A majory of gay and bisexual Generatn Z teenage boys report beg out to their parents, part of an uptick g out among young people that rearchers have noted recent s.
Contents:
- MORE THAN HALF OF GENERATN Z GAY, BISEXUAL TEENAGE BOYS REPORT BEG OUT TO PARENTS
- IS GEN Z MORE GAY?
MORE THAN HALF OF GENERATN Z GAY, BISEXUAL TEENAGE BOYS REPORT BEG OUT TO PARENTS
"The survey found that 4 percent of Gen Z rponnts intify as transgenr, non-bary, non-nformg, genrfluid, or " another way" while 68 percent intify as straight, 4 percent intify as gay, lbian, or homosexual, and 9 percent intify as parison, ls than 1 percent of Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1964) intify as somethg other than bary, 87 percent intify as straight, 1 percent as gay, 2 percent as bisexual, and 1 percent another way. Rponnts said they have a relative, iend, or worker who is gay or lbian, 30 percent know someone who is bisexual, 14 percent know someone who is transgenr, and 14 percent know someone who is non-bary, genrfluid, or survey weighted rpons to reflect a more accurate sample of dividual untri.
WASHINGTON — A majory of gay and bisexual Generatn Z teenage boys report beg out to their parents, part of an uptick g out among young people that rearchers have noted recent s, acrdg to rearch published by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn.
IS GEN Z MORE GAY?
In the study, published the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientatn and Genr Diversy®, rearchers examed survey data om 1, 194 13-to-18-year-old boys, all of whom intified as gay, bisexual or as beg attracted to people regardls of genr. Those intifyg as gay were more likely to be out to a parent than bisexuals or those unsure of their sexualy. For many Generatn X, was the AIDS crisis, and for lennials, was the legalizatn of gay battl over whether all Amerins have equal rights, regardls of their sexual orientatn, helped shape each of those generatns.
We already see that they are far more likely than Millennials to intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, or other:. Addnally, our data also shows that 57% of Gen Z agree “Most people’s sexual orientatn falls somewhere between straight or gay, ” and they more likely than Millennials to disagree wh the statement, “You are eher straight or gay, there is no -between. Jt one example: Google trends shows that search for “Am I Gay Quiz” have creased signifintly over the last two years.