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When the Battelle
Human Affairs Research Centers in Seattle released a study that supposedly
found that only one percent of men are gay, not ten percent as remains the
conventional wisdom, Hank Donat was asked to comment for Time
magazine. The article cast gays as on the defensive but also included a
sidebar on how statistics may be used deliberately to mislead, raise money,
or advance an agenda. In "The Shrinking Ten Percent," Time reported:
"That 10% has remained a political talisman for the gay community was
clear last week when several leaders refused to give it up... 'I'm not a
mathematician,' says editor Hank Donat, 'but by their reasoning there are
about 2.5 million gay men in America. I guess we're all living in California.'" |
