Pada 2009, sebuah survei yang dilakukan oleh Universitas São Paulo dalam 10 ibu kota negara Brasil, memperkirakan bahwa 7.8% dari populasi laki-laki Brasil adalah gay dan 2.6% adalah biseksual (total 10.4%), sementara 4.9% dari populasi perempuan diperkirakan adalah lesbian dan 1.4% biseksual (total 6.3%).[1]
Kota AS dengan populasi gay tertinggi adalah New York dengan sekitar 272,493 penduduk gay.[2] Los Angeles berada di peringkat kedua dengan angka 154,270, disusul oleh Chicago dengan angka 114,449 dan San Francisco dengan angka 94,234.
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