Hello! Been following your conversation via a link from the fabulous Geek Feminism blog. :)
Thought I'd add this to the conversation: In early 2008 I surveyed a fairly diverse cross-section fans for my MA thesis. The survey had 7,748 participants in total. Within these results, 3214 individuals opted to answer (and not skip) the question, "What sexuality do you identify as?"
The results were: Heterosexual 68% Homosexual 4% Bisexual 23% Asexual 3% None of the Above 2%
While the majority of participants did identify as straight, the numbers of bisexual fans seems quite significant, particularly when viewed next to the 4% identifying as homosexual. Also, if those numbers are combined, the number of people identifying as something other than heterosexual, while not the majority, is still quite high.
(Happy to answer any questions, if you have them: kem82@georgetown.edu. My plan has always been to post all the survey results online, but sadly, life has been creating some large and distracting obstacles.)
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Thought I'd add this to the conversation:
In early 2008 I surveyed a fairly diverse cross-section fans for my MA thesis. The survey had 7,748 participants in total. Within these results, 3214 individuals opted to answer (and not skip) the question, "What sexuality do you identify as?"
The results were:
Heterosexual 68%
Homosexual 4%
Bisexual 23%
Asexual 3%
None of the Above 2%
While the majority of participants did identify as straight, the numbers of bisexual fans seems quite significant, particularly when viewed next to the 4% identifying as homosexual. Also, if those numbers are combined, the number of people identifying as something other than heterosexual, while not the majority, is still quite high.
(Happy to answer any questions, if you have them: kem82@georgetown.edu. My plan has always been to post all the survey results online, but sadly, life has been creating some large and distracting obstacles.)