OFFICIAL 1.5 % OF THE U.K POPULATION IS GAY / LESBIAN !!

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23 September 2010
Last updated at 15:07
UK gay, lesbian and bisexual population revealed Northern Ireland has the lowest percent of gay, lesbian or bisexual people, according to the poll Almost three-quarters of a million UK adults say they are gay, lesbian or bisexual - equivalent to 1.5% of the population, a survey suggests.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says 480,000 (1%) consider themselves gay or lesbian, and 245,000 (0.5%) bisexual.

The ONS received 450,000 responses in its new Integrated Household Survey.

The survey provides the biggest pool of social data in the UK after the Census, ONS says.

London had the highest percentage of those polled who identified as gay, Lesbian or bisexual and Northern Ireland lowest