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Troops OK with gay: a recent poll surveyed 545 U.S. troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan about gays in the military.


Percentage of troops who are comfortable with gay people:

73

Percentage in combat units who say they know for sure that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian lesbian /les·bi·an/ (lez´be-an)
1. pertaining to homosexuality between women.

2. a female homosexual.


les·bi·an
n.
A woman whose sexual orientation is to other women.
:

21

Percentage who say they know for sure that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian:

23

Percentage who don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)

"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party.
 for sure but suspect that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian:
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Title Annotation:BY THE NUMBERS
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Jan 30, 2007
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