How Many People are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr? - Williams Instute

Contents:

• NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020
• THREE PERCENT ENGLAND AND WAL INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL -CENS
• MORE BRONS THAN EVER BEFORE INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL
• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020

1% of the UK populatn aged 16 years and over intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2020, an crease om 2.

Sexual inty may change over orientatn tegorised as "other"The "other" tegory ptur people who do not nsir themselv to f to the heterosexual or straight, bisexual, gay, or lbian tegori. 2%) intified wh an LGB+ orientatn (“Gay or Lbian”, “Bisexual” or “Other sexual orientatn”).

The data will meet the needs for better qualy rmatn on the LGB+ populatn (“gay or lbian”, “bisexual” or “other sexual orientatn”) for monorg and supportg anti-discrimatn duti unr the Equaly Act qutn was voluntary and was only asked of people aged 16 years and over.

THREE PERCENT ENGLAND AND WAL INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL -CENS

6% Wal) English regn wh the hight proportn of people who intified wh a LGB+ orientatn (“gay or lbian”, “bisexual”, or “other sexual orientatn”) was London (4.

MORE BRONS THAN EVER BEFORE INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL

LGB+An abbreviatn ed to refer to people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, and other mory sexual orientatns (for example, asexual) orientatnSexual orientatn is an umbrella term verg sexual inty, attractn, and behavur. 3 ln people England and Wal intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, cens data has revealed for the first people aged 16 and over, more than 1.

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7%) of people intifyg as "LGB+", - lbian, gay, bisexual or any non-heterosexual sexual of the other lol thori the top 10 were Wal, Cardiff was the lol thory wh the biggt LGB+ populatn (5.

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

Smaller surveys have dited that ls than 2% of the populatn of England and Wal currently intify as lbian or gay. 0%) chose not to disclose their genr who did answer were able to select om optns cludg heterosexual, gay, lbian and bisexual.

However, prev surveys found 16-24-year-olds are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, and recent years there has been a small gradual cle the number of people intifyg as exclively straight. 7% of the UK populatn aged 16 years and over intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2019, an crease om 2. 4 ln people aged 16 and over the UK intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2019 - a statistilly signifint crease om 1.

Figure 1: Compared wh 2018, a lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as gay, lbian or bisexual 2019. Download this chart Figure 1: Compared wh 2018, a lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as gay, lbian or bisexual 2019.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

Figure 2: Men are more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women are more likely to intify as bisexual. Download this chart Figure 2: Men are more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women are more likely to intify as bisexual.

Of all age groups, younger people (aged 16 to 24 years) were most likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2019 (an timated 459, 000, or 6.

People aged 16 to 24 years who intify as LGB ntue to be more likely to intify as bisexual than as lbian or gay. Figure 3: Younger people are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than olr age groupsLbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) populatn by age and sex, UK, 2019 and UK populatn by age and sex, 2019. Between 2018 and 2019, the timated proportn of people who intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) creased for England (2.