable only to a small portion of males who self-report bisexuality (roughly 1.3% of all males). Nearly all males are either entirely heterosexual - i.e. FMRIs and metabolic sensors detect no arousal response to males whatsoever - or entirely homosexual - i.e. FMRIs and metabolic sensors detect no arousal response to females whatsoever.

Most females are entirely heterosexual (or are thought to be; the response situation is somewhat different, complicated in a number of ways), a minutely small percentage of females are entirely homosexual, and the remainder have been classified as neither homosexual nor heterosexual. The latter population self-describe as more attracted to individual persons than to a particular sex; they neatly divide into basically homosexual (with some, very rare, male interest) and basically heterosexual (with some, very rare, female interest).

Darn. Any idea where I could read some of this research? I'd like to share it with my Friends.

There were no gay crew on Voyager. Nor on any other Trek series. We've never been shown any gay characters in canon Trek on tv. Aside from that one kiss between Dax and the other chick on DS9. But that's DS9, it's kind of set in it's own separate universe anyway.

lol True. The closest Paramount has gotten is the books. There is a main character in the Titan series who loved the Lt Hawk in First Contact.

 

[Cicero]

^ I'm not sure how to direct you to much of the research, but one study, at Queen's College in Ontario, was the basis of a number of reports in the general press, including this New York Times Magazine article.

 

[data65]

Zero percent were gay until we are told otherwise. Not that there is anything wrong with that!

 

[joyofvgr]

I've known only four homosexuals persons and one bisexual person of several thousand friends and fair acquaintances I've had over the years - a sample more biased in favor of a small population than either of yours is in favor of a large one.

Wow! I actually know too many to count. There were at least that many in my graduating class at High School alone, and that was out of 100 students and it was over 25 years ago.

 

[Guy Gardener]

^ Recent research has discredited the Kinsey scale. It's applicable only to a small portion of males who self-report bisexuality (roughly 1.3% of all males). Nearly all males are either entirely heterosexual - i.e. FMRIs and metabolic sensors detect no arousal response to males whatsoever - or entirely homosexual - i.e. FMRIs and metabolic sensors detect no arousal response to females whatsoever.

Most females are entirely heterosexual (or are thought to be; the response situation is somewhat different, complicated in a number of ways), a minutely small percentage of females are entirely homosexual, and the remainder have been classified as neither homosexual nor heterosexual. The latter population self-describe as more attracted to individual persons than to a particular sex; they neatly divide into basically homosexual (with some, very rare, male interest) and basically heterosexual (with some, very rare, female interest).

Darn. Any idea where I could read some of this research? I'd like to share it with my Friends.

There were no gay crew on Voyager. Nor on any other Trek series. We've never been shown any gay characters in canon Trek on tv. Aside from that one kiss between Dax and the other chick on DS9. But that's DS9, it's kind of set in it's own separate universe anyway.

lol True. The closest Paramount has gotten is the books. There is a main character in the Titan series who loved the Lt Hawk in First Contact.

And Riker tried to elope with that cute little sexless hermaphrodite, and that Trill from TNG the Host, expecting Bev to keep shagging him after he died and sqatted in Riker for a little while, and then still expected her to keep keep shagging him when he came back as a woman.

She'd boff a monkey but not a beautiful woman?

Weird.

I'm sure I'd hump a beautiful guy before I'd rut with a monkey.

But then that's my chief aspersion about Resolutions, that Janeway was into that monkey a bit too much considering what the iindian was offering on tap.

Janeway would rather play with a monekey than sleep with a... I seen pictures of Rob when he was young, and I'd say he was hot back then, but frankly my internal bifantasy emulator will not extend to men pushing 50 till I'm well into my 60s..

 

[Odo's_Bucket]

This thread is 100% stupid.

 

[Guy Gardener]

But now that you're part of the thread?

 

[Akiraprise]

This thread is 100% win!
But only 1.5-2% gay.

 

[data65]

This post is gay!....Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Tom]

The 'Blue Oyster Club' program was a big hit among the Voyager crew..