If you are bisexual or gay in Utah, you face a significantly higher risk of experiencing sexual violence than someone who is straight.
That’s one of several key findings from a newly-released Utah Department of Health (UDOH) survey of about 10,000 Utah adults conducted in 2016, that asked, among other things, respondents whether they had ever been raped or if someone had ever attempted to rape them.
Close to half of bisexual people and a third of lesbian or gay people surveyed reported experiencing sexual violence at some time in their life, compared to less than 9 percent for those who identify as straight, the report said.