A: While Taiwan is celebrating the 7th anniversary of legalizing same-sex marriage, a poll shows that the support rate for same-sex marriage rose sharply from 37.4 percent seven years ago to 69.9 percent last year.
B: Actually, I’m a bit curious about the size of Taiwan’s LGBT population.
A: I’m not sure. But if we take a Gallup poll in the US as an example, 9.3 percent of American adults identified as LGBT in 2024.
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B: Wow, is it because the Americans are relatively open? In many other countries, the figures hover around 5 percent.
A: Based on this, Taiwan’s total population is 23.28 million — with 5 percent accounting for 1.16 million. So the million-strong “rainbow army” cannot be overlooked.
A: 在台灣慶祝同婚七週年之際，民調顯示同婚支持率從七年前的37.4％，大幅上升至去年的69.9％！
B: 我有點好奇台灣的同志人口有多少？
A: 這我也不清楚…，不過以美國「蓋洛普」民調為例，2024年美國高達9.3％的成人自認屬於同志族群。
B: 這是因為美國人比較開放嗎？許多國家統計通常在5％上下。
A: 以此推測在台灣總人口2,328萬人當中，5％的話也就是116萬人，百萬「彩虹大軍」實在不容忽視。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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