I suppose you could say the same about Afro-Americans, and then you could go into a serious soul-searching mode and moan about how folk music excludes so many minorities. I don't think that's the case - I think folkies are quite open to anyone who wants to join them. My guess is that we're low on percentages with blacks, but our percentage of homosexuals is just about even with the percentage of homosexuals in the U.S.

Most music is about sexual love. That topic is just one of many topics covered in folk music. Maybe homosexual folkies don't use their music to make a statement about their sexual orientation. Classical violinists don't, either - and that makes it very hard to tell which ones are straight and which ones are gay.
-Joe Offer-