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

Contents:

• IS A LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL INTY MORE COMMON TODAY?
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

IS A LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL INTY MORE COMMON TODAY?

7% of LGBTQ rponnts intified as gay, 13.

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

Recent survey data the US and the UK revealed that the proportn of the populatn who intifi as lbian, gay, or bisexual has risen slightly and that this trend is particularly salient among the youngt generatn: Generatn Z. In the UK, only a slight majory of Gen Z members dite that they have an exclively heterosexual attractn, while the US, a Gallup poll dit that roughly 15% of Gen Z intifi as lbian, gay, or bisexual – pared to 7. 9% intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual when asked about their sexual inty today.

Percentage of each generatn intifyg as Bisexual, Gay or Lbian based on Amerin Gallup 2020 data. 9% of the Baby Boomers surveyed the US dited they were not heterosexual, many more may have still had same-sex experienc throughout their lifpan, but they simply do not firmly intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. It is much easier to e out today as lbian, gay, or bisexual than was even jt 10 years ago, let alone 20, 30, 40 or 50 years ago.

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

In Canada, for example, any dividual 53 years of age or olr 2021 was born at a time when homosexualy was a crimal offence. Ined, some dividuals may have been gay, lbian, or bisexual and simply never me out to even themselv. There is, however, also a much darker explanatn for why we see fewer dividuals om past generatns intifyg as lbian, gay, or bisexual today than we do om the younger generatns.

The elephant the room is HIV/AIDS epimic that claimed nearly an entire generatn of gay and bisexual men.