This statistic shows the results of a survey among gay men and lesbian women in the United States regarding growing up in a religious community or in faith. The survey was conducted in 2009. 47.1 percent of the gay respondents and 46.5 percent of the lesbian respondents reported to have grown up in a moderately or somewhat religious environment.
Gay and lesbian Americans: Were you raised in a faith or religious community?
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Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). "Gay and lesbian Americans: Were you raised in a faith or religious community?." Chart. January 1, 2010. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250602/gay-and-lesbian-americans-growing-up-in-faith-or-a-religious-community/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). (2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: Were you raised in a faith or religious community?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250602/gay-and-lesbian-americans-growing-up-in-faith-or-a-religious-community/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.). "Gay and Lesbian Americans: Were You Raised in a Faith or Religious Community?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250602/gay-and-lesbian-americans-growing-up-in-faith-or-a-religious-community/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.), Gay and lesbian Americans: Were you raised in a faith or religious community? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250602/gay-and-lesbian-americans-growing-up-in-faith-or-a-religious-community/ (last visited April 29, 2024)
Gay and lesbian Americans: Were you raised in a faith or religious community? [Graph], Community Marketing (Community Marketing, Inc.), January 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250602/gay-and-lesbian-americans-growing-up-in-faith-or-a-religious-community/