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Type most likely to be Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual

baccheion

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I have some information I grabbed from OkCupid that shows the percentage of each type that reports themselves straight, bisexual, or gay. The results are based on users that stated their type on their profile. Also, based on a much larger amount of profiles, the data says 83.94% of women are straight, 10.67% bisexual, and 5.38% gay. For males: 91.45% straight, 1.77% bisexual, 6.78% gay.

It's interesting to me. What do you think of this?

Females (ordered by % straight in ascending order)
TierType% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
2INFP58.0630.6511.29744
2INTP58.5633.038.41333
3INFJ65.6825.039.29807
3ISFP66.8128.574.62238
3ISTP67.7225.207.09127
3ENFP68.2526.115.64904
3INTJ69.3623.127.52359
3ISFJ72.2621.416.33411
4ESFP73.6318.917.46201
4ENTP75.1118.676.22450
4ENTJ75.6716.677.66522
4ENFJ77.9216.835.261046
4ISTJ78.7016.864.44338
4ESTP79.5917.353.0698
5ESFJ84.7910.274.94263
5ESTJ85.8011.732.47162

Males (ordered by % straight in ascending order)
TierType% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
1ESFJ71.052.9625.99304
2ENFJ74.324.3421.341429
3INFJ78.374.3817.251438
3ENFP78.535.0716.401616
3ESFP80.693.4315.89321
3ISFJ80.921.7517.32456
3INFP81.335.5113.161505
4ESTJ85.000.9514.05420
4INTJ85.563.6910.741815
4ENTJ86.052.4411.511842
4ISFP86.843.429.74380
4ESTP86.962.1710.87276
4ISTJ88.632.638.741064
5INTP89.134.636.242051
5ENTP89.263.387.361806
5ISTP92.432.674.90674

Females (ordered by % straight in ascending order)
Ethnicity% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
Native American76.9615.857.191558
Hispanic / Latin79.6910.929.3913531
Black83.519.057.4418016
Pacific Islander83.628.288.101667
White85.0010.134.87360151
Middle Eastern85.709.534.771867
Asian89.795.694.5218499
Indian92.334.912.763117

Males (ordered by % straight in ascending order)
Ethnicity% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
Hispanic / Latin87.001.3711.6340267
Asian89.071.259.6839447
Pacific Islander89.611.498.903965
Native American90.342.417.242029
Black90.971.347.6933079
White92.001.776.24744626
Middle Eastern92.231.306.475841
Indian95.910.773.3313287

Females (least likely to be straight)
Location% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
Northampton, Massachusetts62.4525.3112.24245
Amherst, Massachusetts68.5125.975.52181
Emeryville, California69.5220.869.63187
Brisbane, Australia69.6221.069.31451
Adelaide, Australia69.7122.128.17208
Ypsilanti, Michigan71.3219.259.43265
Olympia, Washington71.5421.546.91376
Stockholm, Sweden71.6023.205.20250
Cardiff, United Kingdom71.8222.655.52181
Santa Cruz, California72.0921.716.20516

Females (most likely to be straight)
Location% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
Cebu City, Philippines96.142.421.45207
Hoboken, New Jersey96.032.651.32378
Beijing, China95.173.351.49269
Hong Kong, Hong Kong94.904.460.64314
Tel Aviv, Israel94.783.601.62862
Moscow, Russia94.734.590.68588
Shanghai, China94.644.760.60336
Forest Hills, New York94.512.752.75182
Arlington, Virginia94.003.572.431233
Kirkland, Washington93.645.930.42236

Males (least likely to be straight)
Location% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
West Hollywood, California43.791.4754.74475
Washington, District of Columbia78.711.6119.685895
New York, New York78.771.3019.9320087
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts80.092.8117.10427
Astoria, New York80.560.8418.601898
Boston, Massachusetts81.242.1816.583487
Manila, Philippines81.975.8312.20549
Dorchester, Massachusetts81.971.0916.94183
Providence, Rhode Island82.173.7614.07931
Elmhurst, New York82.703.2414.05185

Males (most likely to be straight)
Location% Straight% Bisexual% Gay# Profiles
Fort Bragg, North Carolina99.230.000.77260
Calcutta, India98.970.510.51195
Minot, North Dakota98.951.050.00191
Pune, India98.930.360.71280
Cairo, Egypt98.350.830.83242
Yukon, Oklahoma98.290.001.71175
Mooresville, North Carolina98.250.581.17171
Hyderābād, India98.170.910.91219
Istanbul, Turkey97.810.701.491004
New Delhi, India97.690.991.32606
 

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I'm not surprised that gay men trend toward FJ and EFP (I think gay culture in general tends to be fairly FJ, with lots of shared, reinforcing opinions). I'm a little surprised that INFPs are so high on the list, but it makes sense that they'd be less visible socially. (I'm pretty sure I don't know any other gay INFPs personally, for example.)

I'm somewhat surprised that the gay male Thinkers are as rare as they appear to be here, but then I run in tech circle that tend to select for Thinking. Also, online dating may not be a representative sample, in and of itself.

Still, interesting data to look at.
 

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I always thought I'd be better off as a lesbian :thinking:
 

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I always thought I'd be better off as a lesbian :thinking:

I've joked that I'm a little too lesbian for a gay man, since I had to actually relate and like someone as a person before I was interested in anything more. I admit that's a little stereotyping, but there's a grain of truth in there.

Also, I'm not very fabulous. On gay probation for life.
 

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Funny how ESFJ is so uncommon for women who aren't straight but so common for gay men.
 

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Actually, looking at it in more detail, the number of profiles per type vs the MBTI (US) National Representative sample is pretty different for men. For example, there are 6.32 times as high a percentage of INFJs as were in the national sample, but only 0.23 times as many ESFJs as one would expect. Is this because of bias in OkCupid self-selection, or some other factor? Hard to tell.

Still, if we multiplied out the gay male percentage per type (from OkCupid data) times the percentage of population per type from the representative sample, we'd get (for gay men of a given type as a percentage of the overall population):

ESFJ: 1.95%
ESTJ: 1.57%
ISTJ: 1.43%
ISFJ: 1.40%
ESFP: 1.20%
ENFP: 1.05%
ESTP: 0.75%
ISFP: 0.74%
INFP: 0.54%
ISTP: 0.42%
INTJ: 0.35%
ENFJ: 0.34%
ENTJ: 0.31%
INTP: 0.30%
ENTP: 0.29%
ISTP: 0.23%
INFJ: 0.22%

Which seems a little truer to life. SFJs still are very high (with ESFJs being the most common type for gay men), but TJs fill the #2 and #3 slot.
 

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I didn't think there would be any real correlation between MBTI type and sexual orientation, but apparently I was wrong. I wonder why introverted females are more likely to be gay, while it's the extroverts who are more likely to be gay among males.
 

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Actually, looking at it in more detail, the number of profiles per type vs the MBTI (US) National Representative sample is pretty different for men. For example, there are 6.32 times as high a percentage of INFJs as were in the national sample, but only 0.23 times as many ESFJs as one would expect. Is this because of bias in OkCupid self-selection, or some other factor? Hard to tell.

Still, if we multiplied out the gay male percentage per type (from OkCupid data) times the percentage of population per type from the representative sample, we'd get (for gay men of a given type as a percentage of the overall population):

ESFJ: 1.95%
ESTJ: 1.57%
ISTJ: 1.43%
ISFJ: 1.40%
ESFP: 1.20%
ENFP: 1.05%
ESTP: 0.75%
ISFP: 0.74%
INFP: 0.54%
ISTP: 0.42%
INTJ: 0.35%
ENFJ: 0.34%
ENTJ: 0.31%
INTP: 0.30%
ENTP: 0.29%
ISTP: 0.23%
INFJ: 0.22%

Which seems a little truer to life. SFJs still are very high (with ESFJs being the most common type for gay men), but TJs fill the #2 and #3 slot.

If I'm understanding things correctly, then this roughly gives the likelihood that any random person on earth is, for example, male + gay + ESFJ (1.95%). The table I presented very roughly gives the likelihood that someone is gay, given that you know they are, for example, male + ESFJ (28.95%). Slightly different, and I suppose the one to go with depends on what you're trying to do. As for the difference in the percentage of each type on OkCupid versus what's claimed to be representative of the world at large, I think that's probably the internet bias everyone talks about. A large number of the women on the site are NFs and a lot of the men are NTs, as is the case on many online forums.
 

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If I'm understanding things correctly, then this roughly gives the likelihood that any random person on earth is, for example, male + gay + ESFJ (1.95%). The table I presented very roughly gives the likelihood that someone is gay, given that you know they are, for example, male + ESFJ (28.95%). Slightly different, and I suppose the one to go with depends on what you're trying to do. As for the difference in the percentage of each type on OkCupid versus what's claimed to be representative of the world at large, I think that's probably the internet bias everyone talks about. A large number of the women on the site are NFs and a lot of the men are NTs, as is the case on many online forums.

Yeah... my approximations were to try to get a better feel for how many gay men of each type there was (assuming OkCupid's data for each type was descriptive of the population of that type in the population... and assuming the the MBTI representative sample is representative), and to see if that squared better with my own perception of the types of gay men that I know socially (and it seemed to).

And as far as gay/straight percentages in general: these are self-selecting OkCupid users that may or may not be representative of non-OkCupid users (much less non-OkCupid users of a given type). For example, maybe certain MBTI types of gay men don't use OkCupid at all, because they are on Grindr (or equivalent) getting down to business. Who can say?

Trying to get representative samples of LGBT folks is difficult already, adding in personality type doesn't make it any simpler. I do think OkCupid's data is interesting, and deserves some consideration. It's just frustrating how hard it is to get representative statistics.
 

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Reading statistics like this I'm always surprised at what a small percentage of the population actually is homosexual, it would lead me suspect that homosexuals are over represented in TV, film, fiction and the media.

Homosexuality itself is probably over represented as a political issue and cultural issue of pressing importance too.

I dont think that typology and sexuality can be correlated, even if there are a lot of self-reports because MBTI is far from an exacting and undisputed science when it comes to things it clearly aims to explain such as preferences for particular cognitive sets such as intuition, sensing, feeling, thinking, perceiving, judging let alone sexuality.

To be honest its very difficult to discover any theories about the genesis of sexual orientation which are accepted or acceptable universally, certainly not within the homosexual community itself or its various political organs, genetic causation, innateness, estragen in the womb, cultural influences within the home or wider society, including vogues and trends, have all been embraced and rejected at different times, usually when they have been perceived as more validating and then dismissed when problems arise, such as serving one type of homosexuality well but not another such as bisexuality (not strictly homosexuality but usually categorised as the same, or broadly similar, by supporters and detractors alike for different reasons, its curious how bisexuals could be an "other" for both the heterosexual and homosexual communities).

Most of the better Freudian and Jungian explanations of homosexuality have been dismissed as politically incorrect and tantamount to hate crimes by pretty much all schools of thought in psychology or psycho-analysis since about the sixties or seventies. If any attempt is being made to tie MBTI to sexual orientation wouldnt it just be considered too tainted by its origins in the theories of Jung and by extention Freud?
 

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Reading statistics like this I'm always surprised at what a small percentage of the population actually is homosexual, it would lead me suspect that homosexuals are over represented in TV, film, fiction and the media.

Homosexuality itself is probably over represented as a political issue and cultural issue of pressing importance too.

I dont think that typology and sexuality can be correlated, even if there are a lot of self-reports because MBTI is far from an exacting and undisputed science when it comes to things it clearly aims to explain such as preferences for particular cognitive sets such as intuition, sensing, feeling, thinking, perceiving, judging let alone sexuality.

To be honest its very difficult to discover any theories about the genesis of sexual orientation which are accepted or acceptable universally, certainly not within the homosexual community itself or its various political organs, genetic causation, innateness, estragen in the womb, cultural influences within the home or wider society, including vogues and trends, have all been embraced and rejected at different times, usually when they have been perceived as more validating and then dismissed when problems arise, such as serving one type of homosexuality well but not another such as bisexuality (not strictly homosexuality but usually categorised as the same, or broadly similar, by supporters and detractors alike for different reasons, its curious how bisexuals could be an "other" for both the heterosexual and homosexual communities).

Most of the better Freudian and Jungian explanations of homosexuality have been dismissed as politically incorrect and tantamount to hate crimes by pretty much all schools of thought in psychology or psycho-analysis since about the sixties or seventies. If any attempt is being made to tie MBTI to sexual orientation wouldnt it just be considered too tainted by its origins in the theories of Jung and by extention Freud?
As far as I know, the only explanations that have been rejected are Freudian psychoanalysis and 'cultural influences', because time has proven them wrong. I also seriously doubt anybody is trying to make an attempt to 'tie' sexuality to Jungian type. Even if there were, though, it would still be easy to leave out Freud.
 

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Actually, looking at it in more detail, the number of profiles per type vs the MBTI (US) National Representative sample is pretty different for men. For example, there are 6.32 times as high a percentage of INFJs as were in the national sample, but only 0.23 times as many ESFJs as one would expect. Is this because of bias in OkCupid self-selection, or some other factor? Hard to tell.

Still, if we multiplied out the gay male percentage per type (from OkCupid data) times the percentage of population per type from the representative sample, we'd get (for gay men of a given type as a percentage of the overall population):

ESFJ: 1.95%
ESTJ: 1.57%
ISTJ: 1.43%
ISFJ: 1.40%
ESFP: 1.20%
ENFP: 1.05%
ESTP: 0.75%
ISFP: 0.74%
INFP: 0.54%
ISTP: 0.42%
INTJ: 0.35%
ENFJ: 0.34%
ENTJ: 0.31%
INTP: 0.30%
ENTP: 0.29%
ISTP: 0.23%
INFJ: 0.22%

Which seems a little truer to life. SFJs still are very high (with ESFJs being the most common type for gay men), but TJs fill the #2 and #3 slot.

See I wonder how much of this is stereotypes and self report without any knowledge of Jung, Beebe, Keirsey, etc....because a couple of people actually thought my ESFJ ex was gay (not, very straight, and comfortable enough with his sexual orientation to have a close gay male friend) ...like its like the stereotypes of fabulous or meticulously gay men is ExFJ, either the ESFJ who fixes your hair and is like your best "girl" friend, or the ENFJ who is is either a little more show business or social justice warrior. Plus SJs are simply more common.

Another reason I take issue, is because homosexual women are more likely to be introverted special snowflake INxx? No, that's not a modern lesbian stereotype at all, now that we know gay women are not all "butch."

I find this all very suspect frankly, because there actually is a diversity of personality of homosexual people that I have encountered among friends or acquaintences in real life.


I also find it interesting that women are more eager to identify as bisexuals, especially among types who may be more "lipstick" like ISFP, ENFP and ISFJ.

Maybe there are just a lot of INFP women on OKCupid.
 

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As far as I know, the only explanations that have been rejected are Freudian psychoanalysis and 'cultural influences', because time has proven them wrong. I also seriously doubt anybody is trying to make an attempt to 'tie' sexuality to Jungian type. Even if there were, though, it would still be easy to leave out Freud.


Except the part where the lesbian women are literally identifying as "inverts"...i.e. INxx are the most extreme introverts, especially INXP, and that used to be an insulting term psychiatric community once gave to homosexuals. I would like to see a broader sample of the entire population of a nation, versus members of OkCupid.
 

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Except the part where the lesbian women are literally identifying as "inverts"...i.e. INxx are the most extreme introverts, especially INXP, and that used to be an insulting term psychiatric community once gave to homosexuals. I would like to see a broader sample of the entire population of a nation, versus members of OkCupid.
Studies of the sexuality-molding effects hormons seem to have on the fetus suggest there is more to the theory of sexual inversion than one might suspect given its date of origin. In fact, as Wikipedia tells me, its proponent, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, "proposed a theory of homosexuality as biologically anomalous and originating in the embryonic and fetal stages of gestation, which evolved into a "sexual inversion" of the brain. In 1901, in an article in the Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen (Yearbook of Sexual Intermediate Stages), he changed the biological term from anomaly to differentiation."
 

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What about asexual?

You can be asexual and "straight/bi/gay". Rather, it's called "hetero-romantic, homo-romantic, bi-romantic". So it's not mutually exclusive.

I think one thing that must be considered when analyzing the data is that what we have is an indication of how people identify themselves, not what they *are*. I think this explains why you see a higher % of gay men than gay women, but then a higher % of bisexual women than bisexual men. If we were to sum the 2, they'd probably be similar (gay+bi men = gay + bi women). I would imagine this is related to how sexuality is perceived and accepted in society, with bisexual men suffering a lot of pressure to identify as gay (whereas the image of bisexual women in society is associated with porn. well, it turns out that society's pressure is phallocentric, so mostly men ---> men and women --> men lol)
 

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To be honest its very difficult to discover any theories about the genesis of sexual orientation which are accepted or acceptable universally, certainly not within the homosexual community itself or its various political organs, genetic causation, innateness, estragen in the womb, cultural influences within the home or wider society, including vogues and trends, have all been embraced and rejected at different times, usually when they have been perceived as more validating and then dismissed when problems arise, such as serving one type of homosexuality well but not another such as bisexuality (not strictly homosexuality but usually categorised as the same, or broadly similar, by supporters and detractors alike for different reasons, its curious how bisexuals could be an "other" for both the heterosexual and homosexual communities).

Read
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Amazon.com: Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution (9781580054744): Shiri Eisner: Books
 

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I didn't think there would be any real correlation between MBTI type and sexual orientation, but apparently I was wrong. I wonder why introverted females are more likely to be gay, while it's the extroverts who are more likely to be gay among males.
I didn't think there would be any real correlation between MBTI type and sexual orientation, but apparently I was wrong. I wonder why introverted females are more likely to be gay, while it's the extroverts who are more likely to be gay among males.
Coz the society thinks women are more extroverted, but it is not true in some countries
 

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I noticed that there are less straight women than mem. Probambly because the society tend to accept lesbian more than gay
 

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Can someone give me a rational argument for why one would even think sexuality would correlate with type?

Coz the society thinks women are more extroverted, but it is not true in some countries

I've heard both stereotypes. Women are all extroverts, or women are all introverts. gender stereotypes are the dumbest thing in existence, and they are the most counterproductive thing.
 
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