India recriminalises homosexuality

[Neuhausen]

Did we miss a giant surge in India's population?

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

10% of people India are gays? Wtf is this sh*t?

[Ravenflight]

Did we miss a giant surge in India's population?

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

Where do imprison them all? Concentration camps?

[Farnhamia]

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

10% of people India are gays? Wtf is this sh*t?

It's generally considered true that 10% of people all over are gay.

[Jormengand]

Pretty big closet, if it has 10% of the population of India in it. Or is it only the guys? Still, almost 62 million people is quite a lot. That's one helluva closet.

Where did you get that statistic?

Population of India = 1.237 billion, gays = 10%, males = 50%, (1.237 billion/2)/10=0.06185 billion = 62 million (0 dp)

[Oneracon]

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

10% of people India are gays? Wtf is this sh*t?

The commonly accepted statistic by researchers is that 5-10% of the global population is gay, though it is the subject of some scholarly debate.

[Farnhamia]

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

Where do imprison them all? Concentration camps?

I don't know, I mean, concentrated gayness?

[Threlizdun]

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

10% of people India are gays? Wtf is this sh*t?

Not necessarily gay, though 10% is well within the confidence is well within recorded averages for the expected percentage of the world population that belongs to the LGBTQI community.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

The often proclaimed 10% statistic is incorrect. The actual statistic is closed to 1.4-1.7% gay, and about 1.8% bisexual (In America)

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opi ... tity_n.htm
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/w ... r-2011.pdf

[Oneracon]

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

Where do imprison them all? Concentration camps?

Sure, why not.

What is history if not easily repeated?

[The Nihilistic view]

Thats a billion and india has about 1, 27 billion people , so about 127 million gay people

10% of people India are gays? Wtf is this sh*t?

They were taught it like I was, buy Public school boy's posted out there during the Raj. Well I was not taught in India but you get the picture.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

10% of people India are gays? Wtf is this sh*t?

It's generally considered true that 10% of people all over are gay.

And that's wrong.

[Ravenflight]

Where do imprison them all? Concentration camps?

I don't know, I mean, concentrated gayness?

Well maybe they will put them to work and when they are too weak they gas them, just like Hitler did.

[The yoshin empire]

It's generally considered true that 10% of people all over are gay.

And that's wrong.

Source?

[Chishimotata]

Where do imprison them all? Concentration camps?

I don't know, I mean, concentrated gayness?

Well yeah. Where else are we going to get enough gay concentrate to put in the water supply to emasculate DA MENZ?

[Jormengand]

The often proclaimed 10% statistic is incorrect. The actual statistic is closed to 1.4-1.7% gay, and about 1.8% bisexual (In America)

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opi ... tity_n.htm
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/w ... r-2011.pdf

That's how many come out.

If I lived in one of many places in America, I would not come out. 10% is a scientific estimate of how many actually are, not how many admit it.

[Oneracon]

The often proclaimed 10% statistic is incorrect. The actual statistic is closed to 1.4-1.7% gay, and about 1.8% bisexual (In America)

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opi ... tity_n.htm
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/w ... r-2011.pdf

Keep in mind the confounding effects of asking people to self-identify, as those surveys do.

Some people are so deeply closeted that they won't even acknowledge their orientation in an anonymous survey.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

The often proclaimed 10% statistic is incorrect. The actual statistic is closed to 1.4-1.7% gay, and about 1.8% bisexual (In America)

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opi ... tity_n.htm
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/w ... r-2011.pdf

That's how many come out.

If I lived in one of many places in America, I would not come out. 10% is a scientific estimate of how many actually are, not how many admit it.

No it's not. That's a logically fallacious argument.

[The yoshin empire]

The often proclaimed 10% statistic is incorrect. The actual statistic is closed to 1.4-1.7% gay, and about 1.8% bisexual (In America)

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opi ... tity_n.htm
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/w ... r-2011.pdf

That's how many come out.

If I lived in one of many places in America, I would not come out. 10% is a scientific estimate of how many actually are, not how many admit it.

So 10% true heterosexuals? Assuming that sexuality is in the form of a bellcurve

[Tarsonis Survivors]

The often proclaimed 10% statistic is incorrect. The actual statistic is closed to 1.4-1.7% gay, and about 1.8% bisexual (In America)

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opi ... tity_n.htm
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/w ... r-2011.pdf

Keep in mind the confounding effects of asking people to self-identify, as those surveys do.

Some people are so deeply closeted that they won't even acknowledge their orientation in an anonymous survey.

It's logically fallacious to assume someone is gay, and to call them closeted if they deny it. Sexual Identity, is self ascribed.

[Jormengand]

It's logically fallacious to assume someone is gay, and to call them closeted if they deny it. Sexual Identity, is self ascribed.

Pity we're talking about SO and not SI. Or at least I am.

EDIT: Oops, looks like Oneracon is too. Never mind, then.

[Oneracon]

Keep in mind the confounding effects of asking people to self-identify, as those surveys do.

Some people are so deeply closeted that they won't even acknowledge their orientation in an anonymous survey.

It's logically fallacious to assume someone is gay, and to call them closeted if they deny it. Sexual Identity, is self ascribed.

Sexual orientation however, is not.

[Farnhamia]

That's how many come out.

If I lived in one of many places in America, I would not come out. 10% is a scientific estimate of how many actually are, not how many admit it.

No it's not. That's a logically fallacious argument.

I don't direct this solely at you because other do it all the time, but would it kill you to explain how that's fallacious? What you have here is the equivalent of saying "Nuh UH." We shouldn't have to pull teeth to continue a discussion. /rantlet

[The TASIM Mobile Space Enclave]

What? India that's so counter productive.

[Christmahanikwanzikah]

God damn it India. I had high hopes for you being a shining bacon of equality and maybe one up
America.

All of you - ALL of you - missed this gem. My disappointment is slightly tempered by the fact that I get to point out the bacon first, because bacon.

Their argument sounds like Justice Thomas' argument in the 2003 U.S. sodomy law case - that he would rather strike down the ban through legislature.

[Jormengand]

God damn it India. I had high hopes for you being a shining bacon of equality and maybe one up
America.

All of you - ALL of you - missed this gem. My disappointment is slightly tempered by the fact that I get to point out the bacon first, because bacon.

Their argument sounds like Justice Thomas' argument in the 2003 U.S. sodomy law case - that he would rather strike down the ban through legislature.

But it should become a shining bacon of equality!