| As far as my family, I am out to | Outing people is . . . | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| everyone | 27% | wrong | 79% | |
| immediate family | 22% | okay, if homophobes | 2% | |
| one or both parents | 10% | okay, if celebrity | 0% | |
| just my siblings | 3% | fine, but not me | 1% | |
| extended family | 9% | unsure | 4% | |
| no one in my family | 20% | skip | 13% | |
| skip | 10% | |||
| Lesbians have a responsibilty to come out. | The more people out, the better. | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 14% | yes | 54% | |
| no | 42% | no | 17% | |
| unsure | 22% | unsure | 10% | |
| skip | 22% | skip | 18% | |
| Someone else being in the closet doesn't affect me. | Closet cases hurt the community. | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 32% | yes | 14% | |
| no | 43% | no | 48% | |
| unsure | 8% | unsure | 16% | |
| skip | 17% | skip | 22% | |
| I am out to my co-workers. | I am out to my classmates. | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 40% | yes | 47% | |
| no | 36% | no | 34% | |
| unsure | 3% | unsure | 1% | |
| skip | 21% | skip | 18% | |
| I am out to my neighbors. | I am out to my landlord. | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 37% | yes | 21% | |
| no | 41% | no | 49% | |
| unsure | 4% | unsure | 0% | |
| skip | 17% | skip | 30% | |
| I am out to my church. | I am out to myself. | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 15% | yes | 84% | |
| no | 57% | no | 3% | |
| unsure | 3% | unsure | 3% | |
| skip | 25% | skip | 10% | |
| My greatest fear in coming out is or was: | How do people usually find out about you? | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| losing my friends | 13% | tell them point blank | 14% | |
| losing my family | 46% | hide nothing | 48% | |
| losing my job | 1% | gossip | 13% | |
| losing religious community | 0% | I have no clue | 5% | |
| violence from strangers | 3% | no one knows | 9% | |
| homophobia from strangers | 9% | skip | 11% | |
| unsure | 6% | |||
| skip | 21% | |||
| Would you date someone who's closet status is different from yours? | ||||
| Response | Percent | |||
| yes | 43% | |||
| no | 22% | |||
| unsure | 22% | |||
| skip | 13% | |||
| To convince people I am straight, I have: | ||||
| �created a make believe boyfriend | dated a guy I wasn't interested in | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 21% | yes | 18% | |
| no | 53% | no | 57% | |
| skip | 26% | skip | 25% | |
| married a guy i didn't love | pretended my girlfriend was just a buddy | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 5% | yes | 41% | |
| no | 73% | no | 37% | |
| skip | 22% | skip | 22% | |
| pretended my girlfriend was my sister | not dated women that looked too gay | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 7% | yes | 13% | |
| no | 67% | no | 60% | |
| skip | 26% | skip | 27% | |
| made homophobic comments or jokes | verbally/physically attacked people who are gay | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| yes | 15% | no | 77% | |
| no | 62% | skip | 23% | |
| skip | 23% | |||
| I am | I identify as | |||
| Response | Percent | Response | Percent | |
| lesbian | 67% | butch or stud | 14% | |
| bisexual | 16% | femme | 29% | |
| straight | 1% | a bit of both | 20% | |
| other | 4% | no labels | 26% | |
| skip | 11% | skip | 11% | |
| My age bracket | ||||
| Response | Percent | |||
| 18 to 25 | 51% | |||
| 26 to 35 | 21% | |||
| 36 to 45 | 14% | |||
| 46 to 55 | 2% | |||
| skip | 12% | |||
