Taken from _The Nothern Star_, Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL
April 27, 1993
"Gays at a glance"

Findings below are based on a sample of 7,500 gay men, lesbians and
bisexuals randomly selected in late 1992 from a national pool of 40,000 such
men and women.  The larger group was not randomly selected.  But,
because participants were solicited from a wide variety of souces,
Overlooked Opinions Inc., which conducted the survey, feels that findings
can be applied nationally.  Other demographic and statistical experts urge
caution, saying there is no way to know whether the pool is representative
of all gay and lesbian Americans.

                              E D U C A T I O N

                                      Men          Women
Median years of education             15.7%        15.7%
High School only                      16.9         16.4
Some college                          18.5         18.7
Associate degree                       6.4          7.3
Undergraduate degree                  31.5         32.0
Graduate Degree                       26.8         25.6


                   A G E,  I N C O M E,  H O U S E H O L D

                                      Men          Women
Median age                            37           35
Average household size                1.7          1.9
Have children under 18                4.3%         10.2%
Average annual household income       $51,624      $42,755
Median annual household income        $42,689      $36,072

             (median income for all American family households
                            was $30,126 in 1991)


                 R A C E / E T H N I C   B A C K G R O U N D

                                      Men          Women
Caucasian                             84.3%        78.9%
Hispanic                              9.5%         11.7%
African American                      4.0%         5.8%
Asian                                 1.2%         2.0%
Native American                       1.0%         1.6%


                 S A M E - S E X   R E L A T I O N S H I P S
                                      Men          Women
In a relationship                     55.5%        71.2%
Median years of relationship          3.7          3.5
Live with partner                     37%          52%
Of those in relationships,
  percentage monogamous               58.1%        81.2%


                              R E S I D E N C E

                                      Men          Women
Own Home                              * 43.1%      43.1%
Median years at presend address       3.0          2.4
Reside in central city                52.7%        45.1%
Reside in suburb                      31.7%        31.1%
Reside in small town                  11.6%        15%
Reside in rural area                  4.0%         6.8%


                  P O L I T I C A L   I N V O L V E M E N T

                                      Men          Women
Registered to vote                    92.9%        90%
Democrat                              62%          66.7%
Independent                           19.5%        21.3%
Republican                            13.1%        6.8%
Socialist                              2.3%        2.8%
Libertarian                            2.6%        1.4%
Other                                  2.4%        4.4%

      (Note: Numbers add up to more than 100 because of multiple party
                                affiliations)

                           J O B   C A T E G O R Y

                   Men   Women
Management         13.4% 10.9%
Health care        10.0  16.0
Education           9.9  11.7
Sales/marketing     9.2   8.1
Technical           8.3   5.6
Clerical            5.7   7.3
Financial           5.6   4.0
Literature/library  4.3   5.0
Arts                4.5   3.1
Law                 3.9   3.3
Entrepreneur        3.6   3.0
Science             2.3   3.3
Food Service        2.7   1.9
Public Safety       1.4   2.5
Other              15.1  14.1


                    S E L F - I D E N T I F I C A T I O N

                   Men          Women
Homosexual         32.2%         5.2%
Gay                57.5          4.2
Lesbian             0.0         78.8
Bisexual            4.7          7.8
Other               5.6          4.1