[EternallyFab]

I've been wondering about this lately. Do certain personality types tend to be queer (aka LGBTQ) more often than others? Does being queer differ among the types? And do some types have a better gaydar than others?

I don't know how many queer ISFJs there are, but I do know that much of the time, I'd rather be straight. And I feel like that may emerge somewhat out of my personality type. I have this horrible desire to be normal and conventional. Oh, and of course, my gaydar is nil because I just don't notice the sorts of cues that would allow me to figure out if a person is queer or not. I'm guessing that people with higher N would have better gaydar.

[Sonny]

Ime it's not connected, how one accepts and displays their sexuality however has some observable trends based on type.

[BlueG]

I typically notice when someone is homosexual. But I think the type with a larger population will have more homosexual people.

[Dark Romantic]

I've heard in a few places that ENFP guys are more likely to be homo/bisexual... but, I couldn't tell you if that's a common thing.

[thor odinson]

Type may affect how one is perceived.

Since sexual orientations have their stereotypes and MBTI are in effect stereotypes too, the stereotypes that seem to match will be the ones that get called out.

For example an ISTP/ESTP as a masculine type may get perceived as heterosexual in males, but bi/gay in females.

Conversely, an expressive F type in women may get perceived as heterosexual, but bi/gay in males.

[LiquidLight]

Yea and there are a lot of cultural ideals you have to unravel too. A lot of gay men are portrayed as ESFP or ESFJ in movies and TV so you kind of have to eliminate those cultural biases (actually for some reason there's a tendency to portray stigmatized groups as ESPs at least in America. African-American males have gotten that stereotype as well).

As far as Jungian psychology is concerned your expression of sexuality has far more to do with the anima/animus complex than the functions (regardless of orientation).

[traceur]

ENTP. mostly straight with a bit of bi on the side.

i am attracted to both personality & physical traits that aren't gender specific and i do sometimes find them in men, but in general there are a lot more women that i am attracted too. experimented a bit with a buddy back in my army days, and it was best blow job i ever got, but that's about it.

as far as romantic emotional connections go, i only had one (my xwife) so its hard to tell.

[Jennywocky]

We'd also have to stringently define what is meant by homosexuality -- does it mean having an internal preference for same-sex relationships? Does it mean being willing to explore same-sex physical congress? Etc. I could see some types as being more willing to explore outside the culturally accepted boundaries, but this doesn't necessarily mean that someone is "gay" in terms of identity/self-concept.

It's kind of hard, too, to get a good consensus on the data if gathered online, because (depending on the forum, but I think it's typical for type forums), there's an INxx skew, and for being dominant types in Western culture, SFJ seems underrepresented online. How does one gather an unbiased poll; what medium doesn't already have a skew in it?

[Liminality]

I was brought up in a very openminded, it's okay to be different family, but I know I'd feel odd about coming out to my parents, it would feel like a big thing to feel so decidedly one way (I'm unsuare about everything), so expressing it would be like a thing, not just a thing, were I to find I was gay,because that would be a change in their world view, even though I know it wouldn't be a problem for them in the slightest, I'm always their daughter, sexuality doesn't factor into how they feel about that in terms of positive or negative. I also have read and can see the logic behind the suggestion ISFJs would have a stronger reaction - whether positive or negative to people coming out, than ISFPs might. ISFPs would be much likelier to take it in their stride, how does someone being gay affect their moral system, provided they live in a fairly open-minded enviroment? For ISFJs it's a change in the make-up of their world view. Plus there's the difference between Fe and Fi expressiveness.