U.S. adults timate that nearly one four Amerins (23.6%) are gay or lbian. Gallup has prevly found that Amerins have greatly overtimated the U.S. gay populatn.
Contents:
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * percentage population gay *
LGBT stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr. The variants are more clive of all dividuals who are non-heterosexual and non-cisgenr stead of exclively applyg to people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. Have legalized gay marriage.
For example, one set of qutns may seek self-reported data on same-sex sexual experienc, while another set may seek data surroundg personal intifitn as lbian, gay, or bisexual.
Other stat wh LGBTQ+ protectns, such as Massachetts and Colorado, also have higher timated populatns of gay, lbian, bisexual, and otherwise non-heterosexual dividuals. San Francis and Santa Rosa are nsired the gayt ci the U. Adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or somethg other than straight or heterosexual.
AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
Explore Gallup qutns and trends about gay and lbian rights on Gallup's Topics A-Z page. 6% of Amerins are gay or lbian. Women, young adults have the hight timatns of gay populatn.
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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
Amerins' Estimatns of the Percentage of Gay People the U.
Jt your bt gus, what percent of Amerins today would you say are gay or lbian? Amerins' timate of the proportn of gay people the U.
5% of Amerins are LGBT, based on rponnts' self-intifitn as beg lbian, gay, bisexual or 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.