I would call 1.7% of the population a fringe group.The Gay/Lesbian community today was CREATED by the Gay/Lesbian community of the 70s. The CDC, Guttmacher's, PP, the APA and the universities were SEEDED with those *fringe* characters.
They were not political *fringe* groups then, nor are they now. These are the people who drive the progressive and homo bloc.
Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are - Garance Franke-Ruta - The Atlantic