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Number Of Adults Who Identify As LGBTQ Doubled In The Past Decade
More than half of LGBTQ Americans claim to be bisexual.
The percentage of American adults who self-identify as LGBTQ or something other than heterosexual has increased to a new high of just over 7%, Gallup reported. The rate was 3.5% in 2012.
Currently, 7.1% of Americans consider themselves to have an LGBTQ identity. The research study asked 12,000 adults about their sexual orientation. Of the adults surveyed, 86.3% said they were straight. Roughly 6% stated they had no opinion on the matter or refused to say.
Survey Revealed A Trend
While the older generations didn’t see any increase, the younger generation’s percentage rose significantly. Over 20% of Gen Z adults, those born between 1997 and 1999, identify as LGBTQ. Only 10.5% of millennials and 4.5% of Generation X, and 2.6% of baby boomers identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
“The percentage of Gen Z who are LGBT has nearly doubled since 2017 when only the leading edge of that generation had reached adulthood. At that time, 10.5% of the small slice of the generation who were adults identified as LGBT,” Gallup said.
