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The 2004 Lavender Islands study surveyed nearly 2,300 gay, lesbian and bisexual people. Among its findings was the fact that men had more sexual partners than women. 

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Source: Mark Henrickson, Stephen Neville, Claire Jordan and Sara Donaghey, 'Lavender islands: the New Zealand study.' Journal of Homosexuality 53, no. 4 (2007), p. 239.

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Chris Brickell, Gay men’s lives – Surveys and research, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/27652/sexual-partners (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Brickell, published 21 February 2011.