Table 5.

Community involvement and activism

Variable	Gay men	Lesbians	Bisexual men	Bisexual women	Total
Importance of community involvement (% responding “very important” or “fairly important”)
Knowing what is going on	57.4% a	47.3% a	29.0% ab	15.7% b	38.4%
CI	48.2–66.1	37.4–57.4	12.1–54.8	9.4–25.3	31.4–45.9
Doing community volunteer work	29.4% a	29.0% a	10.7% ab	12.2% b	20.3%
CI	22.0–38.0	20.8–38.8	4.8–22.1	7.2–20.0	16.1–25.2
Giving money to organizations	43.1% a	33.9% a	6.5% b	7.8% b	23.5%
CI	34.3–52.3	25.2–43.8	3.0–13.6	4.5–13.0	19.0–28.6
Being politically active	33.4% a	36.2% a	8.4% b	13.4% b	22.3%
CI	25.5–42.4	27.2–46.3	3.8–17.4	8.1–21.5	18.0–27.4
Reading newspapers and magazines	56.0% a	51.6% a	31.3% ab	19.4% b	40.0%
CI	46.5–65.0	41.5–61.6	13.9–56.2	12.1–29.6	33.1–47.4
Community activism (% reporting having ever done this related to a sexual minority issue)
Button, sign, bumper sticker	43.6% ab	58.1% a	23.5% b	41.7% ab	39.9%
CI	35.0–52.7	47.6–67.9	11.2–42.8	30.6–53.7	33.4–46.7
Rally, march, or demonstration	49.4% a	44.4% ab	25.3% ab	27.9% b	37.0%
CI	40.3–58.5	34.8–54.4	12.5–44.6	19.7–38.1	30.9–43.7
Contacting a government official	42.3% a	39.1% a	24.7% ab	20.2% b	31.9%
CI	33.8–51.3	30.3–48.7	11.7–44.8	13.2–29.7	26.1–38.3
Contributing money	65.3% a	53.3% ab	28.0% bc	24.6% c	43.9%
CI	56.1–73.5	43.0–63.4	14.6–47.0	16.8–34.5	37.1–50.8

Within rows, values with different lowercase letters differ significantly, as indicated by nonoverlapping confidence intervals