Wave of #LGBTs Coming Out via #Facebook
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Approximately 800,000 people came out last year; Facebook defines 'coming out' as "(1) updating one’s profile to express a same-gender attraction or (2) specifying a custom gender". In total, 6,000,000 Americans have used the site to proclaim their true sexual or gender identities. “Not only has the total number of Americans who have come out on Facebook risen dramatically, but so has the number coming out each day,” Facebook said in the report, entitled America’s Coming Out on Facebook. “The number of people on Facebook coming out per day is on track to be three times what it was a year ago.”
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Not only this, but support for LGBT groups on the site is also increasing. The statement by Facebook spoke of 5.7 million Americans who have 'liked' at least 1 of the 300 most popular sites promoting LGBT issues, with these figures again seeing a spike after the monumental Supreme Court ruling.
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Due to the enormous reach of the social networking site, these figures can be interpreted to be demonstrative of society as a whole. You could be far-stretched to find someone without a Facebook account these days, so it's pretty fair to say that these figures represent real-life trends. There is no doubt that LGBT pride continues to grow as attitudes catch up with the times.
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