The odds are astronomically stacked against you and the other single gay guy meeting each other and knowing that each other are gay. So that brings it down to 2 single gay guys including yourself in the entire group. Half of those 8 will be women, and only half will be single. Now image that you wanted to do what straight people often do, meet someone, hang out, maybe even have some sexy-time. Educated estimates for LGBT people are about 5% of the population, so that means probably about 8 people in the group are gay or bi. After all, if enough straight people go to a gay bar, it's no longer a gay bar, and the local gays/lesbians may have no where they can safely hit on others of the same sex.Ĭonsider a gay guy who goes on a ski trip in a group of 160 people. Keep in mind that if you're a straight person going to a gay bar, you make it harder for the LGB patrons to find potential partners. Gay people don't have the equivalent luxury. One thing you have to consider is that if you're straight, you have the luxury of being able to safely assume everyone around you is straight unless someone indicates otherwise. For those non gay people who think it's 'trendy' to go to a gay bar, or like to pat themselves on the back for doing it, maybe think twice. So this is a discussion I came across on 's kinda too long for here so I've tried to keep in the main points.