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

Contents:

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

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

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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. 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.

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

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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.

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

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.

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

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.