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Contents:

• AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
• MAJORY WORLDWI NOW SAY THEIR AREA IS GOOD FOR GAY PEOPLE
• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN

Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual. Explore Gallup qutns and trends about gay and lbian rights on Gallup's Topics A-Z page.

MAJORY WORLDWI NOW SAY THEIR AREA IS GOOD FOR GAY PEOPLE

The worldwi LGBTQ populatn by untry reports timate that approximately eight percent of the world intifi as homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual.

It is timated that the younger generatns are more likely to be open about their sexualy, wh Generatn Z beg the most likely to be openly gay, bisexual, or asexual or pansexual. Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Baby Boomers are the least likely to report or intify as openly gay.

In 2011, one report dited that approximately 96.5 percent of the populatn was heterosexual, while the remar of the populatn reported, intified as homosexual or asexual.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

More women than men reported as homosexual, while 19 percent of women reported as said they had at least one same-sex attractn their life. By 2020, a separate study found that 7.1 percent of the populatn intified as gay, and the remar intified as heterosexual.

Of those that do intify as LGBTQ, over 50 percent of them are bisexual and 24 percent are gay, while 11 percent are lbian. In Canada, 1988, only one percent of the populatn would adm that they were gay.

By 2012, five percent of the populatn were intifyg as gay, lbian, transgenr, or bisexual.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]

The age group most likely to say they were gay or bisexual was the age group of 18-34.

In 2016, a study or poll on women alone dited that eight percent were gay. Compared to many untri, cludg Canada, Israel has a higher than average gay populatn when parg LGBTQ populatn by untry. The gay populatn Israel was approximately 11.3 percent 2012 for men, and 15.2 percent for women.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Israel follows su wh other untri that are reportg or intifyg as gay. The younger generatns are more likely to intify as gay or report as gay.

Twenty-one per cent of LGBTQ+ Amerins intify as gay, 14% lbian, 10% transgenr and 4% somethg one six Gen Z adults, or 15%, intify as bisexual. “The young adults [Generatn Z] 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, ” Gallup said.

Women, young adults have the hight timatns of gay populatn. Jt your bt gus, what percent of Amerins today would you say are gay or lbian? 5% of Amerins are LGBT, based on rponnts' self-intifitn as beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

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

In 2002, Gallup asked Amerins to timate the proportn of men and women who are gay or lbian, rpectively. The rults were nearly intil, wh an average timate that 21% of men and 22% of women were gay. As Gallup poted out s ial timate of the entire LGBT populatn 2012, "Exactly who mak up the LGBT muny and how this group should be measured is a subject of some bate, " and "there are a number of ways to measure lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatn, and transgenr stat.

" Th, Gallup's methodology is not the only way to timate the percentage of the populatn that is gay or lbian.

Still, all available timat of the actual gay and lbian populatn the U.