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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- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * how much of the population is lgbt *
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.
AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
Gallup fds 5.6% of U.S. adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, wh the majory of them sayg they are bisexual. * how much of the population is lgbt *
The worldwi LGBTQ populatn by untry reports timate that approximately eight percent of the world intifi as homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual.
It is timated that the younger generatns are more likely to be open about their sexualy, wh Generatn Z beg the most likely to be openly gay, bisexual, or asexual or pansexual. Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Baby Boomers are the least likely to report or intify as openly gay.
In 2011, one report dited that approximately 96.5 percent of the populatn was heterosexual, while the remar of the populatn reported, intified as homosexual or asexual. More women than men reported as homosexual, while 19 percent of women reported as said they had at least one same-sex attractn their life.
U.S. adults timate that nearly one four Amerins (23.6%) are gay or lbian. Gallup has prevly found that Amerins have greatly overtimated the U.S. gay populatn. * how much of the population is lgbt *
By 2020, a separate study found that 7.1 percent of the populatn intified as gay, and the remar intified as heterosexual. Of those that do intify as LGBTQ, over 50 percent of them are bisexual and 24 percent are gay, while 11 percent are lbian.
Canada’s Gay Populatn. In Canada, 1988, only one percent of the populatn would adm that they were gay. By 2012, five percent of the populatn were intifyg as gay, lbian, transgenr, or bisexual.
The age group most likely to say they were gay or bisexual was the age group of 18-34. In 2016, a study or poll on women alone dited that eight percent were gay.
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. * how much of the population is lgbt *
Israel’s Higher Gay Populatn. Compared to many untri, cludg Canada, Israel has a higher than average gay populatn when parg LGBTQ populatn by untry. The gay populatn Israel was approximately 11.3 percent 2012 for men, and 15.2 percent for women.
Israel follows su wh other untri that are reportg or intifyg as gay. The younger generatns are more likely to intify as gay or report as gay. Increasg numbers of populatn-based surveys the Uned Stat and across the world clu qutns that allow for an timate of the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn.