Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or somethg other than heterosexual.
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HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
Gallup fds 5.6% of U.S. adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, wh the majory of them sayg they are bisexual. * percent gay by year *
Adults timate that 23.6% of Amerins are gay or lbian. Women, young adults have the hight timatns of gay populatn.
Adults timate that nearly one four Amerins (23.6%) are gay or lbian.
Gay populatn, rerdg siar average timat of 24.6% 2011 and 23.2% 2015. Amerins' Estimatns of the Percentage of Gay People the U.S.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
* percent gay by year *
Jt your bt gus, what percent of Amerins today would you say are gay or lbian?
Amerins' timate of the proportn of gay people the U.S. Is more than five tim Gallup's more enpassg 2017 timate that 4.5% of Amerins are LGBT, based on rponnts' self-intifitn as beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. In 2002, Gallup asked Amerins to timate the proportn of men and women who are gay or lbian, rpectively.
The rults were nearly intil, wh an average timate that 21% of men and 22% of women were gay. As Gallup poted out s ial timate of the entire LGBT populatn 2012, "Exactly who mak up the LGBT muny and how this group should be measured is a subject of some bate," and "there are a number of ways to measure lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatn, and transgenr stat. Sexual orientatn n be asssed by measurg inty as well as sexual behavrs and attractns." Th, Gallup's methodology is not the only way to timate the percentage of the populatn that is gay or lbian.