Kinsey Confidential: Sexual Health Information from the Kinsey Institute

• Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Americans?

  

  How many Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? And, who are they? A recent Gallup/Williams Institute poll gives new insight into LGBT life.

• The Kinsey Scale: Its Purpose And Significance

  

  The work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, including his Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale ("the Kinsey scale"), continues to be significant in society and culture.

• How Many Americans Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender?

  

  With more and more data on sexual orientation in the United States, Kinsey's 10% figure has been challenged, and smaller percentages have been offered.

• Q&A: Sexual Orientation Confusion

  

  A male reader is emotionally attracted to females but physically attracted to males and wonders what this means for his sexual orientation.

• Q&A: Can Straight Men Be Curious About Gay Sex Without Being Gay?

  

  Some people use curiosity as a way to explore, and possibly to become comfortable with, a sexual orientation or behavior that they’re interested in.

• Q&A: Dating Women But Fantasizing About Men. Straight, Gay, or Bi?

  

  The idea of having labels to define or describe people’s sexual orientation is freeing for many people.

• Q&A: I’m Attracted To Both Trans and Genetic Women. Am I Bisexual?

  

  Some people consider a person’s sexual orientation to be defined by the pattern of romantic and sexual attractions that they experience.

• Q&A: I Think About Women When I Masturbate. Am I A Lesbian?

  

  Few things in life are cut and dry and neither is sexual orientation. Some women who identify as heterosexual have explored sexually with other women.

• Q&A: Is There A Test I Can Take To Find Out If I’m Bisexual?

  

  There are a lot of people who identify as bisexual and who insist that their natural inclination is to be romantically and/or sexually attracted to both sexes.

• How Is The Kinsey Scale Used In Regard To Sexual Orientation?

  

  The Kinsey Scale got a mention on a recent Oprah episode about sexual fluidity. Read more here about the scale and how it relates to sexual orientation.

• Kinsey Is #1 According To Playboy Magazine

  Playboy highlights the 50 most influential people in sex from the last 50 years - Alfred Kinsey is number 1! Natalie discusses other notables who made the list.

• Kinsey Confidential In The Daily Vidette

  We are so pleased that Illinois State University's Daily Vidette has recently begun publishing our Kinsey Confidential column.

• Q&A: Sexual Fantasies – Are They Normal?

  A reader asks: I’ve been having sexual fantasies about acts I would never consider doing in real life. Is there something wrong with me?

• Q&A: The Kinsey Scale And Kinsey Test

  

  A reader asks how one knows where he or she falls on the heterosexual/homosexual rating scale and if there is such a thing as the "Kinsey Test"

• Q&A: Confused About Same-Sex Attraction

  A reader asks about developing feelings for a friend of the opposite sex and what this might mean for her sexual orientation.

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