How many people are LGBT?
The simple answer is that we don’t know. A UK Government estimate put the total number of gay and lesbian people in the UK at between 5 and 7% of the total adult population, or around 3.3 million people, but because many LGBT people feel it necessary to conceal their sexual orientations the actual number is likely to be higher. In a class of 20 young people then, one or two potentially could be LGBT. In a school of 800 young people, over 50 could identify as LGBT. When all is said and done, every teacher will teach young people who identify as LGBT.
