Questionnaire 2: Questions 1-6 Summary

(Full Results and Responses)

I sent the questionnaires through Outcome to members and received 29.

Most of the people who responded were members and there was a fair spread of age ranges, with the middle age group being most popular.  There was a very heavy bias towards homosexual and male, and only a few females responded – this may show something interesting about how open women feel they can be about this issue, or that developments in Methodism are mainly focussed on the gay man.  There were very few bisexuals, and no transsexuals, although it was not expected that any transsexuals would respond, as the method used to send them out would generally not have any on its mailing list.  There were two heterosexuals, whose results have been included, as they would have been members of the Outcome group, and sympathetic of its aims, which is the group for gay and lesbian people in Methodism

There were various positions held, from Superintendent Ministers to Stewards and other roles involved in the life of the church.

There were a wide range of answers given on how open people were able to be about their sexuality, very few were completely open (11%), and 15% said nobody knew.  The rest fell in the middle.  Some were open to only those who enquired and commented that few ever do, and several were selective (26%).