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Contents:

• NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020
• MORE BRONS THAN EVER BEFORE INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL
• OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED
• UK IS STILL OVERWHELMGLY HETEROSEXUAL, BUT GAY POPULATN IS RISG
• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

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

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. 6 was circulated, the ernment said the rmatn would provi evince about equali to tackle discrimatn and improve cisns ma about health re, tn, employment, hog and social servic for lbian, gay and bisexual people. 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.

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.

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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. 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.

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.

OUT THE UNTRY – RAL HOTSPOTS FOUND AS GAY POPULATN MAPPED

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.

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

UK IS STILL OVERWHELMGLY HETEROSEXUAL, BUT GAY POPULATN IS RISG

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.

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY 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. 9%) 4: In 2019, a lower proportn of people Northern Ireland intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than other UK untri and a higher proportn did so London than other English regnsUK nstuent untri and English regns by lbian, gay or bisexual populatn, 2019.

Figure 5: People intifyg as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are most likely to have a maral stat of sgle (never married or civil partnered). Download this chart Figure 5: People intifyg as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are most likely to have a maral stat of sgle (never married or civil partnered).