Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
The percentage of Amerin adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr creased to 4.5% 2017 om 4.1% 2016 and 3.5% 2012. * lgbt stats 2018 *
-- The percentage of Amerin adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) creased to 4.
Disver all facts and statistics on Homosexualy (gays and lbians) the U.S. on ! * lgbt stats 2018 *
Gallup's LGBT timat are based on those rponnts who say "y" when asked, "Do you, personally, intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr? The general groupg of the four orientatns (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) to one qutn volv signifint simplifitn, and other measurement techniqu which ask about each of the tegori dividually yield different timat.
Comg out as gay, lbian, or bisexual of fay member or iends 2022, by untry. Adults who self-intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or somethg other than heterosexual has creased to a new high of 7.
Gallup asks Amerins whether they personally intify as straight or heterosexual, lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr as part of the mographic rmatn llects on all U. Amerins' Self-Intifitn as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr or Somethg Other than Heterosexual. Amerins' Self-Intifitn as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr or Somethg Other than Heterosexual, by Generatn.
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. * lgbt stats 2018 *
Meanwhile, 21% of LGBT Amerins say they are gay, 14% lbian, 10% transgenr and 4% somethg else. You n select as many as apply: Straight or heterosexual; Lbian; Gay; Bisexual; Transgenr.
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Bisexual is the most mon LGBT stat among Gen Z, lennials, and Gen X, while olr Amerins are about as likely to say they are gay or lbian as to say they are bisexual. Adults who nsir themselv to be lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr has grown at a faster pace over the past year than prr years. The young adults are g of age, cludg g to terms wh their sexualy or genr inty, at a time when Amerins creasgly accept gays, lbians and transgenr people, and LGBT dividuals enjoy creasg legal protectn agast discrimatn.
Gallup fds 5.6% of U.S. adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, wh the majory of them sayg they are bisexual. * lgbt stats 2018 *
Gays and Lbians are two to six tim more likely to suici than Heterosexuals.
Almost half of the Gay and Lbian teens state they have attempted suici more than once. It has been nservatively timated the 1, 500 Gay and Lbian youth m suici every year. This map shows the timated percentage of each state's adult (ag 18+) populatn that intifi as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr, based on a 2018 analysis of Gallup data by The Williams Instute.
LGBTQ+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or sometim qutng), and others. Nearly 17% of US llege stunts intified as lbian, gay, queer, bisexual, asexual, or qutng.