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In recent surveys, we find roughly 3% of the population identifying as gay or lesbian, and about 5% as bisexual. (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States#2023) The numbers have been climbing steadily for a long time, but bisexuals have been a similarly large proportion (roughly 55-65% of the LGBTQ community) for the whole time. 2/4

So let's convert that into a sample 1000-person population. We'll stick with a strict gender binary as well, to simplify things a lot. And we'll assume a 50-50 gender split, again just to make the math easier.

So we have 500 women, 15 of whom are lesbians and 25 of whom are bi, and and 500 men, 15 gay and 25 bi. The other 460 men and 460 women are straight. 3/4

So if I, a bisexual man, look at this as a potential dating pool, I see 40 men who might be interested in me... and 485 women who might.

40 times 12 is 480.

Based on simple math, we would statistically *expect* to see bisexuals wind up with same-sex partners about once in *every 13 pairings*.

The fact that we find same-sex partners as often as we do is testament to the fact that we're really, truly looking for them.

(IOW, fuck you, we're not straight or pretending.) 4/4