1 in 6 Generation Z adults is identified as LGBTQ

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LGBT identification in the United States has increased over time, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday. In fact, one in six adults in Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2002) identify as something different from heterosexual

Nearly 16% of Generation Z adults, who were between the ages of 18 and 23 in 2020, identify as LGBT, according to the survey. And approximately 72% of those who identify as LGBT claim to be bisexual.

This means that approximately 11.5% of all Generation Z adults in the U.S. are bisexual, according to Gallup.

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“The vast majority of Generation Z adults who identify as LGBT (72%) say they are bisexual. So 11.5% of all Generation Z adults in the United States say they are bisexual. bisexuals, with about 2% each identifying themselves as gay and lesbian or transgender, ”says Gallup.

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As for the second youngest group of adults (millennials), 9.1% identify as LGBT. This demographic information was born between 1981 and 1996. About half of the millennials who identify as LGBTQ are bisexual.

But for older groups (generation X (born 1965-1980), baby boomers (born 1946-1964) and traditionalists (born before 1946)), the number of people who identify as LGBTQ is declining, with 2% or less of Americans born before 1965 identifying themselves as LGBT.

Gallup only asked respondents if they identified as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender), although the LGBT community also includes other identifications, such as queer. Gallup said 3.3% of respondents did not say they identified as LGBT, but with another non-heterosexual term, such as queer or lover of the same gender.

The survey, which was based on 15,000 interviews last year with Americans over the age of 18, found that 5.6% of U.S. adults identify as LGBT.

This figure is higher than the 2017 Gallup survey, which found 4.5% identified as such. However, the 2017 survey only asked participants to answer “yes” or “no” to whether they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. The 2020 survey asked more detailed questions, such as asking for precise sexual orientation.

Gallup found that 86.7% of Americans are heterosexual or heterosexual and 7.6% did not answer the question about their sexual orientation. Respondents could give several answers when describing sexual identification, so the total exceeds 100%.

Of the 5.6% of adults who identified as LGBT, more than half are bisexual, about a quarter are gay, 11.3% are lesbian and 11.3% are transgender, according to the 2020 survey.

This means that 3.1% of Americans identify as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian, and 0.6% as transgender.

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“More than half of LGBT adults (54.6%) identify as bisexual. About a quarter (24.5%) say they are gay, with 11.7% saying they are lesbian and 11, 3% as a transgender. An additional 3.3% volunteer another non-heterosexual preference or term to describe their sexual orientation, such as queer or same-sex lovers, “says Gallup.

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Gallup also broken down the data into subcategories, finding that women are more likely to identify as LGBT, as are politically liberal people.

“At a time when Americans are increasingly supporting the equal rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender people, a growing percentage of Americans identify as LGBT,” Gallup says. “With younger generations much more likely than older generations to consider themselves LGBT, this growth should continue.”

Gallup says generational differences in LGBT identification raised questions about whether there really are more LGBT people among young Americans, “or whether it only reflects a greater willingness of young people to identify as LGBT.”

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