This statistic shows respondents' self-reported sexual orientation in Great Britain (GB) in 2015, by gender. 93 percent of female respondents and 85 percent of male respondents stated that they were heterosexual. Male respondents were five times more likely to state that they were homosexual when compared to female respondents.
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