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.
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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
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 demographics 2016 *
In the absence of affirmg and protective environments, polici, and practic, some who nsir themselv to be lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT), who have tersex tras/DSD, or who otherwise intify as not cisgenr or heterosexual may ci not to disclose tails of their sexual orientatn, genr inty, or tersex stat. 0 percent of adults intified as lbian, gay, or bisexual.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
The percentage of Amerin adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr creased to 4.5% 2017 om 4.1% 2016 and 3.5% 2012. * lgbt demographics 2016 *
2FIGURE 3-1Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr intifitn. In 1972 the GSS reported that 73 percent of Amerin adults believed that homosexualy was always wrong, while 11 percent believed that homosexualy was not wrong at all.
* lgbt demographics 2016 *
By 2018, only 32 percent said homosexualy was always wrong, and 58 percent said was not wrong at all (Gat, 2017): see Figure 3-2Approval of homosexualy, 1972–2018.
Adults thought that gay and lbian relatnships between nsentg adults should be legal.
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * lgbt demographics 2016 *
9In a 2019 poll, 63 percent of all rponnts said that lbian, gay, and bisexual people experience “a great al” or “a fair amount” of discrimatn the Uned Stat today, and 69 percent said the same about transgenr. 10 In a recent poll, large majori of the Amerin public said that there is at least some discrimatn agast lbian, gay, and bisexual people (74%) and transgenr people (79%) the Uned Stat today, which is parable to the proportn who believe discrimatn exists agast Black (84%) and Hispanic people (77%) (Kirzger et al., 2020).