The percentage of U.S. adults who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr has creased to 7.1%. This is driven by high LGBT self-intifitn, particularly as bisexual, among Generatn Z adults.
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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * lgbt americans *
Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual.
Explore Gallup qutns and trends about gay and lbian rights on Gallup's Topics A-Z page. 7% of LGBTQ rponnts intified as gay, 13. Some 7% of Amerins are lbian, gay or bisexual, acrdg to a Pew Rearch Center survey of 12, 147 U.
Some 17% of adults younger than 30 intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, pared wh 8% of those ag 30 to 49, 5% of those 50 to 64 and 2% of those 65 and olr. More Amerins intify as bisexual than as gay or lbian.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * lgbt americans *
Among adults who are lbian, gay or bisexual, 62% intify as bisexual, while 38% are gay or lbian, acrdg to the same 2022 survey.
Among Amerins who are lbian, gay or bisexual, the vast majory of women say they are bisexual (79%) while the majory of men say they are gay (57%). Adults younger than 50 who are lbian, gay or bisexual are far more likely to intify as bisexual (69%) than as gay or lbian (31%).
An overwhelmg share of Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults (92%) say society has bee more acceptg of them the past * lgbt americans *
The oppose is te among those ag 50 and olr: 66% intify as gay or lbian and 34% as bisexual.
Bisexual adults are far ls likely than gay or lbian adults to be “out” to the important people their life, acrdg to a 2019 Center analysis of survey data om Stanford Universy. In ntrast, 75% of gay or lbian adults say the same. About one-quarter of bisexual adults (26%) say they are not “out” to any of the important people their life, pared wh 4% of gay or lbian adults.
* lgbt americans *
Over one-fifth of LGBTQ rponnts, or 21 percent, are gay, 14 percent are lbian, 10 percent are transgenr and 4 percent intify as somethg else. 5 percent as gay, 0.