There were timated to be approximately 1.65 ln people the Uned Kgdom who intified as beg Gay, Lbianm or Bisexual 2020, pared wh 843,00 2014.
Contents:
- NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020
- 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
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. gay or lbian.
5%), scribed themselv as gay or lbian.
gay or lbian (1. 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. 2% scribed their sexual orientatn as gay or lbian, 1.
IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
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. 1% of the UK populatn aged 16 years and over intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2020, an crease om 2.
7% intifyg as gay or lbian, and 5. 9%) to intify as bisexual but were ls likely to intify as gay or lbian (1. 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.
The proportn intifyg as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) creased om 1.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
Statistician’s ment“People their late teens and early twenti are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than olr age groups. 2 ln people) intified themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2018; this is prised of 1. 4% intifyg as gay or lbian and 0.
Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018. Download this chart Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018. 9%) intified as gay or lbian (Figure 2).
This reprents a ntuatn of a trend that has been observed back to 2014, where a higher proportn of men than women intify as gay or lbian and a higher proportn of women than men intify as bisexual. Figure 2: Men were more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women were more likely to intify as bisexual. Lbian, gay or bisexual populatn by sex, UK, 2018.