NI Life and Times Survey

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

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

Don't know

Year: 2013
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 OR	68
Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to	19
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 or	61	74
Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to	24	14
Don't know	14	12

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 or	75	58	76
Lesbians and gay men choose their sexual orientation and they can change it if they want to	14	27	12
Don't know	10	15	12

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