Gay residents say they're happy but not carefree

The Dispatch wrote Gay residents say they’re happy but not carefree
Friday, May 9, 2008
BY RITA PRICE
They are mostly healthy, in committed relationships and happy with central Ohio’s social scene. But people responding to a first-ever survey of area gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents also report high levels of depression, face threats because of their sexual orientation and often suffer discrimination in the workplace.
The findings show that Columbus, although known as a gay-friendly city, still has some work to do, survey organizers said.
Organizers said they opted for the anonymous, online survey to attract the most participants. It isn’t possible to extract demographic snapshots of the entire gay and lesbian community from U.S. Census data because it does not ask about sexual orientation.