No, most of them are not abused as children, myself included.
There aren't any numbers on this but since research show that 90% of all child abuse is done by heterosexual men and children adopted or in foster care by gay couples, are healthy, safe and thriving, I would say very very few. If you think about pedophilia, there is no connection between being gay and a pedophile. Gay people like people of the same sex while pedophiles like children.
There are many ways gay people are denied their rights. As of 2013, Gay people are still denied the right to marry in 36 US states. Many of those states also ban gay people from adopting or visiting their partners in the hospital. Gay people can also be fired from their jobs for being gay in 31 states.
Yes. Gay people are not pedophiles.
sent to jail.
As of 2014, about 20% of American gay couples have children.
In North America, 15-25% of women and 5-15% of men have been abused sexually as children. In India 47% of women and 51% of boys have been sexually abused as children(!) making it the country with the highest percentage.
There does not seem to be any statistical difference between children of gay people and children of straight people. However, there does seem to be a pattern of gay couples being more likely to adopt hard-to-place children.
No disabled children do not understand that they are being abused.
Sexual orientation does not affect fertility. Most gay people of childbearing age are able to have children, just as most straight people are able to have children.
About 10%, or perhaps as many as 40%, of abusive parents were themselves physically abused as children, but most abused children do not grow up to be abusive parents.
Research suggests that about 30% of adults who were abused as children will go on to abuse their own children. It is important to note that not all individuals who were abused as children will go on to be abusive parents, as many break the cycle of abuse through therapy and support.
Child abuse only exists when a child is being harmed. As long as the gay couple who wishes to adopt treats their child with love and care and respect, that child is not being abused.