NI Life and Times Survey

Lesbians and gay men are born that way and their sexual orientation is not something that can be changed

Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to

Don't know

Year: 2012
Module: LGBT_Issues
Variable: GLBORN

Which of these two statements comes closest to your own view?

	%
Lesbians and gay men are born that way and their sexual orientation is not something that can be changed	68
Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to	20
Don't know	13

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Lesbians and gay men are born that way and their sexual orientation is not something that can be changed	63	71
Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to	21	19
Don't know	16	10

Results for people of different ages

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Lesbians and gay men are born that way and their sexual orientation is not something that can be changed	76	57	75
Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to	14	27	18
Don't know	10	16	6

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