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Americans think 1-in-4 are gay or lesbian, five times reality

By Paul Bedard
Published June 27, 2019 3:20pm ET
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Americans think 1-in-4 are gay or lesbian, five times reality
In this June 28, 2015 photo, participants carry a rainbow-colored flag down Fifth Avenue in New York during the Heritage Pride March in New York. | (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Americans believe that nearly a quarter of the nation is gay or lesbian, and women and younger people think nearly 3-in-10 are LGBT, according to a new survey.

That is about five-times higher than the reality found in a new Gallup survey.

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