Are autistic people more likely to be gay

New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that autistic individuals are less likely to identify as heterosexual and more likely to identify with a diverse range of sexual orientations than non-autistic individuals. Autistic people are more likely to be transgender or gender nonconforming compared with non-autistic people, and findings from a recent autism registry study suggest that among autistic people able to self-report on a survey, up to 18% of men and 43% of women may be sexual minorities.

A higher percentage of autistic people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) than the general population, according to research studies.

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People with autism are more likely to identify as LGBTQ+. According to the University of Cambridge, they are more likely to experience a wider diversity of sexual orientations. Numbers show males with autism are almost four times as likely to identify as bisexual. Females with autism are three times as likely to identify as gay. Compared with control groups of individuals with few or no autistic traits, individuals high on autism are more likely to identify as bisexual.

A significant proportion of those high on. Jamesy Veteran. I was at an autism meet up group in and this homesxual man on the spectrum said "Being gay is more acceptable in society than having autism" Would you say that is true? I tend to see more autistic people marginalized in the current day versus LGBT folk, but that's just a view from the outside of being a cis-het dude or whatever. So I am sure there may be some LGBT people who might be more aware of any discrimination that may occur and how that may compare to other marginalized demographics.

Just my two cents In the 21st century society nobody should be marganilized. Jamesy wrote: blitzkrieg wrote: I tend to see more autistic people marginalized in the current day versus LGBT folk, but that's just a view from the outside of being a cis-het dude or whatever. In the 21st century society nobody should be marganilized Unfortunately, though what you say is in theory, an ideal, things play out very differently, often, in reality.

For discussions like this, are we distinguishing between discrimination and marginalization? They can be equally harmful, but they are not the same. It would determine whether or not I agree with the original statement.

CockneyRebel Veteran. CockneyRebel wrote: In a perfect world nobody would be marginalized but it's not a perfect world. It's the bad people that live in that is the problem. King Kat 1 Veteran. Not a fan of the word "homosexual" unless it's used in a scientific way, many right-wing so-called Christians used the word in a derogatory sense.

I have autism and I am gay, the gay part is less of a problem these days than my autism. Both for me are on a need-to-know basis, however. Most people don't know I'm gay but even those who don't really know what ASD is, know something is off about me. Jamesy wrote: I was at an autism meet up group in and this homesxual man on the spectrum said "Being gay is more acceptable in society than having autism" Would you say that is true?

Depends on location, but where I live, yes, that's true. I've received very little homophobia throughout my life, but "odd," or "inappropriate," behaviours have cost me jobs, opportunities, potential friends etc etc and so on. There are thousands of little things, little moments that are "wrong," in autistic behaviour that annoy people or upset them or offend them etc so they just don't accept or tolerate the unacceptable.

Whereas sexual orientation isn't something that's even very apparent to people around you unless you tell them. I'm not one of them. Society is also much more accepting of LGBT people, too. It's not perfect for everyone all the time, but it's much more accepting Here. Not so much in places where they have the death penalty for being gay, though.

So it might be more acceptable to be on the autism spectrum than to be gay in places like that. But overall, in my experience, being gay is much more acceptable than pissing people off with social functions of my brain not functioning properly. I also grew up in a family that's not homophobic - so someone else here who was kicked out of their home for being gay might have a different opinion than mine. People should be educated more and tolerate our behaviour.