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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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
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 statistics 2018 *
Gay people make up between 1 to 4% of the populatn most U. Facts About Gay and Lbian Youth Suici:.
30% of Gay youth attempt suici near the age of 15. Suici is the leadg e of ath among Gay and Lbian youth natnally. 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.
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 statistics 2018 *
It has been nservatively timated the 1, 500 Gay and Lbian youth m suici every year.
Only half of lbian, gay and bi people (46 per cent) and trans people (47 per cent) feel able to be open about their sexual orientatn or genr inty to everyone their fay. Three ten bi men (30 per cent) and almost one ten bi women (8 per cent), say they nnot be open about their sexual orientatn wh any of their iends, pared to two per cent of gay men and one per cent of lbians. A third of lbian, gay and bi people of fah (32 per cent), and one four trans people of fah (25 per cent), aren’t open wh anyone their fah muny about their inty.
Almost two five bi people (38%) aren’t out to anyone at work about their sexual orientatn, pared to seven per cent of gay men and four per cent of lbians. More than a third of trans stunts (36%) and seven per cent of lbian, gay and bi stunts who aren’t trans faced negative ments or nduct om universy staff bee they’re LGBT. Half of LGBT pupils hear homophobic slurs 'equently' or 'often' at school.