NEW YORK (The Lapine) \u2014 On the heels of President Barack Obama\u2019s statement supporting LGBT equal rights, a national Gallup phone survey released today shows that nearly half of Americans can only guess what the letters stand for.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people said that LGBT has something or other to do with sex that isn\u2019t your Mom and Pop variety,\u201d pollster David Bell told the NY Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they couldn\u2019t say what the letters stood for\u2026a lot guessed that the GB letters stand for Gang Banging.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd slightly more than 14% were guessing that it\u2019s some fancy BLT sandwich and the G stands for Gravy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is confusion about what the heck LGBT is\u2026mind you 8% of men didn\u2019t know what heterosexual means and quite a few said, \u201cLook dude. I\u2019m totally into women, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

The LGBT acronym, which stands for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender, was successfully put into words by 52% of poll participants with 23% saying they \u201cfully or somewhat\u201d support equal rights for LGBT individuals, and 21% saying they would \u201cdefinitely or most likely\u201d rent their basement suite out to someone who looked like they might be LGBT.<\/p>\n

\u201cYounger people showed a much higher awareness of what LGBT means. People in the 60 plus age bracket were more likely to answer \u201cDon\u2019t Know\u201d or \u201cOther\u201d and respond with comments such as \u201cAs long as no one gets hurt,\u201d said Bell.<\/p>\n

The poll also showed dramatic awareness differences between urban and rural participants, between church goers and non-church goers, and between Republican and Democrat supporters.<\/p>\n

79% of regular or frequent Fox News viewers were unable to explain what LGBT stands for with 72% saying they had never heard or seen the acronym before. 10% of this group guessed it\u2019s a terrorist group and 8% said it likely means something similar to the internet\u2019s LOL.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that Americans are becoming more aware that there are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and gay people out there,\u201d said Bell.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they often can\u2019t quite put their finger on what each word in LGBT means.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd a lot think they could spot one in a Starbucks lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey is considered accurate 21 times out of 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"