More Brons than ever before intify as lbian, gay or bisexual | Rters

Contents:

• IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
• MORE BRONS THAN EVER BEFORE INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL
• WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?

IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?

Around 1.5 ln people (3.2%) intified wh an LGB+ orientatn (“Gay or Lbian”, “Bisexual” or “Other sexual orientatn”). The data will meet the needs for better qualy rmatn on the LGB+ populatn (“gay or lbian”, “bisexual” or “other sexual orientatn”) for monorg and supportg anti-discrimatn duti unr the Equaly Act 2010.The qutn was voluntary and was only asked of people aged 16 years and over.

The percentage who did not provi an answer was also very siar (7.5% England, 7.6% Wal).The English regn wh the hight proportn of people who intified wh a LGB+ orientatn (“gay or lbian”, “bisexual”, or “other sexual orientatn”) was London (4.3%). In London, 2.2% scribed their sexual orientatn as gay or lbian, 1.5% scribed their sexual orientatn as bisexual, and 0.5% wrote a different orientatn.

LGB+An abbreviatn ed to refer to people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, and other mory sexual orientatns (for example, asexual).Sexual 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. 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.

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

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.

Smaller surveys have dited that ls than 2% of the populatn of England and Wal currently intify as lbian or gay.

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. 7% of the UK populatn aged 16 years and over intified as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2019, an crease om 2.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY?

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.

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