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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
* lgbt statistics 2016 *
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At a time when Amerins are creasgly supportive of equal rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people, a growg percentage of Amerins intify themselv as LGBT. The group llected data on 1, 036 cints of hate vlence om 12 lol NCAVP member anizatns 11 stat for s 20th annual report, "Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and HIV-Affected Hate Vlence 2016. It was never a guarantee their liv were are jt some of the crim mted agast LGBTQ people 2016:In April 2016, Steven Nelson, a whe cisgenr gay male, died a hospal after beg btally beaten by Kelly Schneir, a man he had arranged an onle enunter wh on the webse Schneir lured Nelson to an isolated area, then beat him wh steel-toed boots while g anti-gay slurs.
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 2016 *
26% of gay men and 37% of bisexual men experience rape, physil vlence, and/or stalkg by an timate partner, pared wh 29% of heterosexual men. "I thk that sparg yourself om some of that — whether that's ternalized homophobia or whatever is — be a safety mechanism, " Haton said. 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.
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 statistics 2016 *
Amerins' Self-Intifitn as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr or Somethg Other than Heterosexual, by Generatn. Meanwhile, 21% of LGBT Amerins say they are gay, 14% lbian, 10% transgenr and 4% somethg else.
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.